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Thanks Ray, I'm excited for it to be delivered. I'm hoping Advanced Machinery isn't too bogged down from the holiday weekend to get it out ASAP. Dan

Nice! This was a fun, simple project; I hope you enjoy creating the sawdust!

Some of you might remember my post about the used RBI Hawk 220vs I purchased a couple weeks ago. I had some initial issues with vibration and side to side blade travel that I eventually fixed. Well, after fixing those initial issues, I ran into more problems. The Hawk's motor was getting super hot and I was getting a lot of front/back travel with each blade stroke (older hawk that did not have adjustments to fix this). I called Bushton Manufacturing and they said the Motor I had on my Hawk was notorious for failing. Instead of throwing more time and money at the Hawk, I decided to put an end to my grief by purchasing a new saw. My initial plan was to purchase a new Hawk BM-26; however, after reading some poor reviews of that saw, I decided to go another direction. I eventually landed on the Hegner Multi-Max 22v. I ordered the saw last Friday and it should be shipping out soon. All that being said, since I'm new to Hegner, I was wondering if we had any Hegner owners that could give me some pointers to help minimize the learning curve. Any input/conversation is welcome.

I made a scroll saw friendly template for this, if anyone is interested let me know and I can post it.

Pete, looking good!

I made Dark Tower night light as a birthday present (Sauron would be proud). The back layer is frosted glass, I mounted a color changing LED bulb to allow the user to change its color and add a soft glow light to a dark room. Aside from the frame, this was made using 1/8" plywood. I used a airbrush to color the wood.

Great work.

Thank you all for the overwhelmingly positive support!

You're the man. Thank you

Thanks for the detailed response Kevin. I decided to take a closer look at the motor.... and lost some faith in humanity. I found that the previous owner did some "work" of his own and forgot to mention it to me. The motor was missing one of the 4 long bolts that holds the end together and I found the small polar rotor magnet was broken (part 61). 1/2 of the magnet was right by the VS control (I think that is what it is) and the other half was touching the counterweight. Is it possible that having only 1/2 of the magnet caused the VS controller to cut in and out as it tried reading the speed? I did my best to glue (temporary fix until I can get a replacement) the magnet and put it in the right place. I put the motor back on, and presto, she's humming. Well almost, I still get some decent vibration when I crank it up to 9 or 10 but I don't get the awful noise I was hearing before I took it apart. I tried removing the counterweight to get a better look at things but I wasn't able to get it to move (yes I removed the set-screw before trying to remove it). When I get get my replacement polar rotor magnet, I'll need to remove the counterweight to install it; any suggestions on how to get that off the driveshaft without damaging anything? I'm starting to think I should have just stayed with my old Delta 24" 40-440.

Thanks for the response Ray, I'll tinker with it a bit more tonight. I have a couple years of scrolling under my belt and I've worked with a few different machines. You are absolutely right, there is a learning curve with each new saw. If I can't make any progress after tonight, I'll take a short video and pictures and submit them.

Thank you, I just sent them an email explaining my problem. I've heard great things about their customer service, hopefully I can get this figured out.

First time poster, but I've been a lurker for sometime. I recently purchased a used RBI 220VS Hawk through craigslist. The seller indicated the saw was the most recent model when RBI stopped making them (he thought 2008/2009). Anyway, I may have been too trusting when purchasing the saw. The seller claimed the saw worked perfectly bu the hasn't used it in years. The seller turned on the saw to show me that it worked and helped me load it into my car. Here is where my troubles come in. I got the saw home and set it up in my small hobby shop. I turned the saw on (speed set to low like at the sellers) and it worked perfectly. However, as I turned the speed up to 1/2 the saw started vibrating and shaking. The vibration chatter/noises are coming from the counterweight/flywheel area. In addition to the noise, the saw vibrates so much that the blade starts going left/right in addition to up/down. While the saw was on, I carefully added a little pressure to the pitman arm and the noise/vibration stopped. Is it somewhat common for the 220VS to have issues with the counterweight/pitman arm? Do you have any suggestions on how I can repair this without sending it in? I stretched my budget buying this saw and I can not afford to send it in for repairs. It is worth mentioning, the counterweight was missing its set-screw. Luckily, I had one and was able to replace it. In addition to the missing setscrew, the bolt holding the pitman arm to the counterweight is on extremely tight. Is it possible it is too tight and preventing it from moving freely? Thank you for any help you can provide. I'm stressing pretty hard right now; this was not a cheap "upgrade" for me. Thank you, Dan