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  1. OCtoolguy
    Karl, that's a great idea. I'll have to see if I can come up with one of those blowers. Any suggestions as to where I might find one? I live in a mobile home park and stuff like that goes away fairly fast. Ray
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    I have two air cleaners in my home and yesterday while cleaning out the filters I got to thinking that they just might make decent air cleaner in my shop. Not one of these particularly but another similar one that uses cheap filter cartridges. I'm going to measure them for the heck of it and see if furnace filters might fit. The overhead filters that are made for shops are expensive and the ones like I have indoors are far cheaper. What do you all think? I just want something that can be used in my very small shop and not take up a lot of space. Ray
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    Here is the link to the original post Don Watson. It was in another forum.
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    This was posted for my benefit but I can't remember who posted it. But, if you want to watch a video about 3-D cutting, go to youtube and search for Gannett woodworking videos. There is one on there that explains the entire process. I have watched it a couple of times. I hope this is what you are looking for. Ray
  5. OCtoolguy
    Thanks Chris, I'll give this a try. I was wondering about that too. Those two bearings were the toughest to remove and lube. Did you find that yours were too loose or too tight? I think I tightened them pretty tight but I'll give your suggestion a try today. Report back what I find. It does seem like the vibration/noise is coming from that area. Ray
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    What did you finally find wrong with that connecting rod? I can't see anything wrong and the bearings are all in good condition. I'm going to go back through and make sure I didn't miss something. I don't necessarily want to run my saw at that high speed but I'm a nut about things not working right when they should. I gotta fix it.
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    If I'm not mistaken, you go up to the top right of the page and click the little down arrow next to where it says your name. There is a menu there for your profile and your settings. I would start there. I don't recall how I did it but that has to be how. Ok, I just tried it and once you go to your profile page, there will be a place on the left that probably has your name your letter. Click on that and it will give you a menu to upload a file picture. R
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    You make perfect sense but I think if you are feeding the blade in from the bottom of the work piece that is what I would call a bottom feeder. Actually, cat fish and lawyers are also bottom feeders. Anyway, if you have the same vibration problems that I do and you saw is of the same vintage, well, I guess I will just live with it and start saving for an Excalibur or something of equal performance. I got a chance to experience an Excalibur last week and I can see why they get all the attention that they do. Thanks for your input here Earl. I appreciate it. Ray
  9. OCtoolguy
    Thanks folks. My saw is attached to a very heavy stand that I made out of 4 x 4's and it sits on a piece of carpet also. I took it apart to try to remedy the vibration. I didn't cause it by lubing the bearings. I was following a very well done video on the subject and I did it just that way. I found no bad brgs. or sleeves and I put everything back in the same sequence it came apart. The one thing that I changed I even went back and changed it back to what it had been set at. That change was to add one turn to the rod that controls the arm tension. I don't feel that I'm getting enough tension on the blades so I wanted to increase that. Still no change. I have a vibration and I guess I will just have to stay under 5 until I can figure out what is wrong. Also, I wanted to service the saw because it's old. I bought it used, it's a type one very early. Then stand it came on was even a tubular one. Not like what they have now. It was junk. That's why I built the new one. Besides I wanted to sit down while cutting. Ray
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    As I have said before, I have a Type 1 that I bought used. Today, I spent the day lubing all the bearings in it and found no bad ones. Not one. Anyway, I lubed them all with synthetic grease and put it all back together. I was hoping that whatever was causing my vibration would be fixed. But NOT! I'm pretty good up to and through the 5 setting but from there on up, it shakes like a dog that ate peach seeds. Anybody have this problem and what did you do to remedy it? Ray
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    I have just recently purchased a used Fein and the Dust Deputy. I am going to be plumbing it so that when I am using my scroll saw, the Fein will be connected to the DD. I am going to "T" off to be able to use the Fein to also clean around the shop. I want it to be multi-use. But everything will still end up in the DD. Not the Fein. It does seem to me though, to answer the original question, that it is a simple matter of flipping the switch from "auto" to "on" when doing fret work. Or just leave it on "auto" when doing anything else. Ray
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    I have just recently purchased a used Fein and the Dust Deputy. I am going to be plumbing it so that when I am using my scroll saw, the Fein will be connected to the DD. I am going to "T" off to be able to use the Fein to also clean around the shop. I want it to be multi-use. But everything will still end up in the DD. Not the Fein.
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    I was thinking the exact same thing. Something "irritating".
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    Yes, after thinking about it, it must have been $33.000. Quite a machine.
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    This is where I saw it. I guess I must have dreamed the price. Steve Good was the person who introduced it back in 2012. http://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2012_07_26_archive.html Ray
  16. OCtoolguy
    I just found this online. Alibaba is a big importer. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Precision-Scroll-Saw-Machine_12044961.html?spm=a2700.7724857.main07.409.92572b4MTTOB0
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    It seems like I just saw this one advertised somewhere and it's asking price was $3300. My memory is not the best so it might have been more. Ray
  18. OCtoolguy
    Thanks folks. I'm not in the market but I was curious about the saw. It looked so much like a Hegner that I thought maybe it was a knock-off but since it's made in the U.S. I figured that was not the case. Anyway, nuff said. Ray
  19. OCtoolguy
    That's weird. I was at a carving/scroll saw show over the weekend and someone was talking about that brand. I guess they make blades too.,
  20. OCtoolguy
    I'm on eBay right now and I came across a scroll saw that I'm not familiar with. It looks very much like a Hegner bot in design and color and the tag on it says it's from Shawnee, Ks. I have never heard of this one. Anybody? http://www.ebay.com/itm/21-Sakura-ScrollMate-SKS-21-Scroll-Saw-w-Stand-/263083621707?hash=item3d41017d4b:g:cxoAAOSwu59ZZPTi Ray
  21. OCtoolguy
    Congrats Dave. I have heard a lot of good stuff about Hegner. I used to hang out at the Woodworking Show when it came to town and they were always there. They guy who demo'd them could cut reindeer earrings without even looking down at what he was doing. That always impressed me. Anyway, good luck with the new saw. I sure hope I get better service out of my old used Type 1. Ray
  22. OCtoolguy
    Looks great. My only suggestion would be to do all this prior to doing all the fretwork. Why take a chance on ruining all that hard work after the fact? Ray
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    Ok, me neither but when I entered it to the search window a couple of other font makers came up and I found something there. Since I am new to all this and have not seen the one you are searching for, I was just taking a stab at it. I hope you can find it. I'm curious to see what it is.
  24. OCtoolguy
    I did a google search and found something called a serif stencil font at dafonts.com. Not sure if that is what you are looking for. Ray
  25. OCtoolguy
    And don't forget this one. It's still for sale as far as I can see. If I had the spare cash, I'd be owning it. https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/tls/d/new-never-used-excalibur-16/6325303341.html
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