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Well, almost 4 months later, Seyco just replied to my email.. though they didn't answer any of my questions.. they only asked if they ever replied to my message and if things was resolved, LOL.. I just threw that vacuum out in the trash can last week, .. figures.. Not that they was probably going to work with me anyway since it was out of warranty I think.

Yeah, I need that wrench tied to the stand with something, I've already misplaced that thing a dozen times.. one time I couldn't find it at all so went and worked on the other saw for a few days.. wife found it in the laundry banging around the dryer.. at least it's clean and more shiny now..

What dog breed is it? Should be able to find a silhouette image to use and place it into a circle shape for the ornament..

Like how this turned out after dipping in Danish oil..

It'd be nice when people are selling these used Hawk saws if they'd take photos of the clamps or at least the lower arm where the clamps go.. Very seldom do I find one for sale that actually takes photos of the clamps and or the lower arm..

This might help clear things up.. https://www.guidingtech.com/switch-from-heic-to-jpg-iphone/

Yes, its the format of the apple phones and other products.. I believe there was a setting you had to change on the phone to make that change for uploading to the internet.. what I did I have no idea now.. I just know I had the same issues when it first came out.. I used to email myself the photos I wanted to upload as a workaround until I changed the setting in my phone.

Yeah, I can see where the AI can be good / useful BUT, I can also see that opening up a whole new world of scammers and the like.. Do we really need AI, I don't think so since we've lived without it for ever, LOL.. Just not so sure it's benefits are good enough to justify the evil side of what can happen.

Pretty sure that's a laser file / pattern from etsy. I've searched a little but can't fine the exact one.. This seller has some similar but not pine trees.. https://www.etsy.com/shop/TangledTreeStudio?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1085360834 I thought it was this sellers work since I have bought designs from them but they don't seem to have any dogs.. might be their work still.. https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlackBearCreationsUS?ref=yr_purchases

All the VS models are Variable Speed.. what the VS means on the tag.. My old 220VS was a round clamp saw..

When I downloaded them to view them I just right clicked copy image and then I went to the program "windows paint" then pasted the image there and click file save as and you can choose the file format to change to.. Also sometimes when you save a image you have a drop down option to save as file type.. This is done on my desktop computer.. I'm not sure how you'd do it from a cell phone.. Though most photos I upload are from my cell phone.. and at one time I had issues too but I don't remember what I did.. maybe I changed something in my phone settings.. Don't feel bad about tech stuff.. my son builds computers and works for a computer company doing programming and other things... even took a class on cyber security and was in the top 100 worldwide for it during competitions.. can hack other computers trace them down etc.. but if my printer won't print he can't figure it out, Hahaha.. When we did figure it out it was stupid simple too, LOL

These are the pictures... since I had to download to view I changed the file to jpeg.. Neat looking set up..

Yes, they can give you much more info on it.. If they've done any upgrades to it they'd have that recorded too.

I've just looked at a lot of them and called Bushton a million times asking for info on the saws, LOL You are correct though as I was thinking the 226VS on the serial number and they have a total different series for the 220VS.. That said, that logo at the back of the saw is a newer style logo than any of my saws have other than my new saw of coarse, LOL.. I'm not exactly sure when they stopped the round clamps.. but I know they had the T clamp ( Ultra ) style in 1996.. I had a 1993 220VS with round clamps so sometime between there is when the Ultra came out.. To be honest I think 1996 was the first year of the Ultra as I have not seen any older than that.. but I'm really guessing since I'm just basing on what I've seen and read online.. Rolf claims he bought his G4 when they first hit the market in 2005 so I'm guessing that was the ending of the Ultra... However, I've never seen a 20" G4 saw.. SO they might have ran the Ultra style on the 20" saw up until the new BM series came out around 2010-12 ish.. OR maybe the only option at that time was only a 26" saw.. Hawk wasn't and still isn't good at updating the manuals.. They used up their supplies before changing, LOL.. and even then they were less than desirable.. same with stickers they put on the saws.. I wouldn't doubt there could be G4 saws out there with serial tags and stickers for a Ultra.. Yet they seem good at knowing the type and year of saw based on serial number.. LOL..

It's a 220VS ( Variable Speed ) 20" saw which is the "Ultra" version.. Guessing on the serial number and the logo used on the uprights I think it's probably a year 2000 or newer.. Has the added side table option..

When they say blood sweat and tears went into a project they didn't actually mean real blood sweat and tears I don't think.. My son has always used super glue.. even as a young child he'd rather have the glue than a band-aid... I'd rather have a band-aid myself but the glue does work well..

That's pretty close to what I had thought too.. I might keep track of exactly how many blades I use and do another post like this to see for sure.. kind of be fun & interesting to see what the guess's would be.

I didn't figure you'd go wrong with the Hegner once I got first hand experience with one myself with my recent used purchase of one.. I don't think the blade changing / tensioning is as bad as I've seen people mention and certainly not as picky as a Hawk.. Thanks for "trying and reporting " on that dust collection port.. I've been real tempted to buy that thing and now that I've seen two people say they wasn't quite up to par. I'll just save my money and make something of my own up..

This is kind of what every week looks like for me.. sometimes more than this sometimes less.. This is really only 2.5 days of work as I had to see my accountant Monday and run some errands.. Then today I had some more errands to run so my day was cut short.. Anybody take a guess at how many blades I used, LOL.. Honestly I didn't keep exact count but I have a pretty good idea.. Maybe next time I'll keep track and see if anyone could guess.. I know that BBply just likes to eat through my blades..

Week was cut short as I had Monday and half of today out of the shop... But this is my small list of things for the week.. I don't usually work Fridays as the wife has Fridays off so that is our grocery & errands day. Only cut the backers for the John 3:16 and glued / finished them.. Cut the Love Corinthians 16:14 and backers on the Hegner using #3 Pegas MGT blade.. stack cut 3 then profile cut 6 using #7 Pegas MGT as I cut the profile of all of them together so they matched,LOL All the ornaments was cut with #5 Pegas MGT blade some were stacked as 3 since I had some leftover scraps that was already taped etc. Others was stack cut of 5. Trivets was cut from 1/2" Cherry using #5 Pegas blades as well..

I would cut it with a #3 myself.. I might even go back and open up the cut with a 2/0 spiral blade.. Sometimes those fine line details get hidden from the project when you step back a foot or two from it.. Opening the viening cut with a 2/0 is what I do on quite a lot of projects. Everyone has a different view on what width of those cuts should be.. as well as what blade they're comfortable using.

Cool! never thought of that before.. I wonder if the wife would notice the interior doors missing,

When you install blade make sure the upper arm is fully lowered.. I used to push down on the top of the upper blade clamp area with one finger while I twisted the thumb screw.. not only did that but also with the other hand would hold the blade with the other hand and sort of pull up on it.. there are a lot of bearings in these type of saws and with all those moving joints can be slack.. you want as much of that slack out of there when putting in a blade.. only then are you really getting the true tension possible.. Also have to be sure the blades are not slipping in the clamps while applying the tension.

Order for one of these came in yesterday and I was sold out of them so making another batch tomorrow.. Sheila Landry or Keith's design And then this little guy standing with his arms open.. Steve Good pattern.. I made these for my wife and kids way back when the pattern was first released. Thinking that was around 2010 ish?.. Didn't really make anything this year.. we have so much stuff that I've made over the years that I've kinda stopped making things for our house..

My guess is you probably didn't have enough tension on the blade with the #2 Also make sure the blade is in the saw right end up? All the FD-UR blades do cut at a slight angle... but having the blade a little too loose of tension would make it want to wander bad..