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absolutely BEAUTIFUL! The choice of olive wood goes so wonderful with the theme of GHRIST.

SORRY I THINK I PUT IN THE INCORRECT PLACE WROTE KEVIN AND ASK HIM TO PLEASE TELL EVERYONE WHERE TO FIND IT.

KEVIN PLEASE GO TO THE SCROLL SAW FORUM AND TELL FOLKS WHERE TO FIND YOUR WORK. i PUT THE WRONG PLACE i THINK BUT YOU GOT 8 HITS ALREADY.. I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP IN CORRECTING THIS. wAS TRYING TO HELP YOU BUT I THINK I MESSED UP. I GUESS IT JUST ANOTHER INDICATOR OF OLD AGE AND PUT WRONG PLACE TO GO

WHEN PIC MAGNIFIED LOOKS LIKE NAME IS "RILMAN"

CHECK OUT BRAGGING RIGHTS AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT KEVIN HAS DONE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. i PROMISE IT WILL BE WELL WORTH YOUR TIME AND INSPIRING . THANKS DAVE

IF YOU PURCHASE THE SAW CONTACT BETTY AT PS WOOD WITH ANY PROBLEMS OR QUESTIONS. SHE IT ABSOLUTELY GREAT AND KNOWS SAW BACKWARDS AND FORWARD. ALSO ASK HER ABOUT THE FREE MANUEL DOWNLOAD.

I"ve got a single speed with Fasco motoer 3/4" shaft, the good one. Got a quote for repairs of less than $80.00 from bushton. any one interested $75.00. Got tied up with the Sakira and kinda forgot about this one which I was intending to get going. I forgot its either 1982 or 1985 according to serial #. Couldn:t pass up when bought my Delta Band saw satin a barn fir several years.

you got the spanish moss prefect beautiful piece of work and great patience

Thanks for the reply Yea Scrapple doesn"t seem like many around here. Wedo scroll left two replys on his Sakura he has owned for 5-6 years and they were very very helpful to calm my jitters before the leap and also info about blade change using the old blade change system. I have been in contact with Betty at PS Wood and she has been very helpful. To sumerise her imput. These saws have taken a back seat to them since they have been very busy with their Timber Wolf Band saw blades which I use. She is a very active scroller at 67 yrs old. and a wonderful person to speak with. Any way I ask her if she had any owners of the saw comment much about them. Told me they have tons of comment on file , but were too busy with Timber Wolf to get the on the internet. I suggested she not be the last to lay down the old or the first to accept the new. The internet seem to be the way to go in this day and age. Suggested she a hire a part timer and and put them to work posting these replys to let the scrollers out there what a wonderful product they have available. Parts wise they don't sell many. Ask her if they replace many arms due to wear or bent. She said only one bent to a guy that knocked his saw over when moving a very large piece of wood. Belts last for years , no bearing problems and motors rarely maybe a a capactor once in a while . This saw is so simple she says any one can repair them if its ever needed. I plan to write a review of the saw with pros and cons after my personal shake down period and before and after I get their quick release blade changing mechanism. Trust me as long as I have been looking for just the right one of these I will call it like it is. There is really no reason for the folks our age to pay big bucks for a saw when they can get a good reliable saw with support from mfgr. and reasonable parts at a price we can afford to leave that extra money to have a tree cut down and made into some scrolling wood. Dave

Thanks for imput it is much appreciated. Am going to order the parts today. Haven't had much time to play with it with kids coming by and all on Sunday/ Today is when I am going to introduce the baby it to its new surroundings and give it a bit of elbow grease and tweaking. The first thing I am going to do after a good cleaning is put some bearing grease on the on the rear barrels of the two arms to help prevent excessive wear. The barrels look brand new no wear paint still looks like it just came from production. I really want to thank you guys for the imput and encouragement.

Thank you so very much for your thoughts. I agree I have a vintage Hawk 14" ok saw . This saw after using it is great. I think just because it doesn't have the current bells and whistles (no reostat, no induction motor) its a sleeper and a good one cane be found at a more than reasonable price.

Well I bit the dust and bought the Sakura saw. Paid $100.00 for it. Going to need new belts and I am going to put a new diaphram. Saws great no problems. I figure for less than $15.00 plus shipping it will be up to par. The guy told me a story about the saw I found interesting and you might also. Come to find out he worked in a woodworking retail store and bought this saw from them while working there, said he got it for the the employ discount new. Asked why did you buy it he told me he thought scroll saws were really cool what you could make. He had 3 young children at the time and really did not have time to use it. He said he always keep it thinking he could get time to use it, but never has and it is time to get rid of it. Ending up telling me that the saw may have a total of 5-6 total hours of use on it.

I know what you are talking about, yes its a 20 plus something year old saw. Sakura was bought out by PS Wood Machine in 1990. But this saw is built tough like an other upper end well made saw. When I buy tool I usually buy vintage. repair and tweak here and there and bingo I have the equivalent of the PS Wood 21" scroller for $799.00. The national average selling price for this saw in a survey I did is $237.00. PS Wood said they selling for about a $100.00 they will buy a good one, refurb it and sell it for about $500.00. I am getting this saw for $150.00. Have seen it and it is prestene unlike the vintage 1982 Delta band saw for resawing I bought which looked kinda rough paint wise, but had good bones ran as smooth and quiet like a dream. New tires and blade a little elbo grease and I now have a resawer for my chestnut, cherry, red oak and walnut. All resawed with a $100.00 saw thats sells ready to go on ebay for $450.00 to $650.00. I just wanted to share with you my thinking on buying vintage parts available quality used equipment I really have been doing it with all my woodworking equipment and saved a fortune.

thank you for the information. With the original blade holder can you still use the saw OK. I could see it cold be a slow go with blade change for inside cuts, but is it something one can deal with for a while.? I am familiar with the quick change but will have to hold off for a while to purchase it.

I am looking at one of these saws I know it is about 27 years old but the pics on craigslist make it look brand new. I like the idea of induction motor and no reostat. What I have foud out through my search on the internet make it appear that the cut is about as aggressive as a Dewalt not much vibration and trouble free. Does anyone have any experience or advice

i have fought with dust like the rest of you guys. I Found this guy buy the name Phillip Thein he invented the Thein Baffel. You can find it on Line. For $14.00 for a used 20 gallon plastic drum with lid 2-2" PVC fittings, 3- 2 " PVC rubber pipe connectors and a couple tubes of silcone caulk I made it in an afternoon. I get almost no dust in vacum bag using a 5 micron filter( too cheap to buy a 1 micron bag). I use a old WAP German made vacum probably equivalent to a fine today. This has worked for me quiet effective and best of all controls dust. The other thing I DID WAS TO HUNT THRIFT STORES FOR A AIR PURIFER AND BOUGHT A HUNTER FOR $6.00 AND HUNG IT FROM THE CEILING OF MY 10" X 14' SHOP MY CALCULATIONS ON HIGH IT FILTERS THE AIR 6 TIMES /HOUR. CHEAP AND WORKS VERY WELL. HAS A TIMER I SET TO 4 HOURS WHEN LEAVING THE SHOP TO IT REALLY DOES ITS THING. i HAVE ASTHMA AND NEED ALL THE BREATHING HELP i CAN GET. WAS ABOUT TO GIVE UP WOODWORKING BECAUSE OF IT BUT THESE TWO THINGS SAVED THE DAY AND LET ME STAY IN THE GAME. IT IS SOMETHING REALLY AFFORDABLE. JUST FRUIT FOR THOUGHT

Stand Measurement. Top. Front 11 1/8" Back 5 3/8" Distance front to back 24 3/16" I would make this 24" Bottom. Front 22 3/16" Back 14 3/4" Heighth. 31" I am 6' tall and add 2 x 6 to the top and this is just the right height for me standing. Piece of advice there are no bearings on the piece of metal connecting the two back arms . I grease these with # 2 bearing grease every 10 hours of use. An old time scrolled who is my mentor told me to do this so as not to lose the side to side motion in the blade caused by this area wearing. I guess it works blade is still a nice fine line when running. I use my say at least 25 hours per week.

I use a harbor a little hf $15 portable drill press with two 1"x4"(aprox) runners on the Bottom. And,a small rechargeable screw driver for $9 from hf with 1/16th hex bit works, great for me and less than $30. Really helped me get 90 degree holes exactly where I want them,