Jskd82
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Well I ordered from Lowes with free shipping but they took a week to ship it and now I find out they are slow boating it to me so it will take 4-6 weeks! I can't wait that long.... So I ordered from Amazon with priority shipping and it will be here tomorrow then I will just return the one from Lowes when it arrives. I've got an itch and I can't wait to start some scroll work! Intarsia has really captured my interest, but I'll start with the simple basics
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Yeah I have a foot pedal on order and hopefully we can just share this one for now and maybe if we really get into I'll buy another
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No I didn't get it for $300 It was $500 shipped. I wish it was $300 but I was just replying to bandaideman saying it may go on sale for $300.
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I ordered the Dewalt 788, I'm from Hawaii...
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Well I just pulled the trigger... I ordered it from lowes cause they had free shipping. Pretty sure if I bought it for $300 from woodcraft it would be the same price I'm buying it from lowes for after their shipping charges... I live on an island so we don't have much choice:( The wife seems interested in this hobby so I got the green light lol
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Thanks, I have been eyeing up the Dewalt as I am a huge believer in the buy once cry once theory lol. I'm also looking up the porter cable but I'm leaning towards a Dewalt, unfortunately the used market in my area is very small, so I would have to buy brand new.
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So i posted recently about purchasing my first saw and some issues I was having but I got those issues sorted out. Originally I bought the scroll saw for cutting out slingshots, but I am now getting more interested in doing actual scroll work like portraits and designs. I am really struggling with this WEN to do portraits as the pinless blade adapters are a pain to use, also the fact that I can't tilt the arm out of the way to insert the blade from the top of my work piece is a huge negative. Anyways the saw would work great for my original intended purpose but now I think I might need to upgrade or is there an easier way to insert the pinless blades into the starter drill holes? If not what would you guys recommend I buy?
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Thanks guys so after tensioning the blade it cut thru the 1/2 birch ply pretty smoothly. But struggles with 3/4 walnut so I'm guessing I'm using the wrong blade for that hard wood. I'm not sure exactly what kind of blade the machine came with but I ordered some of these blades https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01NGTYV2Q00G33Q6Q , not sure if it's the correct ones needed for harder woods. I can't find any blades locally, only home depot carries blades but it's the ryobi ones and it doesn't seem like it has good reviews.
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I tightened the tension a bit and it got a little better.... Not sure if it's reverse blade but it's the blade that came with it. Sorry I can't really afford an expensive saw right now but would love to get one in the future as I can see how fun this can be. I also played with speed and it seems very slow to cut so I just put it at a higher speed and seems like I really have to drive the wood into the blade and that when it gets some really bad vibration from both the wood and the machine itself. Thanks for the tips.
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Thanks guys forgot to mention that I did check to make sure the blade wasn't upside down. I'm thinking/hoping it's just crappy blades... It doesn't seem to cut very well also...
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Hi, I just received a cheap wen scroll saw... Just wanted to do some small work and don't really need something expensive right now. Anyways I tried it out last night and the piece if wood that I'm cutting seems to want to bounce a lot. It seems like the blade tries to pick up the workpiece with every stroke unless I hold it down really tight. I'm wondering if this is normal or if I am just doing something wrong? I've watched others using it and it doesn't seem like they are putting much downward pressure on the wood. Could it also be the blades that came with it are junk? I bought some Olson blades but it won't be here for a few more days. I also wasn't using the arm that holds the wood down but I have seen others not using it as well so figured that wouldn't be a problem. I am cutting 1/2" birch ply, thanks.
