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.. I wondered who might comment this... I'm old I guess.. because I sure don't wanna work out there in the cold either... at least today and that one day last week... probably tomorow too.. High today was like -4F.. I been out working... but not for very long at a time.. made two clock bases and sanded / finished up two clocks.. Tomorrow supposed to be a lot warmer though.. supposed to get up to zero F so most likely I'll be sawing.. Yesterday was 12F and I worked almost 4 hours sawing a couple clocks and doing some prep work for tomorrows clock cutting..

You need to add this to the other topic.. " what changes would you make " ... I think maybe you need a older saw ( treadle style )..

Sounds a lot like my DeWalt saw when it's cold.. as for the hesitation part.. and it's hard to tell through the camera microphone.. but is the clanging sound due to the hesitation? because mine is also a little noisy when it does this.. usually clears up once ran for 15 second.. but in real cold temps sometimes won't even come on.. sometimes just makes a couple strokes and stops..tap the upper clamp / arm area and it turns on a few more strokes.. in this case... I tend to use a small heater back at the motor to warm it slightly.. couple minutes and she's ready to cut... It's done that since it was new.. just like a old person... don't wanna work in the cold

Exactly why I was considering the Festool vac that you have... most vacs even the Fein doesn't have the High and Low feature.. I almost bought a Fein as they are quite a lot cheaper than the Festool... but I also thought having the low speed would be quieter in both vac sound and the sucking sound that other speak of.. I never did end up buying because I was trying to determine if that theory was true.. I'm glad you mentioned this.. as this is one thing I want to do is hook up some sort of dust vac..

Yeah, and it's almost always the starter.. where you have to get on the ground to get to it... LOL

It's good for spinning donuts in empty parking lots too.. saves on tires is what my kids say .. Oh I remember those days myself... Now I just try to figure out where my lane is.. and putz along..

Paul, most of what I read was bad vibration and loud... also a few clamping / tension issue... but.. nothing real solid issues that was strictly the saw being defective... most likely user error but.. I don't know that either way... I do agree with the fact that Ray is the one that made these saws so popular with his setting them up before shipping them... Even when I first got mine I was like this thing is junk... but you know me I'm going to mess and tinker with it... runs real smooth now.. been cutting on it today I personally wouldn't be afraid to buy any one of them whether Twain or China made.. but many expect a tuned saw out of the box.. and are not mechanically inclined enough to tune it themselves..Just my opinion..

Depending on what the final price will be on this Pegas saw... I find two things that makes the saw more attractive than the King or the "New " Excalibur... one being the "New" Excaliburs are now made in China rather than Twain.. The Pegas is made in the same factory as the old EX was and the New King name still made there.. I've read some ( quite a few ) bad reports on the "New" excalibur... so that in itself makes this saw more attractive than the other saws.. Now the King is still made in the Twain factory.. but still comes with the old style excalibur blade chucks.. and to upgrade you're looking at adding $100 to the price.. but if the Pegas come standard with it.. and... is in the same price range.. well... I'd be buying the Pegas... The color is a bonus to me as well but function and quality is the top priority.. and I think Pegas will have that.. as the past Excalibur's did... As for Steve's review... I agree and have thought the same way with the last few reviews he's done.. mainly since Bearwood is sponsoring him now.. Bearwood wanted to gain his followers as customers.. I don't blame them.. Steve has a huge following... I think Bearwoods could better there service and gain business.. no matter what you're selling..timely deliveries and great customer service can make or break your business... Both my purchases from them could have went better.. also could have been worst.. but grabbing attention to your customer by going above and beyond.. is what makes me shop at DnD and Qtena

I'm guessing most folks wouldn't buy the dust system.. so therefore the cost of the designing making a deal with some vac company to make the specialized vac that could be mounted to the saw frame etc etc.. this would be why they don't do such a thing.. Ray at seyco has the one dust vac that can be set up as a onboard system.. and can be set up with any saw.. I really contemplate getting one of those.. I like the idea it's not another thing setting on the floor.. even though I'm not terribly concerned about space saving.. I still have practical space saving in my mind from working in my old small shop... so I just think this system is a nice feature.. not sure how well it works... never seen any complaints ... have seen a couple reviews on it..

Rick, when I post a picture I chose the Choose files at the bottom of the posting window area.. Then it should pop-up with select file from your computer.. chose the file of your picture and it should upload the picture in a smaller window.. then it's ready to submit like you normally do to reply or post an topic..

BWT, Nice work in cutting it.. I hope to cut this some day.. just had a order for a 1970 Nova but I already had the design for the one ordered.. @JimErn done an awesome job on those car patterns.. Thanks for your efforts in those nice car patterns you've done recently..

I was able to open it.. I'll try to post it for him

Beautiful work!! I love doing the bandsaw boxes... other than the fact that every time I want to make some my saw is set up with the big re-saw blade and it's quite a process to keep changing it from one thing to the next... so... I guess maybe I just need another bandsaw

Great idea.. I've done this but instead I used zip-loc baggies.. the freezer ones have a space to write on them that I used to label what kind of sawduct it was.. While on the sawdust topic.. How good is the sawdust for using as a wood filler that we produce with our saws? I ask because it's not completely just sawdust... it's part of your paper pattern, tape, shelf liner or whatever you use that is also on the wood you're cutting.. so I've always wondered about this.. anytime I've needed sawdust for this I've went out and cut.. " just wood" to make the sawdust.. which is why I always saved it in the baggies..

A few years ago my friend bought something and Fed Ex was to deliver it.. they did something similar and in the end.. my friend ended up having to go to them to get it because they couldn't find his house, LOL In his case.. there is a North and South to his road.. and the way its set up.. logical thinking would be he is on the North end... which yes he was on the north end of the South... but he was also about the last house possible on the north end of the south... yeah kinda confusing but you'd think daily mail people and whatnot would know their route... My friend just told them to hold it and he would come to Fed Ex to pick it up, LOL... They almost sent the item back as un - deliverable..Not sure of your situation.. but.. you might ask if it can be picked up at their terminal... maybe able to get it on Monday instead too... Just an idea..

Basically why I haven't built a dust collection system yet.. I do run the vac on my Excalibur by just hooking up the shop vac to the existing port.. just having a dust port sure helps a lot.. I know many do not like the EX set up.. I'm sure it could be improved... but it does work... Now... I just need to take the time to build up my own system.. maybe when warm weather comes back. LOL

Yesterday was only 10F here.. I worked most all day out in the shop and never really got cold never had to come in to get warmed up etc.. was out there about 6 hours... Temperature is a funny thing.. and I'm guessing the humidity plays a huge role in ow it feels... for instance there have been times where I'm freezing out there but the actual temp is 30F.. or the difference between 40F raining and 30F dry.. I'm warmer in the 30F dry than the 40 and rain... Funny because I got 4 made to order clock orders yesterday and had some orders to finish up from a few days ago.. I was all worried about being cold.. got the all cut.. just gotta do some finishing touches to them today.. was trying to knock them out before the real cold comes this next week.. high temps on Wed. supposed to be -4 We don't normally get too many days in Michigan like that.. might get a few - degrees but it's usually overnight if we do.. so this next week is going to be a cold one for us.. Like I've said earlier... this gives me time to work on the website.. and because I listed things on Amazon the other day when I talked about it being cold.... that is where 2 of my sales came from that I'm working on now.. I hate doing the website work so days like that actually help me do the stuff I don't really like to do and probably wouldn't do otherwise .. I'm always having to make myself do the website stuff, LOL

Great idea Jim... as they are not placed very high in google search when searching for the Pegas clamps.. They were a few pages back when I did my search a few month back.. I was about to give up and buy from another source just as I stumbled on their site.. Every link to them that gets posted around the web from them helps their ranking with google searches.. to get them closer to the front page and at the top of the front page.. without paying to be there.. Bear woods is top do for me when I search.. everyone that searches will get different results based on their user history.. Another thing that helps them is people clicking on these links that we post... A good reason for people to post their website links all over the net.. like I have in my signature for my site.. the more people clicking that in my signature helps my rank in google.. Anyway... enough rambling about that.. here is a link to their pegas chucks https://qtena.com/b-pegas-scroll-saws-br-b-pegas-head-clamp-sets-br-c-2409_2554.html

That’s where I bought my Pegas upgrade chucks for my Excalibur.I had never heard of them until searching for the best deal on the Pegas. Had a great experience with my purchase from them.

Pretty sure this was discussed on another forum, believe it was on the fox chapel forum. Anyway if I remember correctly they said the Hawk clamps are just the same as the factory ones. But they used to sell a retro fit for the Hawk to use the quickset Delta saw clamps.

I don't have a Jet either... That said.. I do have an Excalibur and they are all the same basic saw design.. The procedure for doing this is that the upper arm has to be parallel to the table.. then having a blade in the saw.. speed all the way down and the motor bolts loosen just enough to turn the motor... place something behind the saw blade on the table... run the saw and spin the motor until it has the least amount of blade travel.. You may need to shut it off.. take out the bolts to the motor and spin it around to the next set of holes and re- insert the bolts just tight enough to spin the motor like before.. then start the process again.. I had to take the motor off on my excalibur to the next set of holes... If I remember correctly moving the motor counter clock wise is the direction to move it.... Mine didn't make a huge difference either until I moved the motor to the next set of holes.. This info.. should be in your manual.. I believe... it was in the Excalibur manual... I'm betting that Jet isn't going to be able to help you much.. Ray at Seyco sells the Jet saw and I imagine he'd be the better person to contact... he has been known to walk people through stuff over the phone.. Just my pennies worth... Good luck and hope you get it figured out..

A lot of saws come with a dust port.. My old Dremel did.. My excalibur does.. I think Hegner too? I do think that a onboard system probably is asking too much BUT.. the dust port these saws have are either an annoyance or work marginal at best... They could design something better.. they know the port they put on them is more for a attractive selling feature instead of a good functional piece.. I do think they could offer upgrades to an onboard vac system if they'd take the time to design something that would work.. Seyco does offer this vac system...and I've heard it works quite well.. quiet too.. I've really considered this and almost pulled the trigger a few times, LOL http://seyco.com/dv-10a-cyclonic-action-scroll-saw-dust-collector/

Wow nice!! I'm a pretty slow reader.. If I'm gone for a couple months.. I'm probably still reading.. so now you know where I'll be, LOL... I learn so much better by seeing it done.. so many times.. I go to youtube to look up things..

The write off of taxes only works if the building is the Business's building I believe.. and I don't have it written up that way.. Would have loved to insulate and do other improvements rather than buying the CNC and other tools but the way the chips fall don't always land where you need / want... it is what it is.. I do have a small LP radiant heater that sits next to me while sawing https://www.harborfreight.com/15000-BTU-Tank-Top-Propane-Heater-63073.html.. This keeps me quite warm running next to me on low or medium.. The biggest issue for me is the bellows blowing air on the fingers.. which in between cuts sometimes I'll warm my hands and go for the next cut, LOL.. For the most part.. this works well until we get down to the single digit temps.. As for too hot to work.. don't think I ever posted that one.. but is possible I suppose.. rare around here to get too hot though.. Most of my jobs I've had in my life was working outside.. in the elements. rain, snow, hot sun... whatever it's doing I was working, so maybe it's in my mind to just deal with it..as that's how it's always been... My wife tells me to bring the saw inside on those real cold days.. LOL guess I'm stubborn like that.. Though before the shop.. my saw was placed off to a corner in the dinning room But that was back before I was " really " production cutting.. I think she'd change her mind real quick when she see's the sawdust accumulate the way it does these days, LOL

So you're not working in the back yard during a blizzard is my thinking.. or while it's raining.. not too smart to scroll in the rain, I literally only have about a dozen days a year that is too cold to work... I take advantage to this by working on my website adding new inventory and promoting my site etc.. That all said.. heat is on my list of things to do.. but it's quite a ways down the list.. I never seen any point it heating an un-insulated shop.. Most of the shop is insulated but I do have a ways to go with it.. This shop never got finished in the beginning because I got really sick ( almost died ) about a month or so after we just got the shop up.. All my saved up money went to medical bills instead of finishing the shop.. I didn't want to move into it until it was finished.. but had no choice to because I had to make money to finish it up.. You see.. I don't borrow money .. I pay cash money.. If I don't have the cash I do without.. That's where getting heat comes into play, LOL ..