I just got the Jet scroll saw and am having problems with installing the blade. It should be so easy but with the blade just in the bottom enough to hold it, it will not get picked up by the tensioner. MTCowpoke22 In his review said "One thing I did discover, the bolt connecting the upper clamp to the tensioning lever is threaded. You can change the blade tension by turning the tensioning handle one way or the other. This is NOT the proper way to change the tension, as it also raises/lowers your clamp and can make it impossible to grab the blades. There is also a tensioning knob on the back of the saw. Adjusting the tension with this know is the correct way to adjust your blade tension." That is not what is in the manual. The manual calls the knob an oscillation adjusting knob. It also changes the arm to table parallelism, and the arm and table should be parallel. If I change the parallel so the arm at the blade is lower it would help with the blade being in the tensioner far enough to catch it. I will call JET Monday and see what I need to do!
