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Yes, I saw some of his posts, that inspired me to try it. I am nowhere near his skill cutting coins, but that is no reason not to try. I am pretty thrifty as well. His silver dollar cut is amazing, but nearing 100. bullion price, I will stick to less costly coins. The local coin shop has about 50 pounds of odd coins, 4 for 1 dollar. Here is a cinco centavo...It is still attached to the 1/8 inch backer. It will release when soaked in acetone. I think I will attach an ebony backer for contrast. It is simple to put a drop of super glue on the coin to stick to the backer, then drill it. It takes about 15 to 20 minutes to cut out using a 3/0 jeweller blade. This one used 3 blades because I pushed too hard, sometimes I can get by with a single blade.
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I finally tried cutting coins, and find it very satisfying, and not as difficult as I thought. I super glue a coin to an 1/8 inch scrap of hardwood, drill the necessary holes and cut with a 0/3 jewellers blade (S). I like the pre 1983 penny as it is the last of the copper cents, the buffalo nickle was fun too.
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The Jet motor has 3 mounting bolts with elongated mounting holes, I had not thought about actually removing the bolts and rotating the motor an entire 1/3, I will have to try that. The Pegas clamps are very simple to install, it took maybe 15 minutes to remove the Jet clamps and install both new Pegas clamps. It is a nice upgrade if you can swallow the price. The original upper clamp was jamming almost from new, and the lower clamp (spring claw retainer) was not great either. The Pegas clamps are easy to use, and have good holding power. They ooze quality, even the packaging is a class act.
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I measured the front to back occilation on my blade when running. Depending on the motor mount rotation, I see a minimum of .015, to a maximum of .045. The saw runs very well, but I am wondering if these back and forth occilations are in proper limits. I replaced the Jet clamps with Pegas clamps, both upper and lower, but neglected to measure the occilation with the Jet clamps. Have any of you done similar measurements? I could not find references to occilations in the search bar.
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I replaced both clamps on my Jet to the Pegas. They are a definate improvement over the original Jet clamps. Whether they are worth the 110 bucks is a personal question. Maybe not for a casual sawyer, but it was for me. I am not a hard core user, but I like nice tools and could afford the upgrade. I have not used a Pegas saw and wonder how the Jet compares to it now with this upgrade. I would consider buying a Pegas if this Jet ever goes toes up, but it is a fine saw now (and was before).
