JTTHECLOCKMAN

Boy wish you were closer. I have an 18" Hegner and a type1 Dewalt that we could have made a deal for.

I love my Hawk saws too. I have a hegner and a dewalt also and go to saws always have been the Hawks . But when they do not stock very simple non expensive parts and so far has taken over 3 months to get parts is not a good business no matter how you slice it. You buy a new saw today who knows if they will be in business tomorrow. So again buyer beware. When I bought the Hawks the company was well run and in charge. This is a kids show. I could care less how nice the lady is taking orders she is not making them or ordering parts. She answers the damn phone. I will put hammer down after the holiday. No more excuses. Just curious when did the great lady on the phone tell you that you can have your saw?????????????????????????????

That is another woodworking debate. They can be very useful if building a table top. Lining up boards before glue dries can be a juggling act. For a small non support piece probably not. For scrollsawing fret work definitely do not want to use. I have used biscuit in edge miters all the time to give extra holding when making boxes if I do not use splines. I even used them when doing my moldings in my house so I know they work and work well.

Lets not make this rocket science here. You can tell by looking at a blade just about what size it is. Now weather it is a skip tooth double skip tooth or even a PG blade. It gets you in the area and if you are accustomed to run those type blades it is just sinful to throw them out because you are too lazy to look. Now the difference between a #2 or #3 or blades that are close to each other in size would be difficult to tell apart. I never could understand people who move up or down one size in blades and makes that big of a difference. I have been scrolling for over 35 years and if changing blade size it will be a substantial change in size. Many charts out there that show side views of blades and should not be too hard to get in the ball park. We are not building and cutting diamonds.

Yep.

Heck I have been in this cleaning mode now the whole week and still have some to go but starting to see the light. I found a board i use to keep near my saws and it had a load of blades and no label or bag so I have no idea what they are. I will as others suggested throw one in and see If I like it and or use it for roughing things out. Hate to throw away.

I will disagree with this comment on so may levels. Biscuits will indeed add strength and also aide in alignment. PVA glue is not the best glue with oily woods and yes they need to be wiped down for sure. I know these topics get debated all the time in the woodworking world and there are examples that support both sides but why take a chance is how I look at it. Can not hurt. By the way again controversy but either G-2 (System Three Epoxy) or G/Flex (West System Epoxy) is good for exotic woods.

Good LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chatter you will see you have been thoroughly warned.

Always did love Dirk's patterns and this one is great. Did you get the pendulum to run?? That maybe an older photo but it looks like it is running there.

Dave that is sound advice about washing with acetone. I do that with all exotics.

That looks like the type of pattern work one of our own pattern makers does. i want to say Bobscroll It has that Irish trim ring that he does.

Are they pinned?? If not just cut down 5" blades. Will cost they same. Welcome to the site.

for 5 years and Senior Manager at WMH Tool Group managing the growth of the JET and Powermatic woodworking brands for 15 years Not too sure I would be bragging about this. Jet and Powermatic have fallen on some bad times with product being less quality than it was years ago. They have been surpassed by a few brands . They too have gone the China way.

Now we will have to tell you advice does not come cheap around here. WE do not nilly willy through it around here. The bill is you have to show us some of your work Glad it worked out.

Well done. I am sure it will be a hit.

Alot depends on the difficulty of the pattern. But I too would use a #7 ( I like double tooth skip ultra reverse FD )on the 1-1/2" Mahagony is real easy to cut. Need to let your saw do the work. Push too hard and the blade will bend on you and the cut will be slanted.

Take a look at the brushes on the motor. They may be worn down or you may have to just stretch the spring some to add pressure to them. Sounds like a dead spot on the motor.

In business?? Well that is debatable. I would not call it a business. These new owners have run that name into the ground. I ordered some lower blade holders and a couple upper quick release parts for my 2 RBI saws on Aug 24th of 2019. Still have not received them. They charged my card the very day I ordered. I contacted them through their web site where it says contact us. Then we emailed. They use a mill that many people in their town use and they are on a waiting list to have parts made. I read them them the riot act and they asked if I want my money returned. I told them they have me between a rock and a hard place because I need the parts. But that they are affecting my business because I am down without a saw but it meant absolutely nothing to them and they do not care. Now I have other saws luckly but that is for me to know. I have bad mouthed them on every site I can and will continue to do so and pity anyone who buys a RBI saw. All I can say is good luck. This is no way to run a business. The competition will leave them in the dust. Those of us who have RBI saws will have to put up with them till they close the doors I guess.

I sit and no tilt. I only stand to scroll if the piece is too large to spin and my body gets in the way. All these people that tilt, do you tilt that smart phone that everyone is looking down at these days.?? I predict that that will become an injury that lawyers will be claiming soon. We will see commercials for it to join a class action suit against phone makers.

If I had a dollar for every person that has touched my baskets over the years I would have given everything else up and just did those. I hear people say I have no place to put it. I always shoot right back, you have a dinning table right. That is where they belong. Heard every line imaginable over the 35+ years doing this.

No tilt here. Get up and walk around after 1/2Hour of cutting

Every saw is different and being I have no experience with that saw or their clamps I can not help. But there has to be a stop on any blade clamp or else it falls out the back. I know on the Dewalt the clamp has a spinning washer on the end so the screw does not actually contact the blade and grab it and spin it. That is when you would get that type of bend.

My thought too Dave. This happens when the blade is not sitting all the way back of the clamp and it moves when tightening. Different holders have stops that prevent this. The rbi has a stop as well as Hegner.

That is a good haul for a small church show. Those are sometimes hit or miss because of traffic. Good weather helped alot around in my area this year. I too had a good year. Seems many did well this year. Time for me to switch over to pen turning for a few months now.

Boy that line must be making its rounds this year. I too heard that same line but for other clocks and baskets. Heard it more this year than years past. I even told one lady well i have many new items I am sure you can find something new to buy. I always try to add a few new things every year because of that. Many years ago I was doing one of my well known shows that every year was a winner. I had a return customer that every year she and her husband had to buy something from me. One year she shows up with a photo album and starts showing me all the things she had bought from me over the years. Have to say one of my all time best customers. I think I furnished her entire house. She never complained about buying from me before. I hated to see that show die but it did when the person who ran it passed away. Never recovered. Time to relax now IGGY and get ready for next year. It was a productive year.