TripleJScroller

This is awesome! I served with the First Special Forces Group at Fort Lewis, WA way back in the day. Thank him for his service from an old SF Vet.

Great Job! Saw him perform live just weeks before his death. He's a legend in the hard rock community for sure!

Beautiful work!

I bought mine a few months ago and now that I have a couple hundred hours use on it I feel I can safely give a review. So far it has been a great saw. It's very quiet, so much so that I often talk to my Wife on the speaker phone while scrolling and she said the fan sitting next to me makes more noise than the saw itself. The vibration is minimal and definately much, much less than my old ryobi that would literally move the stand accross the floor. Blade changes are simple and painless. I can't really comment on durability since my saw is still relatively new, only time will tell on that front. I hope I don't have the problem the previous poster had with the motor. Mine didn't come with a light so no worries there. Overall I think it's a great saw for the price, and hopefully will get me by for a few years.

I've had the Delta for about 3 years now and I've done a fair amount of cutting on it with no problems whatsoever. I've not used the Dewalt so I can't comment on it, but I've been watching for a back up to my main saw and I know that I'd happily pick up either one. Unfortunately no one ever seems to sell their saws in my area and when they do they want more than you can buy them for brand new.

Very nicely done. I especially like the one in the middle, very nice quote and I like the font used. All three are excellent though, days off well spent.

Another vote for plain, however they both look great!

I don't know, I usually work with 2/0 and 3/0 spiral blades and just find it very easy to bend and break them, especially when trying to fumble under the table of my saw. Bottom feeding has never yet been a problem for me, I have zero problems with it even when cutting large pieces. Sure its easier to see the whole from the top, but to me that's the only part that easier and not so much easier that I feel it's worth it. Its just a comfort thing, we all do what we find most comfortable.

I love it, the torched touch is very nicely done and really makes it stand out. Great job!

Every time one of these threads comes along I get it in my head that I need to try top feeding. It always ends the same... bent/broken blades and a lot of frustration on my part. This time I'm resisting the urge... Bottom feeder for life!!

When I was a boy My Grandfather and I would do a lot of woodworking projects together. He didn't have a scroll saw, but I did a lot of stuff with a band saw. Fast forward many years and I found myself battling depression pretty badly. Not being the type to go talk to doctors or take medications I would find things to take my mind off of things. First it was video games, but I started to want to do something more productive with my time and have something to show for my efforts. I wanted to get into wood working, but I didn't have much room to work with and about that time I came across an old Ryobi scroll saw in my Mother in laws garage. She let me have it and I took it home and looked up some you tube video on how to use it. Soon I was hooked and upgraded to a Delta. The past year or so I haven't had much time for the hobby as my Grandkids take up a lot of my free time, but I'm hoping to find time to dive back in soon. Mostly do it for fun and relaxation, but I've sold a few items here and there. I absolutely love the hobby and never find it boring or anything like that. I hope to be scrolling well into old age. As far as goals, well I'd love to make one of those fancy clocks one day, but will probably have to wait for retirement for that. Other than that I'm hoping to upgrade my (shed) workshop soon to one that is climate controlled since I live in Florida and the summer heat is brutal.

LOL Upside down I've done, just not on purpose! I love to experiment with styles of cutting and different woods and such, but for some reason things like blades and whatnot I've just never been much into trying different stuff. I'm definitely going to try some of these Pegas blades though as I keep reading so much good stuff about them on here.

I've really got to try these Pegas blades. I've been a big fan of FD for years and I've had no problem with them, but reading all these good reviews of the Pegas really has me wanting to try them. Glad you've found something that works for you and I'm looking forward to seeing the results!!

I'm terrible about finishing projects. I love to cut things... sanding and staining and all that... not so much. I usually have about 15 - 20 cut projects in some state of finishing at a time...lol. For fretwork I like to dip it in Danish oil or the 50/50 BLO mix and then wipe it off, usually just once. Then I use Deft clear lacquer and put 3 - 4 coats of that on using a 1000+ grit sand paper between coats (lightly sanding). Like Travis said above sometimes I just skip the oil and put a few coats of Deft on and often it turns out real nice looking, especially when using Baltic Birch Ply.

I use a lot of spiral blades. I tried the FD straight ends and didn't like them, but I've never tried the straight ends on other brands. I like both the Olsen and FD for spirals, but lean towards the FD new spiral. I keep hearing about Pegas blades and really need to give them a shot. Problem is I fear change...lol. I tend to find something I like and stick with it.

Make sure you've got proper blade tension and also make sure you're using a new blade. Improper blade tension is probably the biggest enemy to a straight line, and worn blades tend to drift a bit more than a good fresh blade.

I used to use the blue painters tape, but had too many problems with it lifting splinters off the wood, so I switched to just applying the pattern directly to the wood and to remove I put a light coat of Mineral spirits on a rag and wiping over the pattern. It comes right off. Don't know about the whole shelf liner thing, seems like an unnecessary expense to me. Then again you have to go with what works best for you.

I sit. No way my back could handle standing for the long periods I sometimes spend at the saw. That said I try and make sure I get up every thirty minutes or so and walk around a bit to keep the blood flowing.

It's a chilly 80 degrees here in Central Florida today.... Can't wait for this long winter to be over :-P Sorry couldn't resist, but ya'll can return the favor this summer when it's too hot to go anywhere near my workshop.

I know exactly what you mean about not being able to be in the shop much in late summer. I'm hoping to have a new area built with A/C by that time this year.

Being from Florida myself, my current work area is not climate controlled (No A/C) so I find that I can't leave wood with tape or patterns attached or else the humidity causes them to just peel off. I also have a lot of trouble with storing wood with the humidity. My stock of Baltic Birch Ply I have to keep in the house or else it warps quickly. I'm assuming you probably have a climate controlled area, but I saw your from Florida so thought I'd mention this just in case.

This came out wonderful! Absolutely love it!

Thanks for taking the time to do this. I'll be keeping my on this saw as I'd really like to upgrade sometime in the future.

You did an excellent job! I may just have to try my hand at one of these one day.

Excellent work!