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Hello John, welcome back. R
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Dan, I've never heard of E6000. Can you expand on that? Brand or name or ??????????? I want to see if I can find some. Thanks. R OOOPS! Never mind Dan. I found it. I've never paid any attention before but I guess it's sold under that name everywhere.
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Travis, maybe you should change that classification to "poster" instead of "scroller" just to clear up the confusion. I'm considered an "obsessed scroller" if I'm not mistaken but still just a newbie novice to the hobby and I guess I might be considered "obsessed" but by no means am I any good at it. Still just learning. But I do post a lot and try to be involved in the conversations here because I like everybody and it's fun. R
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I was just putting forth another way to get the wood needed. I live in California and I try to buy as much stuff out of the area to keep the tax money out of the hands of our elected thieves. California has a way of wasting every dime they can get their hands on. JMHO! R
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The bandsaw is very handy to have. I use it a lot. I don't have room for a dedicated table saw. I have one that folds up and I have to set it up everytime I want to make a quick cut. So, I have put my bandsaw to use many times just to make that "quick" cut. Of course it does have size limitations so I still have to set up my table saw from time to time. I try to plan my projects around that sort of like planning a run to Home Depot for the folks who live out in the country. R
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I know that there are more than one person here on SSV who get their BB from eBay and swear by it. They seem to have pretty good prices. All ya gotta do is work the mouse. R
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There is another source for the bearings here in the U.S. if you run into problems. Good luck with your rebuild. R VXB.com and the lady to talk to is Vivian at [email protected]
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How old is your saw? Is it a type 1? Looks like it was used hard and never serviced at all. Mine is a type 1 and it was in much better shape. How much vibration did you have? I'll bet it was noisy. You'll love it when it's all back to where it should be. If it were me, I'd replace all the bearings, sleeves and probably the screws too. And the main drive rod too. R
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Check out Cherokee Wood at their website. They are very friendly and helpful and the wood is great. So far. And also, Home Depot has Baltic Birch plywood I'm sure. R
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I think the short answer is it's made up of actual wood where MDF is nothing more than resin and sawdust. The holding power of p/w over MDF when using screws would be far superior.
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Kevin, check out this youtube video. It looks like a pretty good circle jig and should do everything you need. I'm going to make one like this and toss my old one. R
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When I use a piece, I try to bend over the corner of the next piece so I have a way of finding it and also of parting it from the back. What you did is ingenius. R
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Jerry, you crack me up. You have a way of saying stuff that is just funny. Keep the good humor coming. R
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Great deal on a Dewalt 788 in Huntington Beach, Ca.
OCtoolguy replied to OCtoolguy's topic in General Scroll Sawing
I live within 10 minutes of where the map shows the location. But, you are right about that. Maybe he is just too lazy to shoot pics with his phone and went the easy way. -
https://orangecounty.craigslist.org/tls/d/dewalt-scroll-saw-20/6579363414.html How can you beat $225 for a saw that appears to be in mint condition? With stand.
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A circle cutting jig is very simple to make and use. Do a youtube search and you'll see what I mean. Not much involved at all.
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Do you have a bandsaw? If so, why not do round backers on it? Much easier, faster and more accurate. R
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There is a four part video series on youtube done by Bob Brokaw of the Gwinnette Woodworkers that is by far better than any pics. At least for me. I downloaded all four of them and made them into one movie using Windows Movie Maker. I refer back to it all the time. But, I agree that pics of some or all of the other saws might be beneficial to others here. I'm mechanically oriented so I have to "fix" everything that comes along. Even when it doesn't need fixing. R
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No. Absolutely not. On mine, the bearing was not extremely tight but it didn't move like that. I still had to "knock" it out with a hammer and punch but it wasn't difficult. I keep an eye on mine. I think the connecting rod is stretching on all of the saws and it allows the bearing to loosen up. I'd purchase a new rod. I think it might come with the bearing installed. Not sure. That could be your vibration if you are chasing one. On my saw, I found the other end of that rod had come loose. After tightening the screw I solved about 99% of my vibration but I still went through and checked all the bearings and sleeves. Be sure to get some good synthetic grease. You can get a one pound can on Amazon for about $12 if I recall. I used a pipe cleaner to grease everything. No need for the injector needle that Bob Brokaw used. Good luck and let us know how it comes out. Ray
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Maybe Hobby Lobby or Michael's crafts for a pine shelf like Roly mentioned. R
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Al, I had the same thought but I don't think it will fit. The top is cut in a triangle and I'm not sure that the saw would fit backwards to the frame. I'll take a look but I don't think it will. Anyway, it's too tall for my liking. I was just going to build a short stand and toss the Heg stand up in the rafters. R
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You are so right Les. I have a Heg and the stand is not user friendly. I built a stand for my Dewalt and put the single leg in front. I prefer to straddle it rather than have to sit with my legs wrapped around the outside of two legs. If I decide to keep the Heg, I will build a stand for it similar to the one that my Dewalt sits on. I don't know what they were thinking. R
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Dick, I used the Snip tool that came with Windows 7 and liked it. Then I switched over to Win 10 and it wasn't there. So, I went out and found it and added it to my computer. But somewhere along the line, I was told about Jing. I was curious so I went out and got it too. It is a free tool so I figured what could it possibly cost me but my time. After using it and finding out how user friendly it is, well, now that's all I use. Give it a try. You'll like it. I promise.
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I would imagine that the mag lens might be causing problems because everybody seems to have a different up close prescription. I know my wife uses 3.25 in her reading glasses and I only use 2.50. Either way, I like the mag lens on my H/F light. R
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I went ahead and ordered my wood from Cherokee. I'm going to use poplar and red oak. 1/4" thick. What blades would you all recommend I use? I have some FD, some Pegas and some Olson. I won't list all the different configurations I have but it would be interesting to see what all you suggest. Thanks for all your help, advice and patience. R
