TerryC

Thats a pretty good deal at that price with the stand and light.

@Scrappile I took your advice and decided to write General International Canada an email regarding the condition of the packaging and my EX-21 saw when I received it. I have to admit, I don't think I ever wrote to a company to complain about a product. This was a first. It was pretty long and I let them know how poor the packaging was and the issues I had with the table, missing screws, lack of packing material, etc. Well yesterday while I was at work ( could have sworn I retired back in June ) I actually received a phone call from a gentlemen at General International who was apologizing for the condition on both the packaging and saw as I received it. He asked what I wanted to do to make it right. He offered to send me the missing screws, new table, new saw whatever I wanted to do, he would do. I thought that was very customer oriented on his part. The saw it running great so I told him everything was fine now but that I appreciated his call. I'm very happy with the saw and expect many years of use from it. Thought I'd update you. Terry

@scrollingforsanityI bought this light from Amazon. The price was 49.00 but it is well made.

@octoolguyI spent quite a bit to time before and after I purchased my Excalibur at the local Woodcraft Store looking over the King Scroll Saws there. The King saws are being made by the original manufacture of the Excalibur according the everything I’ve read and I see no difference in quality between the King and Excalibur saws. They appear identical to me in quality and workmanship. I have run both and they sound and run the same to me. I see no difference at all. I’ll keep you posted on how it holds up. I expect many good years out of my saw. I have not heard one bad thing about the new Excaliburs. I don’t put much faith in what I read on Facebook, especially when someone gives there factual opinion on something they don’t even own. Seems to be a lot of that going on anymore. With Home Depot I have a full year to return it for a full refund or replacement and a two year warranty from the manufacture. I’m also a Home Depot employee so I except no problems should my saw have issues. So far it is running quiet and vibration free. Terry

Actually I did ditch the guard/hold down @NC Scroller after the picture was taken. Took about 10 seconds after I did a practice cut to realize it was in the way. Thanks Guys!

Well I finally had time to tweak my new Excalibur EX-21.( I work part-time to much for a guy who just retired ). I centered the blades in the the top and bottom holders ( they were way off ), got the arm parallel to the table, centered the blade in the table opening ( was also way off ) and squared up the blade to the table, had to move the motor a bit. I then leveled the stand and took it for a test ride. Tomorrow I need to re-arrange my workshop and find a permanent home for it. It is running very well. I ordered some Flying Dutchman Blades and they came in today so tomorrow I'll give those blades a try. I also ordered a very nice but pricey LED light from Amazon and tat is working very well. Lights up the work piece nicely. I might have to order a couple more of those those lights for my band saw and lathe. Now I need to download some practice templates and get practicing. I admire much of the fine scroll work I see on the pages here. I have a good source for some practice wood since I work PT in a lumber dept at a big box store. Retirement is great. If I was to do it all over again, knowing what I know now...I would order from Seyco. I ordered my saw from HD and the box it came in was pretty beat up. Screws were all over the box ( some were missing ) The saw wasn't bolted to the wood insert inside. The TWO bolts had torn loose. It was only bolted in two places instead of four. I think the price from Seyco is a better deal all around. The table is bigger, it includes a LED light, angle gauge, foot switch and stand. Sounds like a good deal to me. But I have my saw now and its running great so I'm happy. I'll be lurking around. I have much to learn about scrolling. Terry

Thanks for the reply @NC Scroller and @JimErn. I appreciate your help guys. This has turned out to be a very friendly place. I'm planning on hanging around.

@Travis Thanks for the reply. Sorry I didn’t get back sooner but things but busy ( I could have sworn I retired last month ). Im glad you found all of your hardware in the box. I found most of mine but some made it out of the bottom of the box. I think they need to rethink how they package these especially at the price. I do love the stand it is very solid. I still have some tweaking to do on mine then I should be good to go. I did have to center the blade in the clamps, then loosen the table and center the blade in the table opening. The blade wasn’t square to the table so I took care of that. Now what I need to do is move the motor and get the blade to rock a little less, that will be today’s project. I did move it a little a couple days ago but it didn’t do much so I guess I’ll remove the 3 screws and try moving it more. After that I should be good. I’m also a bit slow at getting the blade in the clamps correctly but that will get easier with practice. I would like to try and find a magnetic overlay for the table. Terry

JimErn where did you get your overlay from? I think I’d like to add that as well. Thanks....Terry

Thanks Kevin for your quick response. I was able to center the blade. I loosened the four bolts on the table and was able to align the blade with the hole in the table. I was surprised just how much you can move the table. Everything is in line now. Thanks for the help. I do appreciate it. Terry

Here is a picture of the table finish. Terry

Well the wait is over for me my Excalibur EX-21 from Home Depot arrived today. All is not/was not smooth. The bag containing the 24 bolts, 32 washers and 28 nuts for the stand was broken open and the hardware was all over the box, well most of it. Some must was have fell out of the box so I was short washers, and nuts. Ok...back to Home Depot for replacement item. Of yea....its about 22 miles each way to Home Depot. Ok back home the stand is together and tight. Problem #2. I carefully take the saw out of the box following the directions that say to grab by the motor and front of the table. and place it on the stand. Hmmm why is the blade not centered with the hole in the table?? It was way over to the right ( see posted picture ). Is there a way to adjust and center the blade with the hole in the table? I would think it is suppose to be centered? I'm not happy with the way it looks, especially with a saw costing close to $900.00. I expect more but if its just misaligned from shipping and be corrected I'm ok with that. I don't see anything in the manual to correct this. Problem #3. The finish is off on the left side of the table which might have happened from rubbing during transit. Not a big deal I guess and in time it will probably come off anyway as I use the saw. I do like how quiet the saw is compared to my Shop Fox saw but the blade to the table alignment has me bugged. Thanks for any guidance. Terry