john west

So here are the pics of the hegner... what do you guys think one like this should sell for?

Oh, and thanks so much for the responses so far! You never know what you're going to get when you sign up to a new site :).

Well, at first i tried to stack the two 3/4" pieces of wood screwed together, but that didn't work. So I then just cut each 3/4" piece individually. There was a ton of chatter with the wood bouncing on the plate. I believe the dewalt will definitely do what I want, but I'm tempted by the hegner since I can get it used for the same price as the dewalt. But if the hegner requires a more experienced user than the dewalt (kind of like buying a ferrari - much sweeter car, but you can't just drive it off the lot without some training), i'd go with the dewalt. For a newbie like me, will I be able to work the hegner - is it as user friendly?

Ok, so don't laugh, but until this weekend I didn't even know the difference between a band and a scroll saw. So what happened was I decided to cut my own corbels for my newly arriving daughter's shelves in her room. I went to Rockler, and they had a $120 Hikon scroll saw and a $400 dewalt scroll saw. I got the $120 Hikon. Now, I did cut my corbels, but without having ever used any saw prior to the Hikon, I could tell there had to be better. The wood jumped all over the place and it was just a generally poor experience. So now I'm thinking of getting a new dewalt, or, getting a used Hegner for a little more. I am the type who believes in spending more for quality ("yeah, right, so why'd you buy the Hikon in the first place"... "Because I'm an idiot, of course"). So my question to all of you is, new dewalt or used 22 hegner? Be gentle, please...