Sunday, August 9, 2009
Someone the other day asked me what scroll saw I was using. I started out with a borrowed sears scroll saw that had pins to hold in the blades. Was ok but if didn't have a clearer for the saw dust building up on what I was cutting and not alot of options for blades either. So next I heard about this grizzly place that was soo great. Went and checked them out came home with their scroll saw and had all sorts of troubles. First off because the arm was so big it wouldn't track a straight line no matter how often we retightened the arms pins. Of course still had pin ends for blades but this one came with an adapter so I could use pinless blades. Well that was awful had these little blocks that you had to try and get end of blade in and then set them in place above and below the arms holding lower one in place so it wouldn't drop to the floor and place tension on the blade. By then I was frustrated to say the least. Well my husband started looking online at options out there from really expensive to not so much and what they did and did not have and how they all worked. We learned alot quickly. After all that learning I found the scroll saw I use to this day and wouldn't be without it a Delta. Yep not an expensive one nope and works great. This uses pinnless blades which gives you lots of options for blades. And has a air nozzle to clear out sawdust as you cut and best of all what they call soft start. This means if your in a cut and have to turn off the saw when you turn it back on the saw comes up to speed slowly giving you time to hold your piece in place without all that smacking it off the table stuff the others do. This one also has speed options on it so you can slow it down or speed it up. I have put this scroll saw thru its paces and have loved it from day one. It is easier on my arms i'm not pushing down so hard on what i'm cutting out and because of speed changing I can slow it down right while i'm cutting or speed it up if I working hardwood and it is trying to burn. below are some pics of things i've done lately with my delta scroll saw. The link below to amazon for a delta scroll saw is not the saw I have. They do have my saw once you get there from here just put in delta SS350LS shopmaster deluxe 2 amp 16 inch benchtop scroll saw. The other saw that is linked below is also a good saw just not what I am currently using.
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