Notty

Thanks guys, I went out to the shop and fooled around and it was the tension. I moved the saw around because my bench is tall and standing up gets old. I tried a make shift table (saw horses and plywood platform off my Baker scaffold) to much vibration. So I guess I will build a dedicated cabinet so I can sit down. For an $80. saw it seems to work OK but I have nothing to compare it with. I think it will be OK for a first saw. Thanks for the help. Dale

Hello to all I'm Dale and new to scroll saw world. I live at Lake Oconee, Eatonton, GA. I'm retired, like to fish, terrorize the neighborhood on my golf cart and drink a beer or two. I just bought a Ryobi sc164vs to try to learn scrolling. I know this is bottom of the barrel equipment but then the operator an't much either. I got the saw together and running and then I went out and bought some pin less blades (small ones) that’s when my troubles started. I can see the blade bend as it is running and the machine makes a lot of racket while running. Anyone that wants to help me along with my learning curve would be greatly appreciated. Well, I think I will go out the shop and try tension on the blades and check back here later. Dale