I keep reading on scroll saw sites about the things that give headaches with "fancy" saws. I'm a firm believer that simpler is better. For years I have used a saw similar to this:
http://www.lowes.com/pd_10394-353-3335-07___?productId=50088184&pl=1&Ntt=scroll+saw Threw away the T shaped allen wrench & screws used for the top blade clamp. Went to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxHRYPCJtzQ Makes scrolling fun, as intended. One thing I learned later. I paid a bike shop $1.00 for the clamp and a machine shop $10.00 to shorten & rethread the rod. Some time ago, I saw used children's bicycles for $14.00 at our Goodwill Store. The perfect length clamp is used for seat height adjustment. You could buy the whole bike, take the clamp, replace it with a bolt and donate the bike back to Goodwill.
To each their own. Just my 1 1/2 cents worth. Go back a few pages on the Gallery tab of this site and look for "jerry1939" to see samples of what I have done in the past with a cheap saw. Have gotten lazy and not posted any new pictures for a long time.
jerry
