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Welcome to scrollsawing. Looking forward to seeing your work.
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Yes Scrappile the bottom clamp is removable. That's what I like about it. I can change a blade and be back cutting in under 30 seconds (yes I timed myself once).
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I'm In no hurry when I cut so the EX saw may not be for me and the Hegner costs more than the Hawk so I think I will continue to look for a used Hawk for awhile then decide whether to get a new one.
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I'm mainly looking for how the blade is changed. I really like the way blades are changed on my Hawk and just wondered if the rest were similar. I looked at a Porter Cable in Lowes and there is no way I could get my fat fingers in there to the lower clamp.
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My daughter has watched me make things on a scrollsaw over the years and decided she would like to give it a try. I have been looking for a used Hawk saw around our area but so far they have been too much money or to far away. A Hawk saw is the only saw ,Other than the Ryobi I started with that I have used. I have toyed with the idea of giving her my Hawk and buying myself a new saw but I don't know what I would buy. What would the main differences be between a Hegner,Excaliber,Seyco compared to my Hawk? I could buy a new Hawk but maybe the other high end saws offer something better. I do mostly fretwork. Thanks
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Congratulations on the new saw let us know how you get along with it.
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Thanks for the great comments. My work doesn't hold a candle to some of the projects on here. There are some really talented people on here.
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Nothing special, but it has an interesting story.
Oldmansbike replied to jerry1939's topic in Bragging Rights
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Here's a moose shelf I have been working on. Used red oak,walnut and cherry.
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I made that drive a lot about 20 years ago. Had a son that went to tech school in Laramie Wyoming. That drive was 13 hours. Nebraska is a long and boring state to drive through no offense to you Nebraska residents. We live on the east side of Iowa right on the Mississippi River. It was 5 hours across Iowa,7 hours across Nebraska and 1 hour to Laramie Wy.
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I found a 220 about 2 hours from me ad said never used but they want $500 for it. The woman said her mother in law bought it 2004 but never used it. I'm going to wait a week or so and see if it's still on Craigs list and offer them $300 for it.
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No one in Colorado. I'll just keep looking here in Iowa.
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I went back and watched your videos. With a serial number of 6319 it is newer than mine. Mine has a serial number of 5614 and I bought it brand new in 1996 so I would guess it was probably 1999 instead of 1989. It looks just like mine same clamps and everything. Would you be willing to sell it?
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Send some of them RBIs to Iowa would you I'm looking for one for my daughter. Very good deal.
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Very detailed I like it
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I like it. It looks great.
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Yes she as thrilled with the sewing table. It only took me 35 years to get around to making it. I was supposed to make it when we were first married. I told her I would get around to it some day. I didn't think it would take me that long though. She's going to retire in a year and a half so I thought I better get it built.
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So far it's holding up pretty good but it's only been 8 months since I installed them.
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Haven't been doing any scrolling lately been doing other projects. Here are two of my latest. One is a folding sewing table for my wife made out of cherry and the other is 3 bar stools we had in the kitchen that we're starting to look shabby. I made the seats out of cherry too to match the cherry countertops I built last winter. The first pic is a before and after.
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I'm with Bill dump it on the edge of the woods behind my house and the chickens spread it around. FYI chickens don't like cherry sawdust.
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I did the same thing to my Hawk 226 last week. When I had it apart I noticed the wedge was rounded over a lot. I rubbed both sides of it on some sandpaper on a board and flattened it back out. I had been having problems holding tension on the blade and that seems to have cured it. I did notice the part of the arm the wedge sets in isn't as sharp a v as it once was so someday I will send it back to Bushton and have them rebuild it.
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I have a 26 inch Hawk and I think she wants it cut like the picture tgiro posted.
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A lady I work with asked me today if I had a scroll saw. I told her I did and asked her why she wanted to know. She said she saw a book with some initials cut in it. It was about a 2 inch thick hardback book. The guy told her it was cut with a scroll saw. Has anyone here ever scrolled a book? I told her I might give it a try and see what happens. I would think you would want a bigger blade with a lot of space between the teeth to clean out the cut. What do you guys think? Thanks.
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My saw from 1996 didn't have the linc- loc but I added it later.
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I Think I Know What Skip Blades are for
Oldmansbike replied to Rockytime's topic in General Scroll Sawing
My dad had one of the cast iron eagles remember it when I was a kid. We never new what happened to it. A guy I worked with at Case still hasv2 of them. Said he's been offered several thousand dollars for them but won't sell them.
