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My sentiments exactly. No scrap too small.
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Thanks Frank. You are as short on space as I am. My shop is 9 x 13. I have a small entry door so that gives me one more wall than you. I take my Dewalt saw out on my driveway to use it. No room in the shop for it. I have a 14" bandsaw, 2 scroll saws, a stack tool box, an 8 foot long work bench, a Fein/DustDeputy, and a ton of hand held power tools up on a shelf. I bought a ton of woodworking quick clamps from a guy whose Dad passed away. I should never need another clamp of that type. I would like to buy a couple of 24" Bessey bar clamps though. They are nice for glue-ups. I bought 4 of the 4 foot LED shop lights when H/F had them on sale for $20 ea. They are so bright I have to turn them off if I want to look up at anything on the shelves above them. Anyway, we are both using our small area to the best of our abilities.
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I think you just gave me some idea of why we haven't moved to Florida yet. As much as I hate the whole political atmosphere here in California, I'll just live with it for the weather we have. I get cold when the temp drops below 60 and too warm anything over 78. And the humidity is livable. If I want to wear long pants and a warm shirt I can work out in my shop all winter and I just installed a window a/c for the summer.
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Excellent write-up and info. Thanks. And also thanks for all the pics. We love pics.
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Thinking the same thing Dan. Pictures! Now!
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All of our recyclers have closed up shop.
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Have you tried Opera as your browser. I use it and love it.
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You did better than me. I have an EX16 and 21 with a total of $550 invested and about 4 hours of driving time.
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What saw are you using now Dick? I know you do some very nice work.
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Yeah, no problem there. The tough part is "flattening them out".
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Unfortunately, I only drink from long necks. But, there are many cans lying about.
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I think it is by far the best mid-range priced saw. And for many folks, it will serve them well for their entire scrolling years. With maintenance!
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Thanks Dick. I had not seen this one before and I learned something from it. I was under the mistaken impression that it was the tension rod that was striking the cover. I didn't didn't know it was the upper arm. So, with that said, I must take back my previous instruction regarding the rod. This video gave a very good example of how much and where to remove material from the cover. I didn't have to remove that much from mine. Just goes to prove the old saying that you're never too old to learn something.
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I forgot to insert a sleeve once and you're right. Noisy!
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Delta 40 496 scrollsaw will not start
OCtoolguy replied to Kevin vicknair's topic in General Scroll Sawing
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Definitely doesn't sound right. I think it might be time to go back through it and recheck everything. Something is out of whack for sure.
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Another thing comes to mind here. Do you have your saw firmly mounted to a base? I MUST be held down tight so that vibration does not enter into the equation. I have experienced this first hand when I brought home my used EX16. I had it sitting on top of my workbench and I started checking everything out. It worked great but if I ran it up on the speed dial it would start to vibrate and made a bit of noise. When I pushed down hard on the table with both of my hands it smoothed out and the vibration and sound went away. Just thought I'd add that.
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That's a nice looking saw. Should serve you for a long time. If you have it tuned and the motor has no run out or endplay, you're in business.
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I'm not sure that would work Kevin. Without it, the only tension adjustment you'd have would be the flip lever. At least with the rod in place you have some adjustment as to how tight or loose you want it prior to flipping the lever. On the EX/Pegas that knob at the back gives you a way of tightening up the tension over what the lever gives you.
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You want to take as much slack out of the tension mechanism as possible. It sounds like you might have gone the wrong direction.
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Don't hold your breath.
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Here's a link to the manual download. https://www.manualslib.com/manual/556654/Dewalt-Dw788.html#product-DW788
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You can download a manual online. I do it for all of my used tools. I still think your knocking has something to do with the tension rod banging on something. You mentioned 3 1/2 and 4 1/2. Are you referring to the speed dial or the tension dial? Really it shouldn't matter about speed. Vibration will factor in with saw speed but the knocking shouldn't. Did you have this knock prior to your rebuild? When I did mine, I found a very loose bolt that held the arm mechanism to the motor drive link. Once I tightened that up, my noise went away. You may not have relieved that cover enough. It's easy to remove it and see if you find any marks on the under side of it. You only have to relived one end of it. Your tension rod may still be too loose too. It takes some fiddling with but I really think that is your sound. There nothing else to really knock unless you left something loose. I wish we were closer so I could visit and see for myself.
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Les, did the Oreck hose connect directly to the mini cyclone or did you have to "adapt" it down? If so, what did you use?
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Did you see the mention on scroll saws.com of relieving the area of the aluminum cover over the tension rod? I had to do that to get mine quieted down. I had turned the rod 4 to 6 turns but to no avail. So I put it back to where I started and moved ahead with filing down that area of the cover that was in line with the rod. I had to take quite a bit off off it but that solved it. If I recall I did still turn the rod 2 turns to shorten it. I also gave the sliding wedge a heavy layer of grease. You are very close to having a sweet saw.
