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    I agree with Ray.. take the EX upstairs.. you don't need a stand for it if you have a table top to work on. My excalibur came with some rubber feet that I never installed.. I'll mail them to you if you want them. They are designed for benchtop use..
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    Well in that case I can understand. I've heard of quite a few satisfied folks that use the porter cable saw. I don't know anything about it or even know if it's still sold. Could be worth looking into that one. I have seen a lot of people use the WEN etc.. But the biggest complaint was the lower blade clamping not easy to get to it etc.. Might be okay for projects that don't require a lot of blade removal though..
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    Too bad you can't get someone to help you pick up something from craigslist etc. There is a Hawk on your side of the state for $80. I was in southgate MI yesterday.. about 2 hour drive for me..( my daughter works there ) How far from southgate are you? In the price range you're looking at on this saw can land you a very high end saw in the used market. https://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/tls/d/warren-rbi-scroll-saw-model-inch/7314259056.html
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    Ohh I like that last one you posted.. Great work! I might have to make one as well. LOL
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    Mine has the muffler that Seyco designed for it.. Much quieter than the homemade system I build for my other saw from a standard metro vac. Anyway my guess is the paper filter / bag restricts the air and makes the vac work harder thus making it loud. Probably something everyone should keep an eye on as this could cause it to get hot and either burn up the vac or set a fire.. The bag never really "looks" like it has much of anything in it.. but once you take it out and the find dust is just a thin layer all through the sides and back of the bag.. Blow it out " outside " and it has a lot more in it than I realized. I have new ones but trying to get my money's worth out of them so I just blow it out with the air compressor.. Probably didn't make the neighbors too happy, LOL They are a 1/4 mile away but man that cloud of dust,
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    Yeah that's why I said it reminds me of a DeWalt / Delta / Excalibur. Has the style look of a DeWalt and the locking pin for the upper arm of the Delta and the table similar to the Excalibur, LOL Does also look like a lot of table in front of the blade.. Something I disliked a lot on my Excalibur but have grown kind of used to to now.
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    I've had my Seyco DC for almost a year now and it's on my Excalibur which I haven't used a lot. Today was out cutting on it and thought it seemed like the DC is louder than it was. I checked things out. Not much in the filter / bag but was a lining of fine powder dust. I took it outside and used a air hose to clean it out. Put it all back together and quite as new again. If you have this style vacuum setup might want to check that out.. especially if you notice it's getting loud. I forgot exactly how much dust the thing actually does pick up too.. The noise was annoying to me at first so I just shut the vac off for a while. There was sawdust all over my lap and the floor.. I only cut one puzzle but looked like I had sawn for days, LOL
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    Yeah I was going to say a CV boot.. I think you're going to want one for a ATV / Quad type so that the hole on the small end is going to be small enough to plug the hose into.. Or at least closer to what you need in size anyway..
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    I'm not sure you're seeing the same saw as the rest of us.. There is no adapters for pinned blades.. The upper and lower arms are made just like a DeWalt.. I'm not sure you could use pinned blades on it. It is designed a lot like a DeWalt / Delta
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    Yes, has clamps similar to the DeWalt, Excalibur etc. Looks like a cross between a DeWalt and a Excalibur,
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    I think it would make a decent starter machine. It must be really new because searching for it turns up very little. I did see that it is on Home Depot's website at ( I think ) $370. It appears to have a locking upper arm similar to the Delta version of the DeWalt.
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    I'm not sure how long this has been out? but I just run across it tonight for the first time. Reminds me of a reworked DeWalt, LOL https://www.ebay.com/itm/133778439817?hash=item1f25d0fe89:g:UU8AAOSwf1dgt6hb
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    He's talking about woodcraftbyscott I believe.. which would be the link provided by Dave Monk in the first reply to this topic. Good luck with the puzzle making, they can be addictive, LOL
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    For stand up puzzles I think the most common wood type used is probably Poplar because it's cheap and easy to work with, but folks do make them out of most all other hardwoods out there. There is a seller on Amazon that is making them from plywood. They are typically made from 3/4" thick material whatever you choose to make them from. I've personally made them from Walnut, Oak, Maple, Pine, Mahogany, and of coarse Poplar.. While they can be done from Oak, Oak also likes to break easily along the grain.. and sometimes proves to be a poor choice for some projects because of that.. I'd probably not do them from Oak. But whatever type of wood you can get your hands on cheap I'd say should work.
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    At todays prices for plywood to make a riser table to get more from a blade.. I think maybe throwing out the blade is a cheaper option, .. Then again, I go through half a dozen + blades per day.. Usually order 2-5 gross of each size / style blade I use the most when I order, and I always order when I get to my last gross package so hopefully I don't run out. At any rate, It'd take a long time and a lot of blades to pay for the plywood material just so you could save a few penny's on blades.
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    Doesn't matter to me because very few patterns I use as they are. I'm usually adding or taking something from it so I use it in one of my editing software's anyway and change many of the patterns to make it unique from what the others use it for. Now this wasn't the case a few years ago before I started learning the editing programs.. Getting my CNC and Laser made me learn and still learning since I really haven't run these machines much yet.
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    I've cut aluminum and copper.. just thin sheets. nothing more than 1/8" and it's very slow going.. Someone out there might be able to cut thicker metal materials but I think watching paint dry would be more fun. I did actually cut a manifold spacer for a race car a few years back but free handing it and getting it to match up perfectly proved to much of a challenge. The thing with scroll saw work is.. you can cut the same item 10 times and all 10 will be different because it is free hand and harder to do than you might think. Kinda like trying to cut a perfect circle from paper with a pair of scissors.. You can get one where it looks real good, but then get some measuring devices and start doing measurements and you find it's a lot farther off than you thought, LOL
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    I always used to flip my blades end for end when I used the FD-UR blades.. They are similar to the two way cut blades with reverse teeth throughout the blade. I have also just flipped regular reverse tooth blades etc.. But sawing on the Hawk I find that once the blade starts getting dull it usually breaks soon. Taking the time to undo the blade and flip it for it to only last a couple more cutouts isn't worth my time to do. SO I just run them until they break, LOL. If you flip a blade expect it to cut a few degrees off on the opposite side that it normally cuts on. Takes a bit to get used to and many might ruin a project if they aren't careful. I got pretty good and just cutting with whatever blade and whatever way it's installed. It teaches one to learn to let the blade do the cutting and don't push it, just steer it, LOL
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    This showed up on my FB feed.. I'm betting that the prices will not go back to pre pandemic prices due to inflation and the fact that they are pushing for a minimum wage increase. Some companies have already hit the news stories of raising their wages.. some are doing so because they need workers so they're raising wages in hopes of making the jobs they need to fill more appealing.. Eventually this is going to trickle through the system. BUT that said prices will probably drop some.. I just don't see it at the levels they was due to the demand for workers and rising wages etc.. https://www.familyhandyman.com/article/when-will-wood-prices-go-down/?trkid=soc-fhm-facebook
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    Recently there have been a few topics about soaking the 3M-77 spray glue nozzles in Mineral Spirits. What other things you all use this for? I don't use or maybe should say never use the stuff and don't keep it around for anything because well... I don't use it, LOL.. I'm assuming you all use the stuff for something besides buying it just to soak nozzles, LOL That's not entirely true, I have bought it once and mixed up my own 50/50 Boiled Lindseed Oil with Mineral Spirits.. but that was the only time in my life that I have used it. I've seen mention of soaking the pattern to release it from the wood for those that place the pattern directly onto the wood and soaking the spray nozzles..
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    I'm thinking I can make more off my plywood as a full sheet than I can spending hours drilling hundreds of holes and cutting the projects out of it.. save me a lot of time to just sell it as is, LOL A bird flew in from another country and told me this year is going to be a big inflation year.. so I bought about 40 sheets at $11 a 5x5 x1/8.. I should be good for a little while. I also bought a 150bdft. of lumber.. but I need more.. I learned just how fast you can make ornamental fire wood with the CNC and laser. I might go back to my supplier and pick up another 100 bdft. You can count on hardwood lumber going up if it hasn't already, Talking to my brother at the mill.. hardwood pallets/skids that used to sell for $18 is now $54.. this will be trickling down the line to the consumer soon with just about every product sold.
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    Ray, I think the Seyco saw is made in the same place the Pegas, King, and Jet saws are made as well as the "old" Excalibur. I think the only saw made in the USA is PSWoods and Hawk. Last I knew PSWood saws was doing a redesign of the saw and they currently are not selling any until the new one comes out, IF it does ever.. as this has been the case now for over a year and maybe more like 2-3 years. I looked into buying one back when I bought the new Hawk. Much cheaper saw but a lot less bells and whistles for a production cutter that would make it not very productive. Seem well built.. just blade changing and other things needed improvement.. but again, you sometimes get what you pay for.. Those saws are only $550 - 750 depending on what one you get.. as opposed to the $1200 - 1500 for a Hawk.
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    Well it's definitely a job as I do this full time. If you like working for yourself and working hard it can be living from selling crafts. Not easy to do, we did it for a while solely on selling my crafts but feeding 3 teens made money quite tight, ..
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    PS Wood machines sells a USA made scroll saw at the mid price points. I have no experience with them but I do see them from time to time really cheap on craigslist and other used selling sites. Hawk scroll saws are also made in the USA, but pricing is up there with those other high end tools. None of these would be available at a Home Depot or other stores as they are sold by the actual manufacture of the saw so no middle man to make money off your purchase. As for functional projects made with a scroll saw.. Puzzles, Clocks, Key Racks, Dog leash holders, magazine racks, Jewelry boxes, shelves, toy cars, I'm sure there are many more things. Not knowing where you're from but if around Michigan I have a Hawk that I'm going to be selling and possibly a Excalibur as well.
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    Build yourself a little igloo with a couple sheets of insulation and get one of those portable AC units is probably your best option. My shop stays pretty cool so long as I keep the place shut up. But my shop is two levels and I have to say, I'd never build another shop that is single level. Upstairs loft is quite warm. Today the temp is 92F and the shop is 76F. I don't have AC in the shop. Do have if partly insulated and do have heat for the winter finally this last winter installed a heater. I am fortunate to have a large oak tree and a large maple tree that shades the shop from direct sun light from noon throughout the rest of the day. But I do get direct sun in the morning
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