JimErn Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 My Ex21 started vibrating worse than my porter cable starter saw. Turns out, the bolts holding together the included table had worked loose. Spent some time on the floor loosening each one, putting a drop of blue locktite on each and tightening them back up. Problem solved. moral of the story - check the easy things first Jim Lucky2 and Scrolling Steve 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 I will check my stand today....Thanks for reminding me ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye10 Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 My Ex21 started vibrating worse than my porter cable starter saw. Turns out, the bolts holding together the included table had worked loose. Spent some time on the floor loosening each one, putting a drop of blue locktite on each and tightening them back up. Problem solved. moral of the story - check the easy things first Jim Jim are you talking about the scroll table or the table the SS is sitting on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneMahler Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 I went through the same thing sort of. Ended up replacing a bearing. Ray was a ton of help and very patient on the phone with me. One of things he asked about was if I used the stand that came with it. I had made my own years ago. Starting to think the stand has a major part in in vibration after reading this. Happy your was a quick and easy fix though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 Thanks for your report. things can and do work lose and as long as things seem to be working fine, most of us, ( hopefully speaking correctly here ), Don't give the thought to what should be the regular, Checking for any loose parts. A good reminder for all that do things as I do Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted January 15, 2017 Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 Jim, thankfully it was a quick cheap fix. Len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimErn Posted January 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2017 (edited) Jim are you talking about the scroll table or the table the SS is sitting on? edit: ahh I see where i goofed, the scroll saw stand that the SS sits on is what i should have said orginally Edited January 15, 2017 by JimErn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 My Ex21 started vibrating worse than my porter cable starter saw. Turns out, the bolts holding together the included table had worked loose. Spent some time on the floor loosening each one, putting a drop of blue locktite on each and tightening them back up. Problem solved. moral of the story - check the easy things first Jim i always think it's needing some part with my dw788's.Usually i just need to tighten something.Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savethebeer Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) Hello folks, I finally got my new EX21 yesterday. I ordered in in late November from Axminister Tools in Britain knowing it was on back order from Taiwan. I've spent 30 minutes cutting through some waste wood and 2 hours watching Steve Good talking about it. First impressions are, its huge and its quiet. Second impressions are; I'm having huge difficulty fitting the blade into the lower clamp. Has anyone removed the fitted shaped wire above the lower clamp. its restricting my ability to get at the blade end. The plastic beneath the table. Is it necessary? I know people have removed it. Last night the blade catching on the stretched plastic was making more noise that the blade going through the wood. I did some cutting at low speed, excellent. Then I upped the speed and the vibration started lifting the saw off the table. What is the first thing I need to adjust? Twist the motor? I have a heavy bench so I was not intending to bolt the saw down. Bob Edited January 17, 2017 by savethebeer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savethebeer Posted January 17, 2017 Report Share Posted January 17, 2017 Folks, What I should have said previously was, I opened the box, read the manual over a cup of tea then unpacked the machine and did all the rest. Now this morning what I did is re read the manual over another cup of tea and started noticing words like oscilate and vibration which I had read last night also but because I hadn't used the saw at that stage I took no notice. First thing that went last night was the hold down foot. Now, I've removed the 'Protection Bracket Down', also the plastic. So all I'm left with now is the vibration problem. I slightly adjusted the blade clamps as instructed in the manual [aren't manuals great when properly read] which didn't have any noticeable effect on vibration. So I went for the motor twisting. I have moved the worst of the vibration to a mid speed level. So I have a little vibration at about 80% speed and none at minimum speed. I will keep trying to get an improvement. bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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