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Yea we drifted off course but this happens when you beat a dead horse too much. I like the ice cream touch.

Very nice work all around. I did alot of that type relief cutting as you put it when I was making shelves like this. Also magazine racks and things like that. It gives the project some depth and adds a different look. What I want to learn to do is work like Dave Monk does where inlays designs that are flat in the project. One of these days I really want to try that because I have a few ideas I would like to do. I think that stuff is cool and his boxes are beautiful.

This is unbelievable. So you tell me if you scrolled on the saw for 5 hours a day you get 60 days of sawing./? 2 months and you are rebuilding a saw? Wow is all I can say. Just wow.

Have you or anyone else looked on the saw to see where it was made? Should say somewhere on the saw. Is it Tawain or China?

Rocky Road here. Dairy Queen is my choice. See we can not even agree on ice cream shop.

It is not a wrench per-se. It is a holder to hold the blade clamp so you can tighten and loosen to change a blade. hegner has this Rbi has this and Jet has this and here is Jets video and is same as the Baeleigh saw. You can preload blades so that you just change entire blade clamp with blade already set in it. Saves time. It is built into the blade holding rack on the edge. Not sure I like where it is mounted but I believe you could make something more accessible pretty easily if you put your mind to it. https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=jet+scrollsaw+instructions&mid=D4EEDBE7466418FBB4AED4EEDBE7466418FBB4AE&FORM=VIRE

Kevin when I looked for the maker I saw the original link and it said the scrollsaw was made in the USA. I have no idea about patents and all that. After some more digging I saw that they sold out and now make tools around the world so maybe they had another saw before this one and it was USA made. All these saws are clones.

Your opinion my friend You can not sell me so do not try it. Have fun. Non motor stuff is fine but anything with a motor is all yours. I put them in the old Black and Decker catagory. If anyone remembers Black and Decker tools.

Not sure what you are talking about because I am sure you heard of Grizzly tools. This company started out more in the metal working tools and industrial sized. probably when they got bought out they switched to home owner tools. I know when they were at woodworking shows they showed large tools such as bandsaws and things like that. 25 years in the tool business is not that long. https://www.toolsadvisor.org/where-are-grizzly-tools-made/

If the saw was American made would make a huge difference. Especially for parts and spending money here in USA so it does make a difference. Unfortunately tools made in the USA are a thing of the past. $$$ controls supply's. Maybe this company has a good handle on parts too. You just do not hear much about their scrollsaws.

My opinion is probably worthless because I do very little bevel cutting. The big difference is with a tilting arm the cutting piece is always laying flat and you do not have to worry about it sliding off as you cut. Just one less thing to think about when doing bevel cuts. Back in my day when I was buying saws this option was not available so I learned on a tilting table top. I made it work well. I use to cut those collapsible baskets/ trivets and they needed bevel cutting of the rings. I made many of those. I would say if I were buying today I would like the tilting arm better. Then there are some scroller that never done bevel cutting and have no idea what the difference is. Try both and you will see first hand what it looks like. Now I do not want to sway you with your choice . As many people know me here and know I am not a fan of HF power tools of any kind. they can brand them with any name they want but to me they are cheap price for a reason. But with that said their warrenty is far better than that of Dewalt or the store you buy it from. Dewalt has been around a long time. The Bauer saw is brand new and no reviews worth anything are out yet. Tough choice but just stating facts. I am sure either saw will give you a great scrolling experience. others can chime in. Both saws land in the mid range area of scrollsaw evaluations. and price range.

if you are looking at the Dewalt and the HF Bauer, they are 2 different saw designs so be aware of this. You are not comparing apples with apples. yes they have double link cutting arms but look at table size. Look at tilting arm as opposed to tilting table and it may not come into play in your mind now but can later. Look at ease of arm raising. Look at room under the table for blade changing and how easy it is to do. Play with each machine. Look at warrenty. look at any other options given. Look at ease of blade tightening system. Good luck

https://baileigh.com/woodworking/

It was when they first started out made in the USA all tools. I know this for fact because they use to come to woodworking shows and sell their products and touted the fact they were USA made. I remember when they first hit the scene. The link I first supplied stated that. The second link shows that the company was sold to JPW tools so they can now be made anywhere. As mentioned it looks exactly like a Jet with a different paint job. Same price range too. best I can find.

Well now I did a little more digging and it seems that that company has been sold and is now part of the JPW industries which makes Jets stuff and many others. So it could very well be a clone off assembly line in Tawain. The first link I posted has no date on it so they started out with good intentions but $$$ took over. https://shoptoolreviews.com/news/jpw-industries-acquires-baileigh-industrial/35648/ I read this https://www.toolsadvisor.org/where-is-baileigh-equipment-made/

They are a USA company out of Wisconsin. They started in 1999. They are well known in metal and woodworking world of tools. All their tools are made in the USA including that scrollsaw. I would buy this one over Bauer or Grizzly if looking for that type saw. Cheap is not always the point of purchase. Easy to get parts here. https://www.toolsadvisor.org/where-are-baileigh-tools-made/

Stay as far away from that object whatever it is. https://www.toolboxbuzz.com/power-tools/saws/rockwell-bladerunner-review-model-rk7320/ Look at the thread recently started First Scrollsaw. It may help you too.

Beautiful job. Well done. There is some time there for sure but well worth it. thanks for showing.

But and this is a big BUT the used market opens more possibilities than what people realize. We all want new but that does not mean best for the budget. Just saying. Everyone has to make their own choices for sure. But look with your eyes wide open.

If that be the case I feel sorry for owners of these type saws. To have to take apart a saw to grease bearings is beyond my comprehension. I guess that is why the top of the line saws are worth more. In all my years and many hours on my RBI saws I have never had to grease bearings. The only parts I replaced was that front tension lever because the cam wears down but very easy fix. The other thing is that plastic blade holder clip under the table. I replaced with a piece of spring steel. Well good luck to all with these type saws.

I watched that video and have to say I do not know what speed he was cutting at but that saw sounded clunky. That was not a good sound. Now maybe if he speeds it up some it would go away but he had no problem cutting a thick piece of cherry at the speed he was cutting at so I assumed that was what he is accustomed to. The Pegas blade clamps would be a huge upgrade also on that saw. I guess you can call this a midlevel saw because the design fits in that category. Does it hold up, time will tell like with all saws. Needs to be proven. The warranty is what will drive this saw I believe. That back pin has to go. Just use a block of wood. You start putting pulleys and things like that you now can cause a problem when trying to spin large pieces. Has anyone looked at saws that basically come off the same line as to that pin. Do those saws use it too. I know Dewalt did not. Might even be able to use the Jim Dandy easy lift bar Dewalt used. Good luck to those purchasing these and after about 500 hours report back to us.

If it were me the Bauer is too new and I would see getting the Dewalt. There are pros and cons for all the saws you list but agree the Dremel is the one to stay away from. But the Bauer has a good warrenty so may want to go that way. Heft is a good thing so that helps.

Zero clearance top will not prevent tearout on bottom at all. You get no support after a few cuts because that slot or hole opens quickly because of the flex in the blade. You are better off using reverse tooth blades. They do help but need to watch if you make an auxiliary table top that if too thick it cancels out those reverse teeth and they do not work.

Yea I guess we can teach ourselves new tricks. I just found bottom feeding no problem and it was quick and efficient for me.