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  1. OCtoolguy
    I did this: I have a small 2" square but you can use a square block of wood. Place it behind the blade and up against it. With the power off find a way to rotate the motor shaft so that the blade goes up and down one cycle. This will tell you how much the blade moves forward and backward. Loosen the bolts tha hold the motor in place so that you can turn the motor. Keep checking the blade movement and try to get it so it moves as little as possible. That would be the least aggresive. You can actually remove the 3 bolts and move the motor to the next slot if you have to. It's not hard to do this adjustment. If I haven't made myself clear, just say so and I'll try to help. You can also do all this with the motor running on the slowest setting and "eyeballing the movement of the blade.
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    Thanks Brenda, believe me, I can feel the love. This is a true sanctuary. My favorite place to be when I'm not scrolling. Sometimes it's really hard to break away from here. I love "The Village" and all those in it. Thanks Travis for creating this place. I, for one, would not know what to do if we ever lost it.
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    Dan, if you ever feel a need to chat, please feel free to PM me through the Village message board. I'd be happy to talk with you.
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    I'm sorry for your loss. My youngest son was born with the cord wrapped around his neck. If the doctor had not induced labor, he might have not made it. Thanks for your thoughts.
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    Don't feel bad. Nobody knew. With exception of a couple of folks.
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    What is the material? Very nice job of cutting.
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    Great job.
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    All of your kind comments are testaments as to why I posted this in the first place. All of you wonderful people have truly become my family. I hope I didn't bring sadness to such a joyful place. I just needed to vent some of my grief. Thank you all for giving me that opportunity. You are truly my Village.
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    Dan, I'm sorry for your loss too. You're right. They say only time will heal our wounds but we will never forget. My problem comes in when I think of whether there was something we missed that we could have done to head it off.
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    I guess I might have misunderstood you in your first post. I thought you were low on the blade end. If you had too much spread and wanted to lessen it to get even, then yes, you'd have to turn it CCW. But whatever you did, you shouldn't have run out of threads.
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    Thanks. This is my place to come to for some solace.
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    Go to top right corner where your picture is. Click the down arrow, move down to settings. There is a signature place there.
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    A couple of years ago or so, I suggested that everybody post their names so we don' t have to refer to them by their avatar name. Thanks Gary. Good to know you.
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    It might be nice to know your name.
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    Thank you. You found the best place on the internet. This is the best, friendliest group you will find.
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    Ok, here is how I do it. Without a blade installed, do whatever you must do to get your arm to the same measurement front to rear. Once that is achieved, that is where you want to leave it. When you install a blade, install it in the bottom clamp first. Then, pull down on the arm to take the slack out of it and install the blade in the top clamp. When you flip the lever that should apply the proper amount of tension. You can fine tune it a bit by turning the big black knob a bit CW. That applies more tension to the blade. Then, you can unflip the lever and take the blade out of the top clamp and insert it in a hole or leave it as is and just start cutting. As has been mentioned before, some of the EX saws will "unwind" the knob because of blade stretch or whatever. I took a large width rubber band and wrapped it around the threads of that tension rod and then stretched it down along the right side to one of the motor bolts. That keeps the rod from turning. I hope I have made myself clear.
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    Thanks Al, that means a lot.
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    Thanks Les. Yes, he was very outgoing and so generous. He would always be the first to volunteer to help anybody who needed help. And on his sister's 50th birthday, he threw her a party that had to have cost him thousands of dollars. But, he crawled into a dark hole and there was nothing we could do to help him. He was 59 years old. You can't just grab somebody like that and force them to the doctor. We did everything we could to keep him safe and try to get him back into the workplace but he just would not do anything to help himself. Very sad situation. I'm very sad to hear that you have been going through it all those years. You are a better man than me, I'm afraid.
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    I'm not sure of your problem but you stated that you turned the knob CCW to increase the height at the arm/blade. It should be the opposite. Turn the knob CW to increase height/tension on the blade end. You might have gone the wrong direction and run out of threads. Try going CW instead.
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    I'm not sure where to post this. Or even if I should. But, I regard you folks as friends so I am going to open up. I've been sort of "high centered" for the past month. A few of you already know about this but for those who don't I'll explain. One month ago today, Barb and I lost our oldest son to depression caused suicide. It's been tough around here since. We are getting past the initial shock but I just haven't been motivated to go out to the shop and do anything. So, I sit here at my computer and read all the stuff you great people post. I try to be active in conversations where I might have something meaningful to add. I'm truly sorry to bringing this to such a HAPPY place but I just had the need to talk about it. I hope you all will understand and forgive. Just know how much I appreciate every one of you and you all are truly my VILLAGE! Doug is the second from the left. Blond, blue-eyed. The other 3 are the rest of our brood.
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    Charley did a very good post regarding doing these little critters.
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    I have sort of found the fix for this problem. I take pics of each stage along the way so that when something is done, I have a pictorial history of each piece. The fact that we can take quick pics with our phones had added that ability.
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    Kevin, I'm beginning to have the same problem. But so far, no money has changed hands. It's just "Oh will you make one for me"?
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    That's why I bought the Ridgid drum/belt sander. I love that thing. I also use my Harbor Freight 4" x 36" tiny belt sander with the 5" disc a lot too. They both perform wonderfully so far. I'd hate to lose either of them.
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    Les, I have two systems. I have the Fein/Dust Deputy for my scroll saws inside my shop. Outside, I have the one that I posted the video on with the H/D shop vac and Dustopper combo. I use my table saw, drum sander etc outside on my driveway so that's where I use the one that you are talking about.
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