excalilbur

[patriot46]

Well i orded the excalilbur 16in from amazon hope it works as good as people say.
just cost 629.00 is that a good deal. thank you all for being here to help.

[Toneman]

Congrats! You will enjoy it! I have Ex21 and love it!

Tony,aka,Toneman

[EIEIO]

I also have an EX21. It is a beautiful machine.

Be aware of how the detent works to hold the arm up. It is only about 1/2 turn from no engagement to full. If you turn it in too far, it will hold up the arm by contact friction rather than the spring ball engaging. The friction will gall the internal surface that the ball is supposed to fall into.

Also make sure the blade is centered in the through hole in the plate. If it is not centered when you get it, you can loosen the 4 flat head cap screws that hold the plate to the frame and move the plate so the hole is centered on the blade.

If you didn't yet, buy a foot pedal and a light. They make the work 100% more enjoyable. 

[Toneman]

Good advice Ray! I turned my too far on my old machine so on my new one I actually have learned to just hold the arm up using my 3rd &4th fingers of my left hand while changing blades and feeding blades. Could not even saw without the light and foot pedal!