Asunsell Posted January 17, 2019 Report Posted January 17, 2019 Hi all I just made myself a zero clearance insert for my jet scroll saw and wanted to share with you all how I did it. The link below will take you to the video I just posted on YouTube . Ivan Nikolaev and Birchbark 2 Quote
kmmcrafts Posted January 17, 2019 Report Posted January 17, 2019 Seems like that'd make blade changes cumbersome.. especially with the original barrel style blade clamps. Might not be so bad with the Pegas upgraded clamp though.. Great idea for those that need a zero clearance on a regular basis. OCtoolguy and Asunsell 2 Quote
Scrappile Posted January 17, 2019 Report Posted January 17, 2019 I have then on all my saws, (both) I'm talking to Kevin from Michigan now he has "saws", I have 2 , anyway when I change blades I just pop the insert out, put in the blade and put the insert down over it into the recess. Not really a problem. I did drill several holes in mine to help the lower dust collector nozzle suck more dust down. When I make the inserts I make them in batches. They do get beat up over time so I always have replacements. kmmcrafts and OCtoolguy 2 Quote
kmmcrafts Posted January 17, 2019 Report Posted January 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, Scrappile said: I have then on all my saws, (both) I'm talking to Kevin from Michigan now he has "saws", I have 2 , anyway when I change blades I just pop the insert out, put in the blade and put the insert down over it into the recess. Not really a problem. I did drill several holes in mine to help the lower dust collector nozzle suck more dust down. When I make the inserts I make them in batches. They do get beat up over time so I always have replacements. In that case where you have a insert that is removable I understand.. but what the original poster here did was fill a hole with JB weld.. so he's not taking it out for the blade changes.. I've made inserts in the past for my old Delta and Dremel saws that required a insert and did as you do for blade changes.. BTW, anything more than two saws is a waste anyway as you only have two hands.. Now.. If I could line them all up and somehow attach something to each of my projects so i cut on one saw and the others follow along with my one cutting... now that would be some production cutting right there.. Scrappile, OCtoolguy and Ivan Nikolaev 3 Quote
Asunsell Posted January 17, 2019 Author Report Posted January 17, 2019 I replaced the bottom holder with the Pegasus so I’m not really using the slot anymore kmmcrafts 1 Quote
Asunsell Posted January 17, 2019 Author Report Posted January 17, 2019 Unfortunately the way the throte plate was designed with tapered walls a removable insert is very hard to make. Hopefully some day someone designs One with a 3D printer and makes it available Quote
Scrappile Posted January 17, 2019 Report Posted January 17, 2019 Well you could do it easily but there is a slight giveaway. On my saws I have made 1/8" thick auxiliary table top and my inserts are the same thickness. I did this so I could have the inserts and in addition it gives me a larger table top for my Hegner. The giveaway is you give up 1/8" of thickness you can cut. So far I have not missed the 1/8" but I may, since I have started playing with compound cutting. But my table tops are easy to remove so if I need that 1/8" I will just remove the aux table top. Asunsell and OCtoolguy 2 Quote
Woodmaster1 Posted January 17, 2019 Report Posted January 17, 2019 I use refrigerator calendar magnets for zero clearance. Easy to remove and install. Just put them on the side so when needed they are not far away. Asunsell, OCtoolguy and spotsdad 3 Quote
Asunsell Posted January 17, 2019 Author Report Posted January 17, 2019 I did it like this also because with the new Pegasus bottom blade holder I’m now able to use the bottom reverse teeth on all my blades. Any added thickness to the existing table would make it so I would loose that ability Scrappile, OCtoolguy and kmmcrafts 3 Quote
barb.j.enders Posted January 19, 2019 Report Posted January 19, 2019 On 1/17/2019 at 12:53 PM, Woodmaster1 said: I use refrigerator calendar magnets for zero clearance. Easy to remove and install. Just put them on the side so when needed they are not far away. I just watched a video with the magnets for zero clearance - WOW!! Brilliant, I thought. Will be trying that out as soon as I get my saw back! OCtoolguy 1 Quote
Asunsell Posted January 19, 2019 Author Report Posted January 19, 2019 17 hours ago, barb.j.enders said: I just watched a video with the magnets for zero clearance - WOW!! Brilliant, I thought. Will be trying that out as soon as I get my saw back! I’d like to see that video. Do you have a link ? OCtoolguy 1 Quote
barb.j.enders Posted January 20, 2019 Report Posted January 20, 2019 20 hours ago, Asunsell said: I’d like to see that video. Do you have a link ? Here is the link. It is in around the 20 minute mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0t65uSf1CE Asunsell and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote
Asunsell Posted January 20, 2019 Author Report Posted January 20, 2019 2 hours ago, barb.j.enders said: Here is the link. It is in around the 20 minute mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0t65uSf1CE Fantastic video. Thank you ! Quote
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