new saw

[savethebeer]

When I joined this club I announced that I was going to get an Excalibur but on mature review it ended with me buying a German Seppach saw. The problem was the exchange rate between the Euro and Sterling. An Ex21 was working out at € 970  [$1050] and I just could not bring myself to waste that much.

Then last week there was a conversation here about blade clamps getting worn out on an Excalibur saw and it suddenly struck me that no matter how much one spends, all saws have similar problems.

So this one has a hand screw on the top clamp, and a spring loaded tensioner, such a joy not to have to reach for the allen key or reach to the back to screw in the tension adjuster.

Also the bench tilts both directions by means of a knob with set angles that it clicks to. So I suddenly realised that I could put a bevel on a piece without having to bend down under the table to check what angle it was at. This is such a joy to work with that I've just driven into town and given my two old saws to the local Mens Shed with a promise to return next week and give them a demo of what a scroll saw does.

When I've got them hooked I'll tell them about you lot.

The attached is two pieces I did last night [ hanging on my drying rack ] and the right one shows where I went from bevel to no bevel without looking at the table setting ........................ just because I could.

[kardar2]

Never heard of that saw. Is there any videos on this saw? Sounds very interesting.

[kardar2]

I did a Google search. It looks a lot like a dremel saw. I personally could not deal withe the arm not going up and not being able to feed my blade through the top. But every one is different I hope you enjoy your new saw. Hopefully your friend gets hooked on it so you will have a partner in crime. Congratulations on your new saw.

[rjR]

As the above 2 posts confirm; different strokes for different folks!

 

You did nice work and the saw sounds interesting too.

 

I now have a DeWalt 788; but wore out a Dremel, when that was my budget limit! The last 2 speed D was a very good saw. The previous D had been the one with the tin plate table and I had bought it used and still had 20+ years of use from it.

[amazingkevin]

What ever you get you'll have a ball.Just keep scrolling and have a back up saw for emergencies.Down time is not happy time! ;) ;) ;)

[DWSUDEKUM]

Nicely done.  Glad you like your new saw.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

 

DW

[Lucky2]

What??? You came here to post about your new saw, and you didn't even bother to post a picture of it! I for one, would like to see what your new saw looks like. Have you got any pictures of it? It looks as if it cuts perfectly fine, just from what you've shown us. I've read that they are supposed to be a reliable saw, hopefully it'll last you a long time.

Len

[savethebeer]

here is what a Seppach saw looks like.

It is still a fairly basic machine. But the extra features like the tensioner, the ability to go to a certain degree of bevel without having to check under the table all mean this is more user friendly. On top of that the ability to use a hand screw on the top clamp makes it so much easier to use.

[savethebeer]

Meant to add in that the air blower being in the adjustable arm as opposed to the little blower in the short copper pipe makes this a doosie to use. [ just look up doosie in the dictionary, I don't care....................................]

[Lucky2]

lolol, I think that most people knows what "a doosie is. Thanks for the picture, it's a good looking little saw. Hopefully, you'll get years of work out of it.

Len

[LarryEA]

That's great that you are so pleased with your saw. 

You need to give Travis a review of the Seppach Scroll Saw.

 

With a saw like that, pretty soon you may be able to do like Amazing Kevin,

take a cat nap while you scroll.