UncleApple Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 I haven't been on this forum much lately as my day job picked up speed and my nights are either spent in the shop or in the chair. One of my first posts to this site was in regards to my new DW788 and the blade tension. After a couple months of thinking through the advice given by you guys, I finally decided to take my saw apart and adjust the tensioning-rod. Two turns later and I finally have tension that gives me the familiar high c-note sound I was used to on my old saw. My nerves about taking apart my brand new saw is what kept me from doing so earlier, but I am sure glad I did. The cutting difference was immediately obvious, especially on thicker stock (3/4 inch). Now if I can just keep my blades from slipping out! A few weeks back I mentioned my mess of an attempt at stack cutting the scroll saw equivalent of a band saw box. I had stacked a 1-1/2 inch thick set of Curly Maple and Padauk. Cutting was SLOW (probably a little bit to do with the tension mentioned above), burning was frequent, blades were dulling, and the Padauk bled badly into the Curly Maple. I finally un-stacked everything and continued cutting each piece seperately. The short-version...do a band saw box on a band saw! Padauk burns easily and stains other woods even during the sanding process...unless you slowly and lightly hand-sand. Another post awhile back was on the chess set I started. All pieces are now cut & sanded and the board/box combo is in progress. I received great advice on this topic and wanted to thank everyone for their comments. While I made a few mistakes early on, like not having the table leveled to begin with, I learned...and the pieces turned out pretty good considering it was my first one. It won't be my last Scrolling Steve, wombatie and amazingkevin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Welcome back. Glad you got your new DW788 working like you want it. I have been intrigued with the Bandsaw boxes that I have seen so be sure to show us pics when you are done. Hubby had a small piece of of Padauk that was in a "grab bag" he got. He turned a nice wine stopper with it. I really like that color but since have seen where you and others have shared about how it stains other woods so at least I know to be careful with it should we get more. Look forward to seeing your chess set as well. Sounds like you are getting a lot done in the shop after work! Keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuner Posted March 22, 2017 Report Share Posted March 22, 2017 Now that you have your saw set up right you will enjoy cutting that much more, not to mention the experience you got taking it apart. 👠amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted March 23, 2017 Report Share Posted March 23, 2017 Experience is the best teacher.glad we helped. SCROLLSAW703 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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