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I've been recovering from a eye injury and getting ready for my last craft show of the season this weekend. Busy, busy, busy. Jim

That's a really good deal. Jim

Thanks everyone, I was concerned I was having a senior moment. lol Jim

Hello everyone, hope everyone is doing well. I've noticed that when I'm cutting my puzzles that the saw/blade struggles cutting through the wood when I'm cutting in the direction of the grain. This is on 3/4" Poplar and Pine. It has no problem cutting across the grain. Has this always been the case or has something changed in the wood and or blades? Thanks Jim

Welcome from Colorado Springs Jerry. Jim

You need a larger saw blade (XXL I'm thinking). LOL Jim

Great job, I will have to make one or two because I play Fender Stratocaster's. Jim

Mine normally falls to the ground and then I can't find it....so I guess I throw mine away also LOL. Jim

Hi Don, it looks like it was FrankEV. Here is the link I found. https://www.scrollsawvillage.com/forums/topic/44200-two-heads-and-entwined-bodies-pdfs/#comment-476296 Jim

Yes, I have what are called a "milk crate heater". But it just takes too long to get the inside temps up to a working temp for me sometimes. Jim

Normally if I can get the shop temp up to 45-50f, I can work in the shop. But it's a little too cool for today. It's suppose to be in the 40-50's tomorrow. So I'll work tomorrow. Jim

Yeah I was hoping to get out there again today. But the inside temp was 15f. I think I will wait till tomorrow to go back out and work on more puzzles. Jim

I got off work early today so I thought I would work in the shop this afternoon cutting the last 2 dog puzzles that were ordered at the Craft Shows. I spent 3 hours cutting out 1 AUSSIE dog puzzle. Broke 6 blades all up inside the upper blade clamp. But I forged on and finally got the 1 puzzle done. Tomorrow I will work on easier puzzles before I start my dog puzzles I have left to do. It was a long afternoon, but it was still better than going to work. Thanks Jim

Here is the response I received from Hegner just now. Doesn't sound too complicated. Even I should be able to do this. Hello James, Thank you for contacting us. Correcting alignment is not terribly complicated: here's the procedure. 1) Remove the saw from the stand so that you can get to the Allen-head bolts under the base which anchor the mainframe (the orange casting that hold the blue arms) at the rear of the saw. Leave a blade installed and tensioned in the saw. 2) SLIGHTLY loosen both of these bolts (#28 - see parts diagram). It will likely require serious effort to loosen these, as they are VERY firmly tightened and also secured with a split lockwasher. The necessary wrench was originally in the toolkit packed with your saw, but I believe it is a 5 or 6 mm Allen screw so any suitable wrench will do.. Note: be sure to firmly seat the head of the wrench in the screw so that it does not cantilever out and cause injury under pressure! 3) Once the bolts are loosened (do NOT remove them), the frame may immediately spring back closer to its ideal position. You can loosen the bolts as much as needed to allow this to happen. 4) If needed, you can also gently rotate the frame into position by hand. However, if you do this, you may also need to realign the motor: in addition to aligning the blade roughly to the centerline of the long blade slot from the front of the worktable, the goal is for the connector #21 to hang perfectly vertical and allow free and easy rotation of the drive mechanism. For this the motor needs to be in proper left/right position (viewed from the front of the saw) relative to the sawing frame, and also be perfectly perpendicular to the center line of the arms. If motor alignment is required, it involves loosening of the four hold-down bolts which secure it to the base. 5) Once you have aligned all the components, secure the C-Frame bolts. If you have also loosened the motor bolts, finger-tighten these and turn the saw on and off quickly two or three times: this should allow the motor to "self-align." Then tighten the motor bolts. 6) Now briefly run the saw and observe the blade from the front to ensure that it is running true, and that the blade runs clear of the table cutout. Note however that it does not need to be perfectly centered: it is far more critical that the blade run true than that it be perfectly centered. If after these steps have been taken, there is still an issue of any kind, please contact us to discuss further. We have other options but they are rarely necessary. I hope this information is clear and helpful. If you do have further questions please do not hesitate to contact us at any time. Our phone lines are open weekdays from 10-3 (Eastern), and I personally am usually available between noon and 3, at 1-800-727-6553. You can also leave a message 24/7 and we will call you back no later than the following business day. Kind Regards & Happy Holidays, Patti Martin, Customer Support & Sales Advanced Machinery Inc 2 McCullough Dr., Suite #1 , New Castle, DE 19720 800-727-6553 M-F 10am-3pm EST