Matt B

The Fein Turbo II is $261.00 on Amazon. At 66 dB, it is the best solution for me right now. Checking camelcamelcamel, this is the best price in the last five years.

I like to hear my saw cut. I can’t do that with my present Ridgid vac. I could wear hearing protection, but I would still not hear the saw.

The Festool is tempting because of the lower DB on the lower speed. The only swaying issue is the price. I am sitting on the fence. I also saw some other vacs that I have not heard of, that have low db. With the new OSHA standards for dust control on jobsites, these vacs will become more common. So far, they are all expensive. I did see that Fein offers a 3 or 4 year warranty if you register the purchase.

Well, putting the Ridgid in the attic did not do much. The db dropped from 88 to 75. The whine of the vac came right through the hose. I did have the hose running through the drop down stairs opening, so some sound was coming through that opening at the stairs .I had the stairs closed as much as possible, but not a perfect test. I do have an old Shop Vac brand that I thought was loud. It measured 75 db. Putting it in the attic cut the sound level by about three db. it keeps coming back to buying the Fein to solve the noise problem.

I have the Ridgid NXT 14 Gallon. According to Home Depot it runs at 78db. However, it seemed louder. I used my iphone app and it said the db is 88. I did some checking on the internet and 88db is consistent for this shop vac from other users. I also checked my large dust collector that is connected to my other power tools and it runs at 77db. I feel like I have two solutions. 1 - buy something new like a Fein or 2 - put my Ridgid in the attic above my shop and put a connector port in the ceiling. I think I am going to try this, running the hose through the drop down stairs. It will give me an idea if this will really work. The ceiling is well insulated so it will be quieter. I wish I had built an outside room for my dust collector when I built my shop. That would have been ideal.

It connects directly. I also have a large dust collector in my shop that I use for my other power tools. I might run a line from it to my scroll saw, but the Ridgid works great. The shop vac is just louder than I would like. The Ridgid is a new model which is supposed to be quieter. It a little quieter, but not by much.

It is a Ridgid 12 gallon shop vac. It is supposed to be quieter than other shop vacs, but it is still louder than I would like. I will work on that problem next.

I searched our forum for all the dust collectors designs that I could find. The Hegner desperately needs a working dust collector. The blower is effective in removing the dust from the cutting line, but the end result is dust in the air, which we don't need. The dust collector system I built, uses common Schedule 40 1-1/4" pipe from Lowes. I purchased a five foot section of pipe, three elbows, two couplers, one tee, two Bushings with 3/4" thread for connection to the loc-line and one "reducer bushing" for connection to the vacuum hose. The reducer for the hose connection came from Home Depot. I am not sure if Lowes had it or not. It was labeled as a 1-1/4" PVC reducer bushing. This one part, is one that you will have to fit to your vacuum hose. You might need a different part or fitting to fit the vacuum hose you have. The loc-line was purchased from Modularhose.com. It consisted of two 3/4" sample kits and one part #61501 which is two additional hose segments. I was able to snap everything together without any tools. I did buy 3/4" nuts that you see in the photo, but they are not necessary. I fitted everything together without glue and fastened the assembly to my saw. Once I was satisfied, with the fit (I did recut a few sections for better fits) I removed the assembly from my saw and glued it together with PVC glue. I put it back on my saw to recheck the fit, then removed it again to paint. The paint is Kubota Bright Orange II. I bought the paint from Amazon to paint the stand a while back. When we moved, the stand got scratched up, so I sanded it and repainted. I had to buy two cans, so I had enough to paint the PVC pipe for the dust collector. I will say this paint is a 95% match in color. It would not do, if we were matching paint on a car, but it is good enough for matching the Hegner paint. The most important thing, is that the dust collector works very well. I removed the blower as it is not necessary now. So far, I have not sucked up anything that I did not want. It has been a positive because it gets rid of many of the small cutouts that used to fall on the floor. I hope this will help someone else thinking of adding dust collection.

Googling this site, it came up that this site is a fraud.

It is blue. It is a double sided tape.

I took a few photos to show the pattern/tape removal for the 8 1/2" tape ScrollerOnline sells. This is one of Steve Good's personalized Ornaments. This is straight off the saw. There is no cleanup after removal other than normal light sanding to clean up fibers from sawing.

I am going to reply to my own post. Google did not find anything. I tried twice over a two day period. I just tried Bing as a search and it found this tape right away. ScrollerOnline sells this. It does not say Action Tape in the description, but it looks like the same thing. I am going to order there and hope for the best. I did find that the website for Action Tape is "under construction" so I am not sure they are still in business. It is also sold on Amazon. Winfield is listed as the Vendor. This listing is titled "20' Roll - 8-1/2" Stick N' Release Scroll Saw Tape". Shipping is a little less on Amazon, then buying direct on the ScrollerOnline/Winfield website. Rockytime, that is the same tape at workshopsupply.com. I really like this tape for holding the pattern. It is secure and it releases cleanly and easily. It is very easy and clean to use. To me, the only downside it the initial cost of $20.00 for the roll.

I have been using a roll of 8-1/2" wide double sided tape to fasten patterns to wood. The brand name on the roll is Action Tape. I am getting low on this tape and I google it, but I cannot find anyone that sells it now. Does anyone else use this or know the source? Thanks, Matt

Thanks for the info. I am going to have to try some FD spiral 3/0 and 2/0.

OnLine blades are sold by Seyco and Judy Gale Roberts. I am not sure who actually makes the blades or if they are the same as something else being sold.

I was cutting a Mickey Mouse figure for my Grandson out of 5/8" Maple. I had a few different brands of #5 blades, so I tried cutting with three. They were Pegas MGT, OnLine Gold ( I got from Judy Gale Roberts about 10 years ago) and Flying Dutchman FDUR. The FDUR were from a sample pack I received about 15 years ago. The Pegas MGT is my normal blade and was the easiest to control. That might have been because I am use to them. In my unscientific test, this blade seemed to last longest of the three The OnLine cut fairly similar to the Pegas, but the wood finish (cut edge) was way smoother than the other two blades. The FDUR had the roughest cut of the three. I know that most people really like the MGT, but in this case, I liked the OnLine Gold best. As a side note: I did try cutting another pattern with the OnLine Platinium which is more expensive than the Gold, and I hated the blade. It did not cut very aggressively and it seem to dull really quick. Fortunately, I only have a dozen of these. I am sure others have tried a comparison and came up with their own opinions.

Thank you everyone for your response. I am going to go with two 1/4 boards for my first attempt.

I have a Hegner Saw. I have never stack cut before. Is there a general rule on how many layers you can cut at one time? I am thinking of 1/4 baltic birch. 2 or 3 layers? Thanks

Cutting is very good. The finish is great. What is your source for the fine sandpaper?

This is my first posting. I made this for my four year old grandson. I found a photo of Groot using Google and cut it from the photo. The wood is Zebrawood and it is about 11 inches tall without the stand.