tonylumps Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Well my new to me EX16 arrived.As the UPS driver was taking it out of the truck I saw nothing but packing nuts fall out of the box and one leg showing thru a hole.What do you think of someone who packs a 57# saw to ship from CA.to PA with just packing nuts and a couple of sheets of brown paper.The saw was scratched up a bit.One rubber foot missing.I bought the stand for it,so did not need the foot.All said and done I spent an hour tuning it up.Adjusting everything,.Removing the vac system,Hooking up my own collector.I mounted on the EX stand and did some test cuts.Very happy so far.The discription said it had 2 hours on it There are some scratches on the table But from what i have seen on You Tube This seems to be normal with the EX.I like the blade install on it and it runs nice.Saturday I will give it a work out. MTCowpoke22, Lucky2, WayneMahler and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 From what i see Tony , you did good !.......Nice get ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Nice upgrade Tony. Who did you order from? DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneMahler Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Looks like you did good. You'll have many happy hours scrolling ahead of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatknobtony Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 I think it looks like a great saw Tony, I think I'm feeling something akin to penis envy. You did well I'm sure. Another Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Good luck Tony. Your going to love it. I have the ex21 and love it/ I just finished cutting out the Lords Prayer with it about 20 minutes ago. There's a lot of lettering to cut and it's all different types. I haven't put it together yet. Still have to paint the backers ans line everything up. Leaving for vacation tomorrow so it will have to wait until I get back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonylumps Posted July 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Nice upgrade Tony. Who did you order from? DW Nice upgrade Tony. Who did you order from? DW Used from eBay Just the saw The stand came from Seyco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhudson Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Nothing like a new tool to put a smile on your face. Have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 Many happy hours of scrolling to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 You will love it I am sure. Good for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 your like a kid in a candy store now.Show us your saw dust pile soon to show us how much you liked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronx Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Congrats and enjoy your new toy. I love my EX21. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 (edited) Hip hip, saw away... Oh, I mean have fun sawing You will enjoy your new saw. What did you have before? Edited July 16, 2016 by LarryEA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonylumps Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Hip hip, saw away... Oh, I mean have fun sawing You will enjoy your new saw. What did you have before? I am using a Hegner so this will have to really show me something.I wanted to try the EX for the blade install.Tomarrow i will put a vibration meter on both.But I think the Hegner has less vibration we will see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Nice purchase. It will be interesting to see how your vibration test turns out Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Love new toys......especially tools. Congrats! dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Good luck with it Tony, it should be a nice working saw. I just did a vibration test on my EX21, both coins stayed standing even at top speed. Len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastfreddy Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Congrats on your new toy, and where did you get the seat ? really like what looks like its adjustable, been looking for something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonylumps Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Congrats on your new toy, and where did you get the seat ? really like what looks like its adjustable, been looking for something like that. Yes adjustable .The seat pad has about 8 positions. I bought it online It is used for star gazing I can not remember the name of the place.but I will look for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonylumps Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Congrats on your new toy, and where did you get the seat ? really like what looks like its adjustable, been looking for something like that. Amazon has the chair. Or google Astronomy chair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 (edited) I did a search on "astronomy chair plans" and came up wit several plans for making one. Didn't look difficult at all. Edited July 16, 2016 by Scrappile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonylumps Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Nice purchase. It will be interesting to see how your vibration test turns out Dick heppnerguy Vibration meter was to sensitive.Both saws showed the same reading.When i did the nickel test the Hegner was clearly the winner.I could go and eat lunch and come back the nickel would still be standing.Not bad for a saw that was made in 2002.But I am liking the blade install on the EX. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Wouldn't it be nice if Hegner would move into the 21st century and come up with an easy blade change method like an Excalibur? They could (for the price of one) use steel clamps instead of the aluminum that the Ex has. Best of both worlds... Hegner is a great workhorse saw but it has been the same design since inception and need to modernize. GrampaJim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonylumps Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Wouldn't it be nice if Hegner would move into the 21st century and come up with an easy blade change method like an Excalibur? They could (for the price of one) use steel clamps instead of the aluminum that the Ex has. Best of both worlds... Hegner is a great workhorse saw but it has been the same design since inception and need to modernize. You're right .I did learn to live with it. But I wanted to try the EX for top feed I tried it today, But did not like it .What I did like was that the arm swings out of the way for bottom feed.But I will keep trying it .After all it is new to me.All said it is a really nice saw.So I think i made a good move in getting the EX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastfreddy Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Amazon has the chair. Or google Astronomy chair Thanks I'll go to amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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