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Dewalt making noise.


Dave Monk

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Thank you for all the comments. I used it today and used the max tension that the saw has. Seemed to work better. I was surprised that a #1 blade did not break on max. dave

Dave, ...  You tightened the blade until ... any more would be forcing? 

By the way... blades do stretch, (yea I know... not much) and there is slippage and you may need to tighten while you cut.

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Dave,

 

When putting a new blade in my Dewalt 788 I have developed the habit of installing the bottom end of the blade first. Then I apply several pounds of downward pressure with my fingers on the upper blade clamp to remove any play in the upper blade mechanism, and then tighten the upper blade clamp to the blade. I then pull the tension adjust handle, usually to 3 1/2 or 4, and I'm ready to begin cutting. By applying the downward pressure to the upper blade clamp before tightening the blade clamp I've found that the blade tension setting becomes very repeatable.

 

This is just free a suggestion and you may have already learned it, but it took me a while of using my 788 before I learned to do it.

 

Charley 

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Dave,

 

When putting a new blade in my Dewalt 788 I have developed the habit of installing the bottom end of the blade first. Then I apply several pounds of downward pressure with my fingers on the upper blade clamp to remove any play in the upper blade mechanism, and then tighten the upper blade clamp to the blade. I then pull the tension adjust handle, usually to 3 1/2 or 4, and I'm ready to begin cutting. By applying the downward pressure to the upper blade clamp before tightening the blade clamp I've found that the blade tension setting becomes very repeatable.

 

This is just free a suggestion and you may have already learned it, but it took me a while of using my 788 before I learned to do it.

 

Charley 

Right on Charlie!!!!!!

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I have a new Dewalt scroll saw and I am also new to scrolling. I was cutting some 1/2" mahogany today and when I cut a right angle corner it seems like it makes a lot of noise. It is the same type of noise it makes if I don't put tension on the blade. Is this normal? dave

At what speed does it start and stop making the noise?

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I tighten the blade at about 3/4 maximum on my DW 788 and I have my tension adjusted to where  full pressure is hard to get. It all in  The inter adjustment of the machine. find out where the blade pings at a high pitch by using your fingernail . and as Kevin ask what speed are you running, I very seldom run it above 5. and a blade usually last me 1-2 hours, i CAN TELL BY THE WAY IT CUTS AS WHEN TO CHANGE THE BLADE THIS COMES WITH EXPERIENCE. Today I changed the blade after about 1 1/2 and I was cutting 3/4 popular..It just didn't seel right to me.

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