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Good one Ray

Congrats on the new saw! Love the stand, very impressive

Nice setup. I have the cyclone that has about a 10” cone on top. Very tippy. I like your idea with the cigar box. And in another picture you posted I saw how you hung your blade wrench. I’m gonna have to steal those ideas from you. What size pvc are you using? How much more noise is there using your setup vs directly hooking your Fein hose directly underneath table?

Very nice! Beautiful wood

Wow! Very impressive!

Nice work. Do you have to do a lot of sanding?

Nice work, and a nice week of work

Very nice. Hitchcock is awesome. The names are perfect. Did you make the name patterns?

The Loc-Line does a wonderful job of blowing away the dust. It’s when I hook it up to the vac that isn’t good. Maybe I need to get the bigger Loc-Line?

Good point. Never thought of that

That is really cool!

Which saw are you waiting for?

Thanks Ray. There is absolutely no vibration. It’s more getting used to the magnifying of the magnifier. (Huh?) (big smile)

Thanks meflick.

The dust collection port works real well down below. It’s the one through the Loc-Line that leaves a lot to be desired. And yes, the blade change is a piece of cake. I actually like it better than the EX

My new Hegner arrived Tuesday. It was supposed to be dropped off at my door. I woke up Tuesday morning and forecast was for rain, all day. Rain. In the middle of winter in Minnesota. I didn’t take that into account. Thank goodness a neighbor was able to keep an eye out and bring it in for me. I bought the 18” with stand, magnifying lamp, and quick change. My thoughts so far: I was pleased that it came very well packaged. It was easy to get everything set up. This saw is the exact same height as my Ex so that’s nice. I took off the hold down and the arm that holds it. I was amazed at how sturdy that was! Once everything was set up, I practiced putting in and taking out a blade. Did that about 20 times and said to myself it’s time to make dust. I took the lower blade cover off, it was in the way. The footprint is considerably smaller than that of the EX. Yes, the Hegner has a much smaller table, but that shouldn’t affect what I do, as I generally, am making small parts. I drew a few lines and circles in scrap walnut and put in a Pegas modified #5, my go to blade and off I went. Very quiet, no vibration at all, the blower worked very well. I hooked my my Fein to it and reversed the blower to be a vac. Hose for the shop vac fit, cool! The suction on on top was in my opinion terrible. I don’t care about that because I didn’t know about that until after I purchased it. My first piece was a Rook for a chess set that I am making. 1 1/4” square mahogany. I used a Pegas #5 Super Skip, recommended by Denny at ArtCrafters. (How’s that fair shameless plug). Man, what a saw, cutting that piece was as smooth as a fresh jar of Skippy Peanut Butter. The magnifier will be the hardest thing to get used to. I’ve made about 6 of the chess pieces and just really like this saw. Patti at Advanced Machinery, who I purchased it from, was fun to work with. I have yet to break a blade, or have a blade slip. Both of EX’s the blade slipped pretty much all the time, even with the new clamps from Pegas. After just a few hours on the saw, I can say that it is worth every penny. Thanks again to all who have offered their opinions on getting a new saw.

Very nice!

As they used to say, “Far out man”. Reminded me of the show Laugh-In. And I mean that in a very complimentary way. I too would like to know if that is a pattern available.

I made this for my wife a few years ago. I’m pretty sure it’s a Steve Goode pattern. I also happen to enjoy making clocks.

Thank you Paul, Ray, RJ and Kevin. I’m excited and nervous at the same time. Excited for being able to purchase one of the best,and nervous because of the cost. But, as Don Henley sing/sang/sung, “but you don’t no hearses with luggage racks”. Thanks again, to all of you who have chimed in on this post. Very much appreciated.

Well… I finally pulled the trigger. I ordered a brand spanking new 18”Hegner with all the bells and whistles. ETA is 2/14.

Congrats on the new saw. Isn’t it fun drooling over all the choices?

Ok, you guys are starting to scare me. What’s with the breaking of blades on the Hegner? On both of my EX’es, and my Dewalt 788 it’s very, very rare that I break a blade. And when I do that’s because of me being dumb. (But that goes without saying. (Big smile)

Thanks. Good information to hear. Yeah, 90% chance that I’ll pull the trigger on a new Hegner

Wow Kevin! That’s awesome!!!!! I bet your as excited about it as a kid on Christmas morning