fordamir

it seems to me its kinda a sign of progress. Table saws were at one time tilting blade and I believe I read somewhere it was more dangerous to use the tilting blade thus the evaloution of the tilting arbor. I seems to me, but I have never used a EX for more angle of cutting it would be easier with a tilting head JMO David

as far as where to put the sand ballast- the saw is causing the vibration and transmitting this energy to the floor. Therefore, the weight has to be on the saw. I added a shelf on the stand of my saw secred it put the bag of sand in a plastic garabage bag and finally put the whole thing in a pillow case and closed up the bag. The reason is if the sand bag starts leaking Icould contain any splill. Putting the ballast is about the only way to really resolve the problem . Location in the room is very important also,Place the back of the saw close to the wall for extra added floor support,rather than in the center of the room. next try two bags if needed. This has alwasy solved the problem. Good luck David

Any verticle moving arm tool will have an upward force and downward force resulting vibration. If the machine in running on concrete the force is drasticlly reduced because the concrete doesn't move noticealby. As a result, any tool will display little vibration or no vibration on concrete. Now change that same tool to a different surface and it will behave differently. Putting the tool on a wood floor or wood with carpet surface vibration will increase drastically . The upward force and downward force will be will allow the vibration from the saw to radiate different because the wood floor is just not as hard as concrete and is unable to contain the vibration..The trick is how to reduce the downward force and upward force of the floor reaction to this force of the arms upward and downward force. The simplest way is with one or two 50 pound bags of sand. This will reduce the ability of the arms force to the floor, as a result less vibration to the floor and as a reult less vibration. Hope this will be of help. dave

She is amazing and uses a henger SINGLE speed saw!

beautiful,beautiful,beautiful. I am not real fond of felines, but really like the expression . The frame corners are perfectly perfect. Great Job. Dave

I have been using it for about 2 years. I am disappointed that lowes and home depot have stopped carring the sheets. When I use It I run the speed at 790 spm and a fairly high tension blade, I normallyuse a #3

My Dad use to say " the sign of a true craftsman is a man who can coverup his mistakes".

why don't you give him a call

I agree there is a learning curve to every tool. Only the user can fund the sweet spot and little tricks for their partiular saw. The only problem is it takes a good deal of cutting time to really get the hang of saw. Change saw same thing all over again

I have been using my Sakura 21" saw for over a year and love it. Service parts very quick from PScWood. Initially only bought a belt just recently got quick release. The problem now is the band saw market has accepted their Timber Wolf Blades . This is a small company and the blades have diverted their attention from the saws . That is how I initially got interested in their scroll saw. Also do Stained Glass and bought the Sakura for cutting stained Glass. I have fallen in love with saw and don't intend to cut glass until I find another for $100 to $125 like this one. would have no problem recommending it since thye have a good returnn policy, excellent warranty and free shipping. The big plus to me is availablity of parts .

I purchased them from PSwood Machines cost around $15.00 also get my Band Saw blades from them

need to replace the steel blade guides with cool blocks

Great reply Bill. I usually take a project I am going to cut and study it for a while; it seems the more I study the clearer the plan of action becomes. I will sometimes place a small dot where I will start with magic marker. I am retired and like the rest of you don't RUSH to start the project, may even keep looking at it for a few days on and off till the plan of attack is crystal clear even to the point where I will have to place supporting tape on the bottom of the pattern for future support when cutting the next area. Yes I always start from the center and either cut left to right or right to left. After all, we are all creating an heirloom of projects that will probably be done in the future by CNC machines. AIN,T IT GREAT to be a future part of a lost art form! And yes--I still have made my share of MISTAKES!

I have a sakura 21" and use slick 50 dry spray on the two barrels I have. The neat thing about is the act that it has teflon in it and this works its way into the crevices if the metal, Not messy a quite long lasting.

I am wondering if the excentric could be very slightly loose.