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Yeah it is overkill but nothing wrong with taking pride in your investment of tools, cars and houses etc. and taking care of them either.. may be a waste of energy but I can say that whoever ends up with my tools when I'm gone they'll know they've been well cared for by looking at them.

Yes, I do know the Niqua blades is FD blades. I just did a little research and found that they use the term "Milled".. The ones they are talking about is the Ultra Reverse.. which was one of my go to blades however they are Milled / Ground differently as they still cut at a slight angle.. not quite as bad as the other blades but not as straight on as Pegas blades. Denny is a Pegas dealer and last I knew doesn't sell FD blades so I'm not sure he would have any info on FD blades. The MGT blades is the ones I buy from him and is my go to blade. The downside to the Olsen PGT blade that I mentioned before is the smallest size is a #5 and the blade ends are Thicker / Wider than the teeth are so you need a larger hole to get the ends to go through.. not great for finer detail stuff. Pegas are sort of that way too but not nearly as bad. That is the one thing I do use the FD blades for.. fine veining because they use the smallest hole possible as the blade ends are the same thickness from the front ( teeth side ) to the back of the blade.. The others are slightly larger ends.

Hmm, I thought all FD blades were stamped instead of ground. Now I went through some of what I thought were the more popular ones and none of them say anything about being ground or stamped.. how does one know which is which? What ones are ground? "Other Manufactures" state whether they are ground or stamped and that was a big selling point for those particular blades.. Never seen FD ever say anything either way.. so just assumed they was all stamped. I've used most all the styles of FD blades way back when and I don't recall using any that I didn't have to put a slight angle to my board as I feed into the blade.. I used to solely use FD blades until one day I found Olsen's PGT baldes.. I used those on and off for several years as I didn't care for having to feed the wood at a slight angle, doesn't bother me nearly as much these days as it did trying to learn and get good as scroll sawing. I used FD blades as that was the best I could find for certain types of projects.. Now I can stay on the line no matter what blade I use as I guess I've mastered the sawing portion.. I now pretty much only use Pegas MGT blades.. and now and then use FD-SR or FD-UR mainly because I have several that need used up and certain types of projects they work better for than the Pegas.. But still.. just curious what blades are PG? this is the first time I've read anything about the FD PG blade.

The purple saw is one of the better ones they made.. I think they were discontinued somewhere around 2000 - 2005 ish. I really don't know a lot about them other than back in the day the talk on the forums was these are one of the better made Excalibur saws. I'd say if it works it's probably worth $100 but I'm not sure if parts are still available for this one or not.. I'm thinking not.. but some parts I also think are shared with the saw they still make today, like the front rocker arms etc.. What to look for? I would hold the lower arm still with one hand and then use the other to move the upper arm up / down etc to get a feel for how much slop is in the bearings.. There should be some a fair amount but not like 1/4 inch or so.. Take a blade with and a piece of scrap and try running the saw and listen for knocking / grinding sounds as if a bad bearing or something.. I wish I could remember the model number to these.. I think maybe EX-21E or EX-30E.. If you get the model number you probably could download a manual. I think these are not variable speed as i think it's speed change is done via a belt pulley system sort of like a drill press. Maybe check condition of the belt if it's not a big process to access it. I think they might take a rope type belt but not 100% sure on that. That might be the hard part to find should you ever need one.

Okay so you need the cushion boots.. should be 3 of them and the one that is rattling is probably the front lower one? Stole this picture from a ebay listing. You might search eBay for your Delta Model 40-640. there is this person here that is selling parts from one.. you might try messaging him to see if he has these parts. I circled them in the red circles. Probably could make something too.

It looks great to me... if you do seal it up though, I would do a couple.. maybe more real light dusting coats to sort of seal it up before hitting it with a heavier coat.

Hi, Welcome to the village!! I would take the Bellows out and see if it still makes the noise.. I have a suspicion that isn't where the noise is coming from. Likely the rattle is the grommet part number 21 that if bad is common to make a rattle sound. Doesn't have to be there but if the rattle bothers you enough it's just a very small solid rubber maybe around 1/4 diameter and around 1/8 thick. Probably could use one of the small rubber or foam feet made for like drink coasters or furniture slider things since the part is no longer available. As for the bellows, you could use a CV axle boot and cut it down probably. You'd need a small one for like a small ATV quad or similar might be around the right size. I'm sure if you shop around you'd find something that'd work well. As Ray said, aquarium pumps work too. https://www.ereplacementparts.com/delta-40640-type-2034-scroll-saw-parts-c-3275_3505_14012.html

I think those Bosch blades are made by Olsen.. or at least some of them are.. Many brands are just rebranded Olsen blades. There used to be a Vermont Castings brand and those things was the worst blade I've ever seen. Not sure if they are still around or not..

There is a little rubber o-ring on those inserts.. You shouldn't use a petroleum type grease as it will make the o-ring swell up and also deteriorate. Might take a year or two but it will damage it. I use a dielectric grease or similar.. and you are very correct.. these inserts should be removed or at least looked at to make sure they spin freely.

Jane sent this to me in a PM a couple days ago, She got her saw back up and running. Yay! My saw is fixed !!! The threads at the bottom of the tilt knob had broken free of the original lock tite material because of age thus allowing the tension to go "wonky". Once I replentished the lock tite on both the upper and lower threads and had some awesome verbal help from "Midnight Scrollher" via telephone and video chat and the use of the digital square that came with the Seyco 21", the machine was adjusted and is in original condition. This lady has so many amazing, helpful videos on You Tube. Thank you everyone for your suggestions and support. If I could figure out how to post this on the website, I would. I have trouble navigating it.

The glues etc in plywood tend to eat up the blades faster.. if that is what you're using. Even so, scroll saw blades don't last very long anyway so just keep that in mind. I change blades about every 20 - 30 minutes of cutting just to give a general idea.. It's not like a tablesaw blade where you can cut for quite a long time on one blades.

Awesome!! Those Hawk Ultras are good saws.. not much issues with those.. the earlier saws yes there were some issues with those saws for sure.. even though those issues are what I would say kind of rare anyway considering the thousands of them out there.. I think Hawk really made a lot of improvements in quality and reliability starting with the Ultra..

Hello, welcome to the village! I guess I don't have a lot to add from what has already been said. Do feel free to ask any questions, if you are like most here you'll probably quickly find that the search function works just about as good as a flat tire on a car.. it's there and spins around somewhat but not great. I've been on this site for years and still have trouble getting relevant info on whatever I searched for so sometimes it's hit or miss using the search.

That's why I no longer subscribe.. BUT back in the day when I first started scrolling they was interesting to me to see the projects and they did give me many ideas and inspiration.. Actually I'd probably still be subscribed but there was a few years that I was the sole income as the wife was having some health problems.. money was tight and I didn't think renewing it was a great idea.. when things got better a couple years later I pondered it but evaluated that I rarely used any patterns out of them and just didn't see it the same as I did back when I first subscribed. I would check them out in the magazine stands and now and then there was one I would buy which was like 4 of them in a 10 year span, LOL. which also confirms my thought that it's not worth the money to me.. I know it's great for many folks and hope it doesn't dwindle and close up. Back in the day my favorite one was the Creative Woodworks and Crafts one instead of the one that is still going today. It was a monthly one instead of quarterly too.. and about the same price. Unfortunately they closed up.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/149710355X/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_7?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 I've had this in my shopping cart for several months now,

I'm on a lot of those FB groups.. but I rarely ever even look at the topics and mostly because of things already mentioned.. also it is hard to follow along.. Then there is several groups and several people posting the same thing on all of those groups so if I do follow the groups I end up seeing several of the same postings several times in the same day which makes it even harder to follow along...

You are welcome, I would always help out our regulars on here even if they don't always follow up. This site has a lot of members that just are lurkers and never post in the public forums.. many of them PM me for various questions and help.. those are the main culprits that ask a question and never follow up with me. Had one person that sent me all kinds of photos of their Excalibur and "we" rebuilt her saw simply by her showing me a picture and I would take the photo and circle and write what to take apart and what to watch for etc.. and send it back to her, I walked her through the whole process based off of photos and short videos that she sent.. She did thank me etc. and we got it running good. Took a good few weeks as she take one thing apart and send me a photo asking what next..LOL but it was really cool to walk her through the process.. I really do enjoy helping when I can.. Just that some folks don't show any appreciation whatsoever. When / IF they come back if I remember them I'm likely not going to be as helpful, LOL

Very nice work.. love the contrast of the two types of wood.

This topic is brought up many times over the years and the most common issue with the magazine has always been the patterns on both sides of very large insert papers.. On one hand it's a shame to see it dwindling down a slow spiral of probably becoming extinct in the coming years.. On the other hand it's how management decides to manage and run it... There are many magazines that have went to online subscriptions.. As for stopping the theft of the patterns themselves that are in the magazines.. what's to stop people from scanning the images in and posting them on pinterest and other sites or scrollers sharing it amongst each other anyway? Yes the electronic form would make it slightly easier but is that stopping people from doing it? I'd say not really from my own observations. I see this all the time on the FB groups.. a well managed site like we have here on the village that kind of activity is kept minimal. I see a grim future with all magazines just because of the internet.. They can choose to run themselves out of business or step up their game and give people what they want. T I don't subscribe and haven't for years. I have a large stack of them from over the years and they've almost went to the trash a few times now.. I don't use hardly any of the patterns from them and the ones I do use I went to the designers site and paid for it again for the digital copy. I used to just like to read the stories in it when I first started sawing.. and getting ideas of projects etc from the others.. But one can come here or to the many FB groups and also get that in real time.. and interact with the people posting the photos of their projects etc. At the end of the day if you want to see it continue you probably should subscribe and support them.. Seems like a lot of people like the magazine and don't want to see it go.. but many of those same people won't subscribe because of the pattern insert issues.. I never did buy it solely for the patterns.. They're just a bonus IF you can get a good scan of them.

Unless it's in super shape and a really good deal I wouldn't buy it. Many parts for these are obsolete so keep that in mind.

May be just in my area but, I see young kids repairing things most adults can't. Whenever my phone or computer breaks or I think it's not working right.. those kids can have it working in no time.. My kids seem to take everyone's phones with dead batteries or cracked screens and repair them. Though I did teach them how to work on cars etc. too and oldest one works for the state as a heavy equipment mechanic..

I don't know what the story is either.. I just know that people "trying" to help should be cherished rather than criticized for trying.. I mean.. they don't have to help.. it's not a requirement.. But then when nobody helps the site as a whole gets criticized because nobody is helping.. No win situation, kind of like with a woman ask if her outfit makes her look fat.. You just can't win ..

Sorry you feel that way but in all honesty the clearer the question the better help you get. On the flipside it's also very frustrating to offer help to people when they don't communicate well either so that is a two way street. I get PM's almost daily with generic vage questions about saw noises or repairs of some sort.. It's really hard to diagnose a squeak when the person asking for help can't tell you if its even coming from the saw.. let alone what part of the saw might be squeaking, then they tell you they've done everything but don't say what they have done either.. if they've done everything then it should be fixed.. LOL BUT.. I'm here to offer help as best as I can.. should that person go posting a message saying my help is not helping and go on a tantrum I'm likely not going to ever offer that person help again so be careful how you treat those trying to help.. I also like to hear feedback on the advice or issue too as that helps me learn as well.. If I give advice to repair a saw and I never hear back from said person again.. not chiming back to say well that fixed it or something else fixed it.. I'm likely not going to help again.. At the end of the day, I'm just thankful to have a place like this for those that do offer help when I need it and I'm also thankful to be able to offer help when I can. Before the internet where did we go or how did we get help like this.. for me it was a lot of trial and error.. mostly error but you only lose when you give up.

Didn't know there was such a service.. Maybe I'll have a few books done.. I rarely use patterns from magazines or the books solely because of the pain in the behind it is to have to scan and then half the time they don't come out very well unless you rip out the pages so it's sets nice and flat on the surface of the scanner.. Then I'm ruining the book, LOL

I did this with one of my pattern books.. and it was just a small book, not one of those 1" thick ones.. It's almost as tedious as creating the pattern myself, LOL and was very time consuming so I didn't do any of the other several books I have. At the time I had a large format printer and scanner, I probably should have kept it just for the scanning portion as I never thought about that.. I still have about a full pack of 11 x 17 printer paper.. I didn't use the large format part of the printer enough to justify the extra cost for another one.. especially in the laser printer section.. they are not cheap. Of course neither was the stupid ink and the issues I had with it.. Never will buy a inkjet printer again, LOL