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If you feel like puttering around you can make one fairly easy out of a range stove hood.. My brother made one from a range hood he picked up at a garage sale for $2..

This is the one I bought.. If you wait a while.. Grizzly usually runs a holiday sale from like Nov thru Dec.. I only gave $89 for mine.... Not saying they'll offer it for that price again but holiday sales are coming.. as well as black friday

If you happen to have a Delta P-20.. Those was awesome saws from what I've heard.. How it compares to a DeWalt? I can't say because I have no personal experience with the P-20 other than drooling over them in the show room floor back when they was new.. Those things was a tank.. but how they compare to a DeWalt.. there are a lot of variables.. one being..the P-20 is by now getting to be quite old.. many parts have been obsolete now for a few years... Parts for a DeWalt are still available... Believe the P-20 was not a true variable speed saw but had many speeds to choose from... which isn't a big deal to a lot of people.. most probably pick their speed and never change it much after that anyway.. and the DeWalt is variable speed..

My shop is 24 x 32 with a upstairs that is 14 x 32.. I bought the expensive styrofoam sheets because there is only room for 4" on insulation up stairs since I want to keep it open rafters for storing lumber in the rafters.... so I bought R15 3" foam sheet.. then topped it with foil both sides bubble wrap.. The lower ( shop area ) I have R19 for some of the shop but not enough to do the whole shop yet.. Almost went with the spray foam.. and probably should have.. but I didn't want to have to conduit all my wiring etc.. it's been a work in progress.. and like you said Ray.. I'll never have it set up.. I know when I did the wiring.. I put in a lot of outlets.. ( or so I thought ) .. now I want twice as many, LOL..

kind of looks like it could be possible two things.. First.. check to be sure your saw table is square to the blade... second possibility if the blade is square. be sure you are not pushing the blade too hard and making it flex.. suppose not enough tension might be a possibility too.. At any rate the way the picture looks.. it looks as though the bottom side it thinner than the top.. which is why I suggested looking at the table to be square to the blade.. Quick and easy way to check it.. get a fairly thick piece of wood maybe 1 or 1-1/2 inch and make a cut just deep enough into the wood to get the blade all the way into it.. then back it out and try to insert the back part of the blade into the slot you just cut... if the table is square to the blade it should line up.. if not then you need to adjust the table and make another test cut.. keep doing the process until you get it to line up... Or if you have a small machine square you can also use that.

I also googled those numbers.. My first thought was that back in the day.. several of the scroll saw manufactures use to use a prefix number before the main model number to indicate that the saw came as a package with stand and light... though I didn't find anything pertaining to that with this saw and number so I don't know if those numbers are correct... On another note... is those numbers actually DW7880? If so that is the number for the DeWalt stand..

What kind of blade speed you run on these? I'm wondering if the blade getting hot and sort of melting the tape / glue... I've never had this issue with any of my saws other than the DeWalt.. and it never happen very often even on that saw.. but would from time to time.. My other saws I don't run the blade speed quite as fast mostly due to the fact that the max. speed on the other saws is slower than the DeWalt.. Now I realize you'er using the Excalibur and they don't have a very fast speed either but I'm also assuming your cutting thick wood? I don't know.. just thinking.. it could be blade speed and or the wrong type blade for the job that is creating heat to melt small portion of the tape..

I’ve never done compound cutting either but my DeWalt would do this sometimes when stack cutting as I use tape to hold the stack of boards together. Not sure why it does it but makes it hard to spin the wood on that sticky table

Heat is over rated... Cold make you work harder No, I have all of the upstairs insulated and have almost enough to get the downstairs ( shop area ) done.. in fact I have a little of the downstairs done.. But... that said.. I'm not real interested in heating the whole shop just yet.. mainly the cost to do so.. and I'm thinking about putting up a wall to block off a small area.. and just heat the scroll saw area up.. I don't need it to be T-shirt warm.. really most times its not bad until it gets below 20F.. I'm thinking I'd probably heat it at around 40-50F would be plenty warm.. and wouldn't cost much to do just that small area..eventually the whole shop will be able to be heated in case I take on another car or tractor restoration or just need to work on a car.. but I won't keep it heated.. Actually what I've been doing the last few days is cleaning ( vacuuming the dust off the walls and everything ) hopefully the wife won't see me doing this or she may see I can actually do a deep cleaning, .. then I plan to do a little different shop layout.. and possibly run my dust collecting piping to more of the machines.. Everything I've done in the shop has been temporary because I know I have to do more wiring and access the walls etc. for insulation sooo. my shop has never really been set up... the way I want it to be... just a work in progress..

I need to wire up a plug near the machine maybe I'll put it on a switch also.. as for right now I just have it hooked to an extension cord.. I been intending to run several outlets up above so I don't have cords running all over the floor.. safety hazard in a shop having power cords all over the floor.. I tried to place tools where they are close to power source and where the power cord doesn't run across a walkway.. This air filter came with a remote.. I just put the remote on my saw table and turn it on when I go in to run the saw.. If hooked to my light switch it'd be on even if I'm just there working on a car.. though I like that idea.. but also my wife would be on me about leaving the lights on after I leave the shop .. and me and her getting on the kids about leaving lights on would then be a double standard, LOL Mine has a built in timer as well.. 1-2-4 hour timer..

I sure wished I felt like I had too much room.. LOL.. But.. that said.. I know how you feel because back in 2012 when i put this shop up.. I only had a little 24 x 24 pole barn that I had to share with all the lawn / garden tools / tractors / kids bikes / and all the car repair tools sandblasting equipment etc etc.. Usually had to spend a half day moving stuff out to get a car in if I needed to do car repairs etc.. and at that time.. my woodworking tools consisted of.. a palm sander.. and a cheap table saw that I had for a long time.. my DeWalt 788 was parked in the house.. and I scolled inside... when winter comes around.. sometimes wish it were still in here, .. But the kicker was.. no sawing during TV time.. and.. no sawing when the kids went to bed... while scroll sawing generally isn't noisy.. in a quiet house at night.. well it was frowned upon... Many times I go out and saw at 1-2-3 am ... so I can spend time with the family during the daytime etc.. or play here on the village

Doesn't seem like there should all that much stress on those roll pins but maybe I'm wrong... or maybe your saw is different than mine.. But my clamps roll pin goes into the hole and the edge of it is notched and rest on the top of the accessory arm.. seems like that torque would be more so on that notched out area and the accessory arm..

The live edge stuff I have is from the sawmill next door.. and my brothers sawmill from up the road.. They was green when I was given the pieces about 5 years ago.. I've had these stickered up in the loft all this time.. Many of these have shrunk and the bark has peeled off and or.. many of them split too.. I'll be able to use them for some projects anyway.. and I actually saved them from being turned into wood chips.. I have some BIG 4-5 inch thick pieces that I have no idea what I'll do with them.. some are 20+ inch wide.. hate to cut them down to fit through my little 13" planer..

JT, glad you got it figured out. I never would have thought of those roll pins. My newer Hawk has that same style clamps so I’ll have to keep this in mind if I ever run into this.

I bought this two years ago and never even open the box until today when I finally decided it’s time to hang it up. Got a good deal on it but knew I wasn’t ready to put it up, but didn’t realize it’d be two years. Hopefully I hung it in a good spot. I need to adjust it some. Thinking the biggest thing I need is just to hook my dust collection up to all the machines. But anyway this should also help I hope.

Yeah, I know how that is Ray.. I'm the same way.. I hate seeing people throw out stuff that just needs minor repairs etc.. I've bought a lot of older Delta saws and repaired them and resold.. cars trucks tractors lawn mowers etc.. used to be a fun little side business.. but then it got around and before I knew it.. friends and family would just start picking up stuff and dropping it off.. I had enough of that.. I like picking my own stuff to repair.. luckily I also like to haul a load of scrap every now and then.. because a lot of it ended up at the metal recyclers.. They pay out by the pound.. and that place is a gold mine for people like you and me... I always hauled back about as much as I took in But it was good junk..

In my 25 years of marriage.. this sound like a case of one of the honey does on the list of things broke that she needs repaired has taken a back burner for way too long... Ray.. you may need to double check that list. I know what you mean though on projects.. I've got 2 old 1968 John Deere lawn / garden tractors.. One I brought home to restore back in 2006.. I have it torn down to just a frame.. have the frame and much of the other pieces all sandblasted and repainted.. most of which the tractor just needs reassembled.. The motor needs gone through yet.. anyway I stopped messaging with it back about 2007-8.. bought the second one that ran and worked good but looked rough.. used it for a few years but then the steering gearbox broke on it.. I actually have a spare.. took that tractor apart to replace the box.. and well.. that's where that one sits.. My business / hobby of scroll work and messing with saws.. seems to take most of my time. Not to mention I have 5 old Wheel Horse brand tractors in various stages of repairs too... Been thinking about selling the whole tractor collection and buying more wood shop tools.. LOL My grandpa was cleaning out his shop one day and throwing a lot of stuff out.. I asked about why he was throwing out good stuff... he said... If I haven't used / fixed it or plan to use or fix it in the next 6 months.. It's not worth the storage space.. This stuff I have... thankfully I have another hole shop just for the tractors and their parts etc.. so it's not taking up valuable shop space.. but plenty of moneys worth of tractors implements and parts that'd buy a few wood shop tools I'd really like to get.. Then free up that shop for... More wood stuff LOL

Glad it went well for you.. I need to try the show events some day..

Thank you.. I may have to mess around and see if i can hook up mine and see how it goes..

Bass wood is nice to work with.. My first scroll saw piece was from basswood.. Usually not much grain patterns to it though.. but nice cutting stuff.. sands easy too.. Anyway.. I also did a live edge piece the other day for my first time.. and I also posted this question.. maybe you can find our answer there.. Here is the link..

Is this the bigger roll around dust collector machine? or the smaller ones? I have the bigger roll around style that I have hooked to the planer and bandsaw... amazing how much sawdust comes from the bandsaw when resawing LOL.. Anyway I ask because I've read how these like I have are great for sawdust but not the real fine stuff.. so just wondering what you have and your experience with how well it does.. I keep thinking about piping it to my saw and seeing with my own eyes how well it does.. seems like if it had enough to suck those bigger chips from the planner it's work good with the fine dust.. That'd save a lot of money from buying the Festool.. other than I want to use the Festool for my sanders too.. LOL.. but until I get the extra funds.. I could use the HF machine.. if it works good.

I guess my set up is very much like JT's.. I clean every day sometimes twice a day.. I ran my shop vac on my EX via foot switch just as a test to see how it goes..

Almost all the time free shipping is not really free... BUT.. for some reason.. folks don't like taking the time or maybe know how.. to add it up.. so for online... you're going to see more and more places going to free shipping... and it's because.. people are searching for free shipping more than they are for the lowest price.. All the venues I sell at.. have been encouraging sellers to offer free shipping to get boosted in the searches.. so what do the sellers actually been doing? raising the price to offer free shipping so they get boosted in the search results... I haven't done it yet and not sure if I will.. sometimes following the crowd actually hurts you than standing on the last page by yourself. They've been encouraging this for quite some time.. not sure how my sales would differ had I went with the crowd.. but my sales have been much better than last year so I'm good.. They also always run these holiday sales on esty.. I'd do it sometimes and sometimes not.. Lots of people in the last sale so I stayed out.. bunch of complaints from sellers because of the way etsy had to filter search as so many jumped in on the sale.. I stayed out of the sale and had 15 orders in the three days, LOL... It's really comical to watch how seller react to things when they are hoping to get some business.. Most of the sellers look at short term things rather than long term..

While I agree with you 100%.. I also know that time is money to some people and you can spend $10-15 on tubing and an hour trying to figure out your set-up etc.. Not sure what some of you all charge or make per hour at your job.. but for me an hours time is that $50... so then you ask yourself.. do i play around and try to make something... or do i just pend $50 and be done with it...

I was always wanting to build a copy of one of those.. My issue is.. I never seem to find the time or want to spend that time actually tinkering around to make it.. I probably should just buy the darn thing, LOL... That said though.. I think I've only used my DeWalt one time this year and i didn't even do a complete cut on it then moved to a different saw, LOL I will say that I hooked up my shop vac to my Excalibur dust port thing below the table.. and Yeah.. it keeps the dust WAY down.. I'm glad to hear from someone that has it.. Seyco sells a dust extractor thing that an hang right on the saw.. is small and quiet.. I keep thinking about that thing as opposed to a shop vac.. and I've also thought about those expensive Festool dust extractors.. My shop vac works great.. just too noisy for my taste.. I talked with the Rep and they demonstrated the Festool last month for me... awesome machine but wow is it pricey..