JTTHECLOCKMAN

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.

Sort of a intarsia and fret work 3D project. Very different. Came out great.

Make sure the table is 90 degrees to a new unused blade. Do not go by degree markings or any detent stops. You can always make an auxillary table top to make the work surface larger. I did this with some 1/8" BB plywood. Seal the wood and a coat of poly on top and slick enough to control your projects. The metal tabs that hold the blade holders, make sure they are straight or else the holders will be tilted and thus throw alignment of blade off. Make sure blade travels up and down in a straight plane.

I am with Al all the way. Really no need to use that thin of a blade. I can spin a #5 on a dime. To me that is the perfect range for newbie scrollers to start and go from there. People think because the projects is thin or fragile looking that you need a fine blade and that is just not true. If you can drill the hole for a #5 blade in the pattern then you can cut with it. That is where the smaller blades maybe needed. The size of the drill hole as a determining factor. Tons of different blades out there. Happy blade hunting.

Please read my entire post Thank you.

it is the constant making and breaking of a live circuit that wears the contacts on a switch. Any switch will fail over time and add elements to that switch location and it is a failure that will repeat. Protect the environment of the switch and use a heavier rated motor rated contact switch and will last longer. Those saw switches are low rated and being most people switch to foot controlled switching many people never have to replace them. You have this on lathes alot too because the constant on/off all the time. I just replaced a switch on my tablesaw and it was a 20 amp rated motor switch. Just normal wear and tear.

Why do you feel you need to use such thin blades?? I hardly ever use that small of a blade unless I have fine veining to do or doing puzzles. My go to blade is a #5 silver reverse FD blade and I cut 1/8" to 3/4" oak with it. The heavier blades will track better. You do not say what saw you are using? Using thin blades like that you need to lower the speed and tension and can not push as hard. When switching blade brands it always takes some getting use to. There is a learning curve. Here is an example of what a #5 blade can cut. 1/4" red oak on the lettering.

Very nicely done. I will caution you though with your choice of finish. You try not to mix poly with lacquers. Not good adhesion. Lacquer will lay on top of poly but with BLO it will blend and lock into wood fibers. Danish oil is BLO,MS,and Poly blended together. You would get the same results if you used BLO. Do not use plain linseed oil. BLO will give the wood a yellow tint as does Danish oil but without the poly. Now you get away with this because you do not use more than one coat of Danish oil and the amount of poly is minimal. Love the project and love the finish. When I use lacquers I polish out using Micromesh 1200 and lemon oil. I like Formbys lemon oil. One other thought those that use wax as a finish do not top coat with either poly or lacquers you are wasting your time. No adhesion at all it will peel. Just some of my thoughts. Do as you may.

I would use water based paints to add color. Many child safe paints out there.

It is great to see such talent here and the variety of projects being shown is fantastic. Keep them coming. Love it when people think outside the box and maybe use a pattern and add their own touch. Shows a creative mind.

I never sand my plywood ahead of time. To me it is a waste of time. I do not use much BB plywood but did when I made the napkin holders because it needs to be strong for the thin cuts. Actually used aircraft plywood which is stronger and more plys. I use light tack blue painters tape. I always use to apply my pattern directly to wood but found that to be a messy operation and when pouring MS or acetone on project the adhesive can get into the frets and it is a mess.

If you are handy enough and comfortable enough to work with electricity, make a switch controlled outlet and use a heavy duty motor rated switch and attach to the side of the saw. Flip switch on and off like a light switch. Or have electrician wire in one. Very simple to do.