Foot Operated Arm Lift for the Scroll Saw

[baggetta]

Well here's something a bit different.  I've been working on and idea for building a foot lift for my Excalibur scroll saw arm.  At the tap of the toe you can raise and lower the arm easily -- saving wear and tear on your arm and making it easy to lift and lower when you have a lot of cuts on a piece -- fretwork, for example.  I designed this for the Excalibur, but I think it will work with any scroll saw that's arm is lifted.

You can check out the build and the use in my new video on YouTube:
Free pattern can be downloaded from my Free Page at my site:

Edited June 13, 2019 by baggetta

[kmmcrafts]

That's a very interesting set up.. I'm sure it would come in handy for many Excalibur users.. 

[Scrappile]

A+ sir!  I love it.  Will have to go back and study it more, but I love a person that likes to tinker and experiment.  Can't see why this wouldn't work on a DeWalt, and all the Excalubur type saws. 

[baggetta]

55 minutes ago, Scrappile said:

A+ sir!  I love it.  Will have to go back and study it more, but I love a person that likes to tinker and experiment.  Can't see why this wouldn't work on a DeWalt, and all the Excalubur type saws. 

Yes.  I think it will work on the Dewalt (haven't tried it on my Dewalt yet) and just about any other that has an arm that needs lifting.  Specially helpful on the bigger saws.

[meflick]

Thanks Al, Going to check it out shortly.  However, it seems the link to your free page site is not the correct link.  It seems to be linking back to this thread and not your free page.

[baggetta]

46 minutes ago, meflick said:

Thanks Al, Going to check it out shortly.  However, it seems the link to your free page site is not the correct link.  It seems to be linking back to this thread and not your free page.

Thanks for letting me know.  I think I've fixed it.

Al B.

[Scrappile]

Click on this, scroll down a little and it will be the first pattern on the right

http://baggetta.com/pebooks/FreePatternPage.htm

Edited June 13, 2019 by Scrappile

[OCtoolguy]

Thanks Al, and for those who may not have seen it, I went to your Al Baggetta quartet and gave it a listen too. Pretty darn good.

 

[The Devil in the Circuit]

Here's a slightly different take on this approach--a pneumatic lift. 

Ray at Seyco says he's going to try an electric (screw drive) actuator.  That's a great option for someone that has no air system, but it's probably slower than the pneumatic type.  This one runs at 25 PSI.

Click for U-Toob vid

Cheers,

Geno