excalibur- 21 scroll saw

[spiderman]

Does anyone know why the set screw backs out because it seems like every so often i have to reset it.  and it hard to tell if the blade is 90 to the table.  I have a 2" square

how far should be the set screw be inside the chuck.   is it just so there is no hole or does it stick out a bit or so..

[jimbo]

Top and bottom used to so I put lock tight on them, level them up first before you set them in
Jimbo

[Terry Jackson]

Lightly or loosely install a blade top and bottom, tighten the clamp very lightly, just barely enough to hold it.  Works best best if it is a thick and heavy blade, say # 5 and up.  Use a 3mm allen wrench to tighten the set screws, and then tighten a bit more.  Now you are centered. 

As Jimbo mentioned, loctite works, but use the one for easy removal, believe it is blue. 

The set screws back out because there is movement in the arms when the saw runs and with the blade in place they can't get tighter so they start to back out. Loctite or reset them every 8 to 10 hours of cutting.  No big deal.

[scrollgirl]

We did the same here, and used Loctite.  It works!

Sheila

[spiderman]

We did the same here, and used Loctite.  It works!
Sheila

Which loctite that you used...

[scrollgirl]

The blue.

Sheila

[spiderman]

The blue.

Sheila

i can't find that on thier website?

[scrollgirl]

Here you go!

http://www.loctiteproducts.com/p/t_lkr_blue/overview/Loctite-Threadlocker-Blue-242.htm

Sheila

[spiderman]

Here you go!

http://www.loctiteproducts.com/p/t_lkr_blue/overview/Loctite-Threadlocker-Blue-242.htm

Sheila

ok thanks i'll give that a try
If you find blue poopie in the toilet  you might have smurfs

[spiderman]

well going back out to the farm to play with my new computerized scroll saw.  it makes all the adjustments all by itself and makes the patterns and cuts them out now i just need it to go out and buy the wood for me lol..  oh and its makes its own blades......  and it gots   a nice hot sexy voice that say hello big boy etc etc  i got to go and make a poopie

[dgman]

Hope it's not blue!

[jimbo]

Cheap super glue is what I use
Jimbo

[julief]

Maybe my saw is older than all of yours, but I have a little anvil on the tip of the set screw that is replaceable.  I wouldn't put lock tite on  it because I have to replace those tips periodically.  Doesn't yours have that tip?

[jimbo]

My saw is 18 months old and has a grub screw
Jimbo