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  1. OCtoolguy
    Dave, I've researched this a small bit because I wanted to buy a taller pneumatic mechanism for my stool. I have one that I bought from some mail order company a few years back and it still works fine but when I had my Hawk I wanted a taller stool. Anyway, to my point, you can buy a new piston assy for yours and keep using the same stool. Not expensive at all. You just need to get the measurements on what you have now. Amazon if I'm not wrong.
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    Joe, it's been 7 years for me. Not a day goes by that I'm not thankful I found scrolling and Scrollsaw Village. All of the great folks here are like family for me.
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    Yes.
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    That's going to be really neat Mark. I love the G scale trains. When we had our Hallmark shop in Colorado Springs, we used to put up a train in our front window every years. The customers loved it. We had a tiny teddy bear riding in one of the open cars and one day we noticed the bear was gone and there was a baby bottle riding in the car instead. We had to hunt down the little culprit and do a swap. But, it was all a fun thing. I had a Z gauge setup in our jewelry case too. Needless to say, our Hallmark store was not the conventional one that Hallmark wanted but we never buckled under to them. We did it our way as the song goes.
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    Thanks Charley, I learned something from this. I never knew that it worked that way. I thought I had to "combine" or "flatten" in order to print them out. Thanks.
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    Very interesting Roberta. Thanks for the pics. Be sure to show us a finished one. Can you share the pattern?
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    Happy Thanksgiving to all of my wonderful Scroll Saw Village friends. I love you all!
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    @Roberta Moreton, I too would love to see your project. Pics in different stages would be great. I love anything related to boxes bowls and baskets. Especially with inlay.
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    I've heard of folks @charleyL cutting the stop clean off but in looking at mine I thought just grinding about a third of it would give it plenty more height and still have a good solid stop. I haven't done it to my saw and probably won't as I've not seen the need. I do need to replace the rubber bumper though.
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    Dave, have you done any work to the upper arm stop? That's an easy fix for getting the arm up. I don't recommend cutting it all the way off though. When it goes up, it's nice that it has some sort of a stop.
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    Paul, I'm not sure what the OP had in mind but after having both saws, I would have trouble picking one of the other. The Hegner is a tank for sure and is the scroll saw that I got used to always seeing being demo'd at the wood shows. I ended up buying a Hawk back in 1985 at one of those shows. I can't remember why I bought it but I just did. I never did use it and ended up selling it to a neighbor who still has it but has never used it. That saw has zero hours on it. I think for me it was the hard to change blades and the 2 speed belt driven mechanism. But it's so long ago, I'm not sure. Anyway, to my point. Both saws are great and are very much alike in many ways. I would not recommend one over the other. I think if a person buys either one and learns to use it as you have yours, they will have thousands of hours of use out of it with very little coinage out of the pocket. If a person is short of workspace, I highly recommend the Hegner as it has the smallest footprint of any of the saws that I know of.
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    Well done Kevin!
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    Why is it Paul, every used Hegner that I look at has a bad bellows or none at all? Not that that is all that important but it's just an example I through out there. My point is that the parts for Hegners, all of them, are very expensive when the need arises. And their shipping seems exorbitant too. I've never seen a Hawk with a bad bellows. Rubber as compared to whatever that stuff is on the Hegner. Anyway, I've used both saws. I liked the Hawk that I had but it was just too big for my shop. Right now I've get 2 Hegners, trying to sell one of them. They both run quite well and take up very little space. I'm not in love with their stands but that's just me. If I was offered either saw for free or at a good price, I'd not bat an eye at either one. And you are right, the Hegners will always have parts and customer service unless something drastic happens. I think that Bushton has finally gotten it figured out and will continue to improve their operation. As I stated, I'd not be gun shy of either one. Top feeding for me is not an issue.
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    Very similar mechanisms but I think the main thing is how they are tensioned. I've have both and the Hegner has a tension rod that has to be tensioned every time you change blade holes unless it is a newer one or had the upgraded upper arm installed that has the rear tension release lever. Knowing what I do now, and if I had the space, I'd buy a Hawk mainly because of cost of maintenance and parts. The Hegners are very expensive if any parts are needed. Even their cheap plastic/rubber bellows is like $45 plus shipping. The Hawks can be repaired quite cheaply. I had the 26" Ultra and it was a big saw. I may at some point try to find a 20" Hawk.
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    That's very strange. I did it to mine and also added a white tape line on the knob so I could check it at a glance. Mine is old enough that it doesn't have the white line from the factory. I recall when Kevin was having this problem with his Chinese EX and did the rubber band trick so I did it and it has worked for me. He eventually had to take his saw all apart and while it was apart he did something to the threaded plate that the tension rod screws into. I don't recall what he did. Maybe just some blue LocTite or something like that to tighten up the threads. Are you having trouble keeping the upper arm from "falling"? Maybe tighten up the adjusting screw on the left side to help keep it up. I'm sure you've already tried that too but I'm just brainstorming here.
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    Your saw should be from Taiwan. Only the later version of the EX21 comes from China as far as I know.
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    Roberta, there is an easy fix for the tension knob turning and losing tension. Wrap a rubber band around the threaded shaft that the knob attaches to. Yhen twist it a couple of times and stretch it down and hook it to one of the screws that are there on the right side. You'll have to replace it every once in a while but it keeps the tension knob from turning on it's own. I've had to do it to my "green" Canadian EX21.
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    Ditto!
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    Our good friends have a small farm in Tennessee. Look up Rowdy Dogs Farm on FB. She posts tons of great pics of their critters including many chickens and roosters. She puts out a calendar each year so I know she has what you want.
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    I'd just do a google image search for it and them make your own pattern. Not hard at all.
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    That's great news to hear. The Bushton reputation has taken a hard hit here and on other forums so the more you can publicize your experience in the different venues, the better for them. Much appreciated here, I'm sure. Oh, congrats on your new machine. They truly are a working miracle in their simplicity. Once tuned and maintained, you should never have to worry about buying another saw.
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    I will be thinking of you. Too far to drive.
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    You're very lucky.
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    I guess that's the "for better or worse" part. We shoulda asked more questions.
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    I figured that would come with it.
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