flarud Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 I received my new Dewalt about a 3 weeks ago and finally set it up today. The wife told me to open it several days ago, figured that I would wait until Christmas. My daughter got me a lighted magnifier for Christmas, so I set them both up this morning. Out of the box set up was fairly simple but trying to get the blade in brought out some cuss words and some bloody knuckles. Not sure what part of the saw cut my knuckle, Saw 1 Me 0. Finally got the blade in both the top and bottom and not to be beat by the saw, took it back out to see if I could do it again. LOL I was planning on trying to remove the blade from the bottom on this saw as apposed to removing the top of the blade like I have done on my Porter Cable. But I will have to get used to it more before going that route. For now I will stick with removing the top of the blade for interior cuts. I looked around for something to cut out for my first cut and saw some Christmas gift tag pattern laying on the bench. Saw is pretty smooth until about 80%. I was cutting some 3/8" cedar with a #2 Olsen reverse cut so I had the speed around 1/2 maybe. Cut pretty good I thought. Here is a pic of the new set up. spotsdad, stoney, ShadowB6 and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill WIlson Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Congratulations, I think you will grow to like the DeWalt very much. It really is a user friendly saw. I think there is a blade guard contraption, under the table. Most people remove it right after they remove the hold down. That may make operating the bottom blade clamp a little easier. Good luck and have fun making sawdust! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 7 minutes ago, flarud said: I received my new Dewalt about a 3 weeks ago and finally set it up today. The wife told me to open it several days ago, figured that I would wait until Christmas. My daughter got me a lighted magnifier for Christmas, so I set them both up this morning. Out of the box set up was fairly simple but trying to get the blade in brought out some cuss words and some bloody knuckles. Not sure what part of the saw cut my knuckle, Saw 1 Me 0. Finally got the blade in both the top and bottom and not to be beat by the saw, took it back out to see if I could do it again. LOL I was planning on trying to remove the blade from the bottom on this saw as apposed to removing the top of the blade like I have done on my Porter Cable. But I will have to get used to it more before going that route. For now I will stick with removing the top of the blade for interior cuts. I looked around for something to cut out for my first cut and saw some Christmas gift tag pattern laying on the bench. Saw is pretty smooth until about 80%. I was cutting some 3/8" cedar with a #2 Olsen reverse cut so I had the speed around 1/2 maybe. Cut pretty good I thought. Here is a pic of the new set up. Some or all of your vibration may go away with a permanent mount. I see you have it just resting on a 2x4 in the rear. My Dewalt is pretty smooth throughout the range but will pick up som vibration at top speed. All saws will have a sweet spot or two. I also see that you have one of those tri-sided tool mounts. How do you like it? That may also bring out some vibration. There are a couple of them for sale near me on C/L. From $125 up to $500 and all come with tools mounted on them. I don't have space or I might have been interested. If you are interested, I have some plans for a nice sit-down type stand that I built for my Dewalt. tomsteve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 Yup, Ray is right. Any scroll saw needs to be mounted preferably to the factory stand, but at least bolted down to a sturdy bench. As far as loading the blade, the DeWALT saw is one of the easiest saws to load and is designed for top feeding. tomsteve and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarud Posted December 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 21 minutes ago, octoolguy said: Some or all of your vibration may go away with a permanent mount. I see you have it just resting on a 2x4 in the rear. My Dewalt is pretty smooth throughout the range but will pick up som vibration at top speed. All saws will have a sweet spot or two. I also see that you have one of those tri-sided tool mounts. How do you like it? That may also bring out some vibration. There are a couple of them for sale near me on C/L. From $125 up to $500 and all come with tools mounted on them. I don't have space or I might have been interested. If you are interested, I have some plans for a nice sit-down type stand that I built for my Dewalt. The factory stand and light came with the saw from Grizzly, I just don't have room for the stand. I have the saw clamped down with 3 clamps, it should be just as sturdy the way I have it as it would be with the stand. I have had that 3 sided Craftsman table for prob 25 years. I do like it,, I only have tools mounted on 2 sides so that I can use the 3rd side for a worktop. Only bad thing about it is that if you are working on something you have to clear it off the table before you can spin it to another tool. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted December 26, 2018 Report Share Posted December 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, flarud said: The factory stand and light came with the saw from Grizzly, I just don't have room for the stand. I have the saw clamped down with 3 clamps, it should be just as sturdy the way I have it as it would be with the stand. I have had that 3 sided Craftsman table for prob 25 years. I do like it,, I only have tools mounted on 2 sides so that I can use the 3rd side for a worktop. Only bad thing about it is that if you are working on something you have to clear it off the table before you can spin it to another tool. Ok, sounds like you have it covered. Best of luck with your new toy. I bought mine used and tuned it all up. I love it but I also found an EX21 used and I love it more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackman Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 As said mounted on the 3 way bench the saw won’t be as stable as it would on a factory stand. Side bar-I got mine for $20 at an auction that no one knew what it was lol OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 1 hour ago, trackman said: As said mounted on the 3 way bench the saw won’t be as stable as it would on a factory stand. Side bar-I got mine for $20 at an auction that no one knew what it was lol I wish I had room for one. There is one near me for $125 with 3 tools mounted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTTHECLOCKMAN Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 Top feeding is more a touch and feel thing and is harder to do unless you do it since you started or have for a long time. I will never be a top feeder. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC Scroller Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 I am not on the same page as John. When I first got my Dewalt I bottom fed because that was how my old Dremel saw worked. Fine for some stuff but eventually I started doing more and larger fret work where bottom feeding did not cut it. So I went out and spent 30 minutes learning the feel required to hook the bottom of the blade. To this day I kick myself for waiting so long to switch to top feed. WayneMahler and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) I agree 100% .........with John! Edited December 27, 2018 by Scrappile OCtoolguy and kmmcrafts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted December 27, 2018 Report Share Posted December 27, 2018 1 minute ago, Scrappile said: I agree 100% .........with John ME TOO.. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 On 12/26/2018 at 7:47 PM, JTTHECLOCKMAN said: Top feeding is more a touch and feel thing and is harder to do unless you do it since you started or have for a long time. I will never be a top feeder. I'm a bottom feeder but I think with the new style blade holders with a little practice I could be a top feeder. Not that I want to. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTTHECLOCKMAN Posted December 28, 2018 Report Share Posted December 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Rockytime said: I'm a bottom feeder but I think with the new style blade holders with a little practice I could be a top feeder. Not that I want to. Good luck. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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