Pegas chuck head on a jet saw ?

[rjweb]

Is there any one that has a Jet scroll saw and installed the pegas head chuck on the top clamp, wondering how you like it and is it worth the money, thx in advance, RJ

[kmmcrafts]

I don't know much about the Jet clamps other than I feel like I would like them better than the Pegas. I like the idea of it anyway. I have toyed with the one on the showroom floor at my local lumber supplier store. BUT I have read online about jamming issues and some other problems with that upper clamp too so maybe the idea is good but functionality isn't?  I've always thought to myself if I ever buy another saw of this style to replace my Excalibur the Jet 18" is the one I would go with. I say the 18" because the distance between the blade and edge of table on the 18 is about and inch +  more than it is on the 22 inch saw.. not much distance on those 22's 

I'm not really aware of any others on this forum that have one of those newer Jet saws. You might get more responses on one of the FaceBook groups.

[Paladin]

I have had the Jet 22" since the year it came out and after a couple years I switched the clamps out for the Pegas ones.  It takes away the unique clamp style that first drew me to the Jet, but the Pegas clamps hold the blade a lot better.  I am able to get much better tension on the blade after the replacement.

[kmmcrafts]

3 hours ago, Paladin said:

I have had the Jet 22" since the year it came out and after a couple years I switched the clamps out for the Pegas ones.  It takes away the unique clamp style that first drew me to the Jet, but the Pegas clamps hold the blade a lot better.  I am able to get much better tension on the blade after the replacement.

I often wondered about the clamping power. I know there is adjustments to make it clamp more or less and I always figured maybe more clamping power because there is more surface area for clamping.. but maybe not as you had mentioned. Interesting to see some users perspective on it. Maybe I don't want to buy a Jet for my next saw.. heck.. no more than I cut anymore I'll likely not wear out the saws I have.

[Denny Knappen]

I do not stock it but might bring it into inventory.

[rjweb]

Paladin,

Are you saying you have changed both bottom and top clamps to the Pegas chuck head, thx RJ 

Edited January 14 by rjweb

[Paladin]

Yes, I replaced both top and bottom clamps

[Paladin]

19 hours ago, Denny Knappen said:

I do not stock it but might bring it into inventory.

Not sure you need to stock anything different.  I used the original Pegas clamp set with the white tension lever and it works fine on my Jet.

[kmmcrafts]

I may be wrong but I think you have to change both top and bottom for the Jet otherwise there was a alignment issues? I thought I read that somewhere?  

Edit to add:

Maybe this was to remove the round barrel style clamps of the lower arm? I know a lot of people do not like those clamps. They are the same clamp as the early Hawks had and either people loved them or hated them on the Hawks and I think it's the same love / hate for the Jet saws. So maybe people were wanting to replace that with the Pegas and keep the Jet upper clamp. 

Edited January 15 by kmmcrafts

[treebone]

I replaced both clamps on my Jet to the Pegas. They are a definate improvement over the original Jet clamps. 

Whether they are worth the 110 bucks is a personal question. Maybe not for a casual sawyer, but it was for me. 

I am not a hard core user, but I like nice tools and could afford the upgrade. 

I have not used a Pegas saw and wonder how the Jet compares to it now with this upgrade. I would consider buying a Pegas if this Jet ever goes toes up, but it is a fine saw now (and was before).