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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
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How to reduce noise and vibration of a scroll saw to work in an apartment?
fordamir replied to Ash's topic in Scrollers Q&A
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 -
How to reduce noise and vibration of a scroll saw to work in an apartment?
fordamir replied to Ash's topic in Scrollers Q&A
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!
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beautiful,beautiful,beautiful. I am not real fond of felines, but really like the expression . The frame corners are perfectly perfect. Great Job. Dave
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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
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My Dad use to say " the sign of a true craftsman is a man who can coverup his mistakes".
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why don't you give him a call
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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
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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 .
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I purchased them from PSwood Machines cost around $15.00 also get my Band Saw blades from them
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need to replace the steel blade guides with cool blocks
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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!
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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.
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I am wondering if the excentric could be very slightly loose.
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Lew- I hope your move goes well. Mine has been very slow/ Moved in mid December from the Chesnee about 20 miles to Spartanburg , SC At 75 its not as easy for my wife and I as it was when 50, Got house just about just about settled little more and we will be finished. However my shop is moved but a real mess. We were careful to get everything in the shop,but wouln"t you know it yesterday I found a box with my woodworking planes in the house! Guess I will have everything set after I get power to it and can get it settled. Good luck on getting yours settled. Dave
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Welcome from South Carolina. Hope you find the Village helpful and enjoyable.
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Lew= do as my wife says = I am passing her advice on to you since I have the hang up of prefection. I guess it is my German heritage- Don't say a word before and after you show your piece . Just say I'm really glad you like it. She says they'll never see the mistakes because they admire the piece as a Whole. works for me real well. PS The Tower is really a beautiful work.I love it and wish some day I could do that pattern
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Its interesting you brought this up. I thought I was the only one to use this stuff. My us is a little bit different though. I restore vintage hand planes and usually they are loaded with rust. To speed thing up I use it first to remove a lot of rust fast then go through the various grits of sand paper ending up with 320 grit. If I only knew how to download pics. you might be interested in seeing some before and after pics.
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I have both types on different saws. No preference. What I have done is mount them where I can access the switch with my knee to either hit the on off switch or leave off the dead man. Doesn't seem to bother my knee because it's located in just the right position where my knee is in very close proximity to switch and very comfortable. JMO
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3 in1 has no silicon in it which can affect the wood when applying a finish finishing. This is why all old hand plane users like me use it in their hand plane oilers. I wonder if this is the reason they suggest using it?
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I use olson blades get them from www.Pozaidesigns sells PGT for $36.50/gross. Like to do business with him portion of his profits go to cystic fibrosis. His grand son who I think is 19 has it
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Don't know how long you have your porter cable ss my was a 18" pcb875 which is owned by dewalt. Did a lot of cutting with it and after about 10 months the blade developed a lot if side to side movement and became very difficult to use for clean starting cuts once going into the wood it was ok. Just very difficult to start because of wear..never cut 11/2" with it, but my advice is to up grade asap as I did. After 4 changes in reostats and driving 280 miles total for repairs I gave up. I just cut wide open all the time because couldn't adjust speed. The guy at dewalt told my they aren't made for the long haul. Would strongly suggest you continue to use it and start slowly looking for a replacement, but take your time and make sure you get exactly what you want and keep it. This will help you really enjoy scrolling. i sold my pc saw for $125.00 at the flea market and have never looked back, but I will never own a saw with a electronic speed adjustment again. Generally you use about 2 speeds most of the time anyway. Just my opinion.
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absolutely beautiful
