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  1. OCtoolguy
    I visit the Facebook groups often and try hard to promote SSV to those folks who don't know about it. I see a few of you folks on there from time to time. Keep spreading the word that SSV is the BEST scroll saw forum available with the friendliest people. Thanks Travis for providing it to us. We all appreciate your time and effort.
  2. OCtoolguy
    I'd love to do what you are doing but the power in our park is so antiquated that each homesite has only 50 amp service so I have to be very careful what equipment I have running at one time. If my wife turns on the garbage disposal at the same time I'm running my table saw/vacuum cleaner, it might trip a breaker. I have my shop wired for 1 15 amp circuit for lighting and 1 20 amp circuit for outlets. I wish we could make use of the 220 that is at each post but I've been warned not to mess with it.
  3. OCtoolguy
    Amen!
  4. OCtoolguy
    Thanks Denny. I mounted a 2x to my wall and have the light attached to it so that I can swing the light to either of my Ex's. I have minor vibrations at certain speeds on each saw so this way my light is not effected.
  5. OCtoolguy
    Congrats on your new "baby". I might suggest that you mount your light to a wall bracket or something independent of the saw though. Eliminate any jittering of the magnifier from vibration.
  6. OCtoolguy
    I've heard that they don't really work that well.
  7. OCtoolguy
    At our age, you'd think we had better sense. But, alas, we don't. Maybe now we do though.
  8. OCtoolguy
    I wasn't paying attention one time and ran the end of my thumb into the #5 mgt blade. It did cut a very nice clean kerf in my thumb. Lesson learned: pay attention!
  9. OCtoolguy
    My experience was related to my Dewalt. But with that said, I still prefer the Pegas chucks over the originals on both of my Ex's.
  10. OCtoolguy
    I found less vibration and the simplicity of flipping a lever to apply tension much easier than rotating the slider. And my saw just seemed better & quieter.
  11. OCtoolguy
    Excellent question Mark, if he is trying to use a foot control from a sewing machine, that could be a problem. I'm sure more info will be forthcoming.
  12. OCtoolguy
    This says it all Kevin,
  13. OCtoolguy
    First of all, welcome to the SSV. I love the Brits. We watch nothing but British TV. As to your question, I have 3 saws with foot pedals that are what we refer to as "dead man" in that the saw only runs while my foot is on the pedal and if I lift, the saw stops. Some folks prefer the on/off type pedals where you have to tap the pedal to start the saw and tap again to stop it. I'm not familiar with what you describe. I have my saw plugged into the foot pedal and the foot pedal is plugged into the wall outlet. The switch on the saw is left in the ON position all the time. I think the way your saw is made is to protect the user from if the power goes out and the saw stops, when the power comes back on again, the saw won't start on it's own. We call that a "magnetic switch". I had one on my Delta Unisaw. I hope you get it figured out. Best of luck in your new hobby. But, let me warn you, it's addictive. All consuming. Be sure to post pictures of your work.
  14. OCtoolguy
    Toss it!
  15. OCtoolguy
    The use of vise-grips tells me all I need to know.
  16. OCtoolguy
    Norm, I was thinking the same thing. I had a good customer/friend named Thurman and knew an Irving. But until now, no Algernons. Mission complete.
  17. OCtoolguy
    You wanna sell them? How much?
  18. OCtoolguy
    Excellent! I'll bet the ones on Amazon aren't. Why are you buying another saw? Just curious. For the paint job or ???
  19. OCtoolguy
    Where was it made?
  20. OCtoolguy
    They might mean that the Pegas chucks are lighter than the original Excalibur chucks. Not sure but that would be my guess. I put a set on my Dewalt prior to selling that saw and had no problem with them.
  21. OCtoolguy
    Ralph, is your saw a Taiwan or Canadian mfgr? Green? That saw on Amazon is probably from China at that price.
  22. OCtoolguy
    It is either a defective set of chucks or there problem is with your saw. I'd contact the Pegas vendor and request an exchange set to verify. There are too many satisfied users of these chucks so I think you either got a bad set or there is something out of whack on your saw.
  23. OCtoolguy
    You realize that you WILL have to explain your new name? We will all be waiting with bated breath.
  24. OCtoolguy
    Excellent! Thanks.
  25. OCtoolguy
    My shop isn't much bigger than your spray booth.
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