Well, @rdatelle, Ralph, I got started on this project about 4 day ago. It goes on and on and on......
I borrowed you four horse ideal and I am doing some other little miner changes as I go. I am enjoying it but there are many more pieces to it than I thought. I have pretty well cleaned out my pile of scrap 1/8" BB. Great way to get rid of a bunch of odd shaped scrapes.
To me what you are asking is hard to write an answer to. It is best shone in person or watch videos. There are all kinds of tutorials on Youtube if you search "scroll saw tutorials" and a few here in the "Articles" under the "Resource" tab. Others better at it will also respond here.
Glad to have you join us. I'm sure some better at instructing will be with you shortly.
How lucky I am. I have a bathroom right next to my heated work room. I know really nice, and my wife wants us to move.... maybe she wants to move, maybe I wasn't included...
I had an old Mark II or something like that, Harbor Freight drill press that had that type of locking ring on it. I love it also, worked great and very easy to set. Unfortunately my Jet I replaced it with has the type where you screw the two nuts up and down to set the depth. Some genius engineer developed that setup, that probably never used a drill press in his/her life!! Just saying......
I bet the only people that hasn't happen to or will not happen to sometime are people that do not scroll. I figure it is part of the hobby and if it can't be repaired, then I get to scroll it over.
P.S. It is okay for me to joke about by bitter half like I did in my last entry. We have been married 52 years. We can talk to each other that way now.
@Dave Monk I hope you will keep us informed when you get the Pegas. I wish you lived close,,, maybe I could interest you in a lightly used Seyco saw. Been a long time since I have fired it up, I spend all my time in front of my Hegner.
If I have the space and extra bucks to burn, I think I would go get this one. Don't know why, I just think it is neat. I'm sure it only takes pin blades, look like it has a high speed and a low speed.
https://spokane.craigslist.org/tls/d/clayton-40s-or-early-50s-vintage-walker/6783828981.html
You know, the bored looking one,,, the one on the right,,, that be me. The one flapping her arms and mouth wide open.....on the left,,,,, that would be...............