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Anyone have any experience with these China knock-off dust separators?? Looks like the Oneta brand mini one.. I seen these last summer and was going to buy one.. kept putting it off and they disappeared offline... now I see they're back in stock.. My brother inlaw bought two of them but I never seen them in person.. and he's not using them for sawdust collection.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cyclone-Powder-Dust-Collector-Filter-Power-Separator-vacuum-cleaner-accessories/124092617504?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

Seems like that little jar would fill up a couple times a day? Doesn't appear to be very large.. On a good cutting day I could fill up over a quart jar of sawdust.. Not that daily emptying would be a hassle.. But I'd think one of those dust separators with the 5 gallon bucket would be more practical for me anyway..

Klockit is a good source for clocks and parts.. as is clockparts.com.. and many others such as bearwoods.. etc etc.. there is a long list of clock suppliers out there.. I've bought clocks from most any place I could find and guess what they all have in common? They are the same brand of clocks made by a company in China whom I get my clocks from factory direct.. The only difference is the price from these sellers.. I'm speaking of the clock inserts.. The other thing about all the suppliers is they get the "Cheap" plastic clock cases.. that have the plastic mounting tabs.. Over time those tabs get brittle and weak.. before you know it a tab or two breaks off and you no longer can use the clock as it won't stay mounted in.. I get the high end all metal case.. that has the rubber gasket mount.. They have the seiko PC-21 motor not the cheaper china made motor.. BUT as I said.. I can't afford to buy all the available styles of inserts so if someone is looking for a special style or color other than the one I use.. then you're stuck with ordering from elsewhere and getting the cheap plastic clock.. unless you'd like 500 of them, LOL If you go the movement ( motor with hands ) then the USA made ones are the only way to go and that I'm aware of on those.. they're only available from clockparts site or woodworkingparts site.. 3-4 years ago when I did an extensive research on clocks this was my finding.. That could have changed by now I don't know.. I found my source for what I use and buy bulk direct from the factory..

AWESOME!! Congrats.. I've been thinking about this system for a long time..I look forward to what you have to say about it after using it for a few hours.. Congrats on the new tool..

Yes they are.. but not even half of the patterns are on their site.. and not sure how it is now.. but whoever was running it never responded to any questions or messages etc.. not sure if they even follow through with the order once you buy something.. There was some issues with them.. maybe that has been taken care of now?

Wow that's nice, very well done! You may have hit the jackpot for some future orders, LOL.. Just figuring out the price.. that's something nobody really likes to do..

It's been on there for a long time.. Probably nobody thinks there is any value to it or it doesn't work.. Put $50 - 100 on it and then let them talk you down to $10, lol.. Years ago my friend had a Mustang.. It was given to him as it didn't run.. Turned out to be something really simple like the power wire to the coil.. he didn't put any money into it.. didn't really want the car.. so he put it in the newspaper for $150... extended the ad for a couple more weeks.. couldn't sell it.. A co-worker told him to put the ad back on and price it at $700 sure enough.. sold it the day the paper came out.. guy talked him down to $500 LOL.. Funny thing was.. he had a lot of called on that car for the next week or so, LOL... nobody had any interest in a piece of junk $150 Mustang, Sometimes you just gotta make people see some sort of value by raising the price..

Wow JT, Hey do us both a favor.. hover your mouse over my name on the left side of the screen, a pop-up shows up and click "ignore - user" then a screen pops up where you can check mark what to ignore.. you can choose posting topics PM's etc etc.. Just click them all for me under my name.. Then the site will hide all content of mine from you.. There, this way you don't have to read the stuff I put out there that I have no idea what i'm talking about.. and you won't get your buttons pushed because you won't see any my nonsense.. and nobody else has to read your angry replies aimed at me.. I'm just trying to be the nice guy really and not push your buttons.. But somehow anything I post you get pissed at me in some way shape or form.. so just do the ignore thing.. for everyone's sake.. because they don't want to read this crap. I'm glad you edited the post and took out a lot of your reply.. nobody here wants to read the trash. Thank you and have a great day. Sorry folks, Back to the topic now...

Well I'm disappointed.. my set of patterns I bought years ago doesn't have a clock with that name.. I didn't go through and look at each individual designs so maybe it's under a different name.. or somewhere in this 1800 pattern set that I bought years ago.. It's kinda cumbersome to look through them as I have to open up each file and scroll though the hundreds of designs.. LOL.. There seems to be about 10 large clock patterns of this nature though..

I very much agree with this..Me being a seller though, and not a hobby seller. I find that hard to do. The stuff I make helps put food in my kids mouths.. etc etc.. so it's not worthy for me to make something of this nature.. I get a kick out of folks saying they are just hobby scrollers then they get mad when someone tries to bargain with them at a craft show or they can't get squat or their items... wasn't the purpose of the hobby and hobby selling to get rid of the things you make.. and to mingle with the other sellers and customers..

A lot of the newer LP space heaters have a built in sensor and will shut down if the levels get too high.. I don't think the torpedo type offer that just yet.. and seems to be a big community of users of them.. You'd think they'd have that on there.. but then again.. They aren't made to heat a shop.. their intended use is to aim heat at people working outside on certain " outside " job sites.. Not for heating an enclosed area.. Though I think everyone I know uses them inside.. I've tried to run mine but not for only about 10 minutes at most.. and was stinking up and fuming me so bad I opened up the big doors and all the windows... My shop is a newer shop and is sealed up pretty good even though it's not fully finished and insulated yet... I intend to just build a small room in my shop where I'll put my saws at.. I don't mind the cold if I'm up moving around running a table saw or planer etc.. but just sitting in one spot scroll sawing is not moving enough to stay very warm.. I'mm put my electric heater in the scroll saw room and keep it at 40 - 50F.. I really have no real need to heat the whole shop.. This summer I hope to build this room and insulate it well..

I kinda had a feeling that it was a seller that didn’t make the clock. Heck the clock insert cost that much. Lol

I thought the design looked familiar. Several years ago when the berry basket was going out of business they ran a special sale. All of their patterns on a cd or download for $45 . Best $45 I ever spent as most all my clock patters are from them and I haven’t even scratched the surface of all those patterns. There is a few of these bigger project clocks in this set. But I’ve not got to make any yet.

Hopefully they meant to add a few 0's to that.. Added photo just in case this expires before you get to see it.. Perfect example of why Craigslist isn't the greatest place to sell scroll work these days.. I used to list stuff on there but only ever got a couple sales from it.. Not many folks on there looking for crafts and artwork etc.. https://nashville.craigslist.org/clt/d/handmade-scrollwork-tabletop-clock/7063143502.html

I also use one of those from time to time.. but boy it sure fumes the shop up in a hurry compared to the other little heater I use.. If I run that thing I only run it for a short time.. then kick on the electric heater.. That isn't often though because not a whole lot of days in the colder weather that I'm out in the shop for more than a couple hours.. The scroll saw doesn't stir up a lot of dust by itself... It's the "other" things in my opinion that create a lot of dust.. sanding is a huge one..

I was looking to install the Mr. Heater Big Max heater but contacted some folks that know more than I do on this and it has a open flame chamber? and they said no to installing it.. sure I know how to install a heater.. very simple.. but also very simple to blow a place up doing it to a place that isn't recommended to use one.. Woodshop use.. nope they said.. My oldest son is a firefighter.. and sees this stuff much too often.. while there may be a million shops heated with a open flame heater and run with no issues.. but there are a lot of fires out there they don't make the news etc too so... There seems to be quite a few of them that my son seems to respond to that this is the case... many folks think because the insurance companies frown upon a woodburner in a shop that a gas furnace is safe.. which it is.. but not in a wood shop.. I'd talk to your insurance company before installing anything of this nature in a wood shop.. They can weasel out of a pay out for damage if "you" install a furnace that isn't safe for a wood shop.. and if you have it installed they'll go after the installer for doing so.. at least this is the case in my area.. Insurance companies insure these places and see all the claims that come in.. they should know what is recommended for a safe installation.. The furnace guy might just be trying to make another sale.. so I don't trust them as far as i could throw a tree trunk LOL

I have inserts but only the one size and style.. Don't offer the movements just yet.. I only offer the styles and sizes I use because I buy them in bulk.. IF enough interest was drummed up on other styles and sizes etc.. I'd consider offering more.. but I haven't pushed for clock sales so interest is minimal, LOL I've sold maybe 50 clocks to members here and other places.. many times I don't have what someone is looking for.. If you're looking for just movements with hands.. I'd buy from woodworkingparts.com.. They sell a USA made movement and last time I checked they was cheaper than anyone else was too.. My clocks that I offer is just this one clock at the moment.. They are a all metal clock bezel with a rubber compression ring to install them.. I also do have a few plastic cased ones that look the same but have not put them on the website.. as I don't too much care for the plastic.. Here is the link.. https://www.kevskrafts.com/listing/686474784/quartz-36mm-clock-insert-fitup-gold

What is heat?? It's currently 19F in my shop.. I've been out there scroll sawing now for almost two hours.. You guys a bunch of wimps.. It was 17F when I came out here.. and I cut these puzzles while out here.. I just came in to wake up my kids to get ready for school and thaw out.. took this picture from my weather station.. I do have a propane radiant heater I sit next to me that I stop every now and then from cutting to put my hands over and heat up my gloves.. I leave the entry door open and have a window cracked slightly that sits near my saw for some ventilation.. If I'm out there for 6 hours or so I do smell some fumes sometimes depending on the wind outside, maybe the open door and window isn't quite enough.. Not very often I spend more than a hour or two out there this time of year anyway.. I bought a electric heater that hangs from the ceiling.. works OK if I'm going to be out there for a long time I use that instead now.. But I have a 24 x 32 shop with a 14 x 32 loft... Loft is insulated but nothing else is yet.. ( work in progress ) .. I think if the shop was well insulated and a tarp put up to block off the woodshop only.. that electric heater would warm it up nicely.. as I can take it from 20F to about 40 with the heater running for a couple hours.... but the shop is all open.

I cut a lot of 3/4" cherry.. I use the shelf liner.. and never had any burning issues.. I also use a #5 Pegas MG blade and cuts really well.. tight turns work well with them too.. My other go to balde was always a FD - UR #5.. but I would sometimes get some burning on tight turns if I wasn't careful.. But boy do those Pegas MG blades work awesome for cutting cherry..I run pretty good speed too.. typically about 7/8 on the dial on the Hawk which probably is around 1600 -1650 SPM.. I run full speed on the EX as it tops out at 1500 SPM..

I believe VS is variable speed... Your saw isn't a "variable" speed. It's a 3-4-5 or whatever many pulley - speed options it has.. variable would be the whole range of speeds.. I may be wrong but I don't think the tilting head came out until the current style saw design was made with the motor mounted to the saw body.. which I think was around 2003 ish

If you get the stand too.. the footprint will be the same.. as they use the same stand for the 16 & 21" saws... At least the Excalibur version does

You mean a Pegas 21" saw? Pegas only offers a 21" saw..

Not really answering the question... and I've only done the dust / glue mix a couple times.. but I can say I've not had all that good of luck with the finish afterwards.. I've tried different mixture ratios.. and one time I didn't get enough glue and the spot didn't stick well.. I'm thinking that the glue used itself is probably more important than the ratio of the mix.. I've read in the past about over the counter products that work well with finishes.. I'd be more apt to check into this or a better type of glue to use.. As you can tell... I don't have much experience with this LOL..

Yes 1984 300ZX It's my sons project car as is the Blazer on the other side... and the 3 First Gen Dodge Cummins trucks out in my yard, LOL.. He's a young dreamer of having a million cars.. Got a lot of work to restore all of them. LOL.. He is actually selling the Z and I might be the buyer.. I kinda like that little car.. I like the older 240 thru 280 Z's better..but this is a nice one that we still have the original owners title... just under 100,000 miles on it too.. Biggest issue with the car is it sat a lot of years in florida. and the mice made it a very large hotel for quit a few years.. and because of that.. the interior is junk.. as is some of the wiring.. we've repaired most of the wiring and had it running.. Runs awesome..

Actually having taken both saws apart.. I'll say that the Excalibur is about 2 times easier to take apart and put back together than the DW788's at least I thought so anyway.. lol.. yes the mechanism is really similar but they are different parts and different bearings / sleeves.. etc.. I do believe the front rocker assemblies may be the same.. but that's about it..