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I buy them from my son who is a tool dealer in Colorado Springs but only because I get a deal. You can order them from a lot of the blade retailers and OttoFrei.com. Probably on Amazon too. It seems that they have everything. When I first took the marquetry class, the instructor put us onto Otto Frei so I bought 2 gross of the 2/0 blades and a dozen #68 drill bits.
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That's true. But, if you make the investment in the Pegas clamp set, that is all gone and works so much better. I sort of flinched at having to pay almost a $100 to buy something that was pretty much already on both of my saws but after buying the first set for my EX and experiencing how much better they are, it made buying the second set for my Dewalt a whole lot easier. I did buy the second set of EX clamps to put on my Dewalt because I like the lever system better. I make an initial adjustment with the rotary knob on the Dewalt and then just leave it alone and do all the tensioning with the lever. I love both of my saws now.
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Good luck with that! I had way more time to myself when I was working. I retired, my wife sort of retired but she demands more of my time now. Strange. And, I have a ton of patterns to cut out but the cost of wood is holding me back so before you retire, make sure of your income stream and how big your pot of gold is.
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I like what you did and it does make the small clock look good. It sort of "balances" it out. Great idea!
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Kevin, I'm curious as to what you are doing. Can you post a pic of the key chains? I am trying to learn something here too.
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Randy, I do the same as you but not with my chin. I manage to hold the arm down and hold the blade with one hand and turn the clamp screw with the other. It can be done. And I do it every time. It takes all the play out of the mechanism and "pre-loads" it. I have not had any problems with tensioning and I never touch the rear knob. I do pretty much the same on my Dewalt. But in all honesty, I haven't used any spiral blades yet. I think I did try them when I first started and realized they weren't for me.
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Boy, can I relate to that.
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I have had the same problem with Cherokee. Nature of the beast.
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You've got the pic and someone here could make you a pattern I'm sure. I like it and I might give it a try myself.
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I learned how to sign my projects using my soldering station on high. You do have to be quick though. I sign in pencil and the trace it with the fine tip.
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There is no easy answer for that question. From what I have found, the best way to "save" money, Ha!, is to try to order as much wood at a time as you can. That brings the shipping down a bunch. I have been putting my projects together and ordering wood to do them all, at the same time. Buy the wood that is. I've got enough wood stocked up now for a lot of projects and my shipping costs were much more in line with the cost of the wood. Luckily, I've got a pretty good source about a hour from me and they work with me on shipping because of that. If I really need something quick, I can drive up to them but with the traffic and cost of gas, I don't do that often. The name of their company is: Cherokee Wood Products in Upland Ca. They have a website at: CherokeeWood.com. I have also ordered from Ocooch and they are excellent and fast. Very good to work with either of these companies.
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You see that sliding wedge up at the top of the upper arm? It slides against a hardened steel plate and that piece can fall out on reassembly or be in wrong and that would allow the wedge to rattle. I'm just guessing at your noise but knowing they just had your saw apart, it makes sense to me that judging from the sound, it might be that.
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No dumb questions. You asked and now you know.
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Les, if your saw is out of warranty and you think that is the answer to your problem, why not just do it? It sounds plausible to me.
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That looks like a machinist's scribe and General Hardware sells them. I've got a passel of them. A wonderful tool for so many things. I've even used it to scribe a line. LOL.
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What's a "mac"? Lol
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Hey Randy, not sure if you saw a previous post about how to put a degree symbol in your posts but it is really easy. Just hold down the Alt key and type 0176 and it will put that symbol right where you want it. If you already knew that, I ask your forgiveness.
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I suppose that you could drill holes where you want your popular settings to be. The pin is a spring loaded push pin that you just push in and turn the lock knob. Then release the pin and it retracts. Not a difficult thing to fix. Just sayin......
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I like that idea too. With more than one saw, you need more than one storage device.
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I like it. Thanks.
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I think there may just be more to it than what you think. Just sayin...............
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I don't think there would be enough of a difference between the 2 and the 2 1/8. A 1/16th on each side wouldn't look that much different. I definitely don't care for the big one. Do they offer a 2 1/2"? I think that would look better.
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Kevin, rather than get yourself all worked up over it, why not just give them a call and see what is the hold up. They may have had a few orders in the pipeline prior to yours. I'd give them the benefit of the doubt and call them. By waiting to hear from them, you're just getting yourself all wound up inside. You know you want the saw so why not just call them and go on to setting up your new toys?
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I really wanted to love mine too Paul. Maybe I'll find a deal on one again.
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What vintage is yours? Mine is a 2010. Holes are also oblong but tubes fit perfectly. In fact so close that my labels had to be moved to inside the tube.
