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This is the price point for what saw? Jet or EX21?

Great feature. You WILL enjoy that lathe!

Hi Steven, Very nice system you have. Looks like it should work well. Is your Hawk a 16"? It looks very much like mine which is 16" Do you set the tension at the rear? Mine does not have the quick blade release at the front. Yours appears the same. Since it is a 16" saw it is only a short reach to set the tension. Can't imagine reaching on a 20" or 26" unless one has super long arms.

Drilling the through hole is stupid.

I purchased them from Denver Woodcraft a few months ago. Don't recall the price and have not tried them yet.

Thanks

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WOW Kevin, I'm glad you are busy. Your work looks great. Remember your health is the most important of all. Please don't neglect taking care of yourself first.

I have a Horrible Fright trim router. It's cheap but worked OK for the few times I needed it.

I would rather have a well built single speed saw that is reliable than a cheap saw with useless gimmicks. Example: My Ryobi which had variable speed, a flex blower with a built in led which broke after a couple uses, a funky little drawer under the table which was difficult to pull out, an awkward blade changing system and a goofy hold down system. Just a poor example of a saw. Needless to say it sat under the bench for several years. After seeing a couple of you tube videos about scrolling I became interested and hauled out the Ryobi. I immediately started researching scroll saws. Inexperienced, I purchased a like new 14" Hawk. Did not try it. Just bought it and hauled it home assuming it had a motor.Looking under it, surprise, no motor. It was made for a ShopSmith which would power it. I did motor it and still have it. It is bullet proof and far and away better than the Ryobi. I then bought a used Hawk 16" VS, an older model but in beautiful condition and nearly vibration free. For $200 what a saw! Blade change is simple and easy and works well. It does not have tension release at the front but being only 16" reaching for the rear release cam is not an inconvenience. I would purchase a new Hawk but at my age my pier will collapse before my ship comes in.

Dang! Why does everything always happen to me? :>(

Who is D and D?

Elvis was a scroller? :>)

Yep.

Can't help with the finish but holy smokes what a great dragon!

I just figured it out. There is that little email thing at the top right of the screen and something else up there. I just found out there are messages up there. OMG! I guess I never was a quick leaner. General Scroll Sawing

You will never regret your Hawk. I wish I had the front tension release instead of releasing at the back but that is a minor inconvenience. You have made a good choice.

Mine aren't better just simpler. I just think that using a bronze bushing is a little over engineered. The rocking of the bottom clamp is nearly zero. I think it would take years of use to wear the lower arm. I could be wrong and I frequently am. Just thought the bronze bushing just kind of got in the way.

I am old and have an older 216VS. I have gotten rid of the regular lower blade clamps and made my own. They are simple enough so that anyone with a drill press can probably make one. I have made several. The knob is available at any hardware store. A couple of the photos show the lower clamp in position and the rest are the clamps I have made. The original clamps are useless.

I get their emails also. I just delete them as I can hardly be considered a woodworker. Perhaps a butcher.

I ordered once several months ago. The order took several weeks to arrive after I had emailed them about it. It arrived with an apology but the order was missing something. Don't remember what. They gave an excuse which seemed reasonable. However, I do not have time for a lot of scrolling so the gross I ordered will last a while.

Anyone here belong to SAW? I joined a few months ago. I received their membership packet and their latest magazine. Do not find much action there. The forum is discontinued due to lack of participation. Also the web site is a bit awkward. I know they are trying to regroup but will they survive?

Scrolling in itself is CHEAP compared to machining and even wood turning. And it is FUN TOO!

Congratulations on 54 years of marriage. My wife Faye and I celebrated our 54th anniversary this past new years eve. I married her on the last day of the year and was able to claim her on my income tax for the entire year without even having to support her. The wonder of it all. :>)

I raid my wife's makeup things and use her manicure things that look like popsicle sticks covered with sandpaper.