OCtoolguy Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 7 minutes ago, kmmcrafts said: My Excalibur vibrated pretty good out of the box unclamped / or unbolted.. I had a cheap Harbor Freight metal tool stand but the footprint was too small.. I took a piece of leftover 1" flooring from when my loft was built in my shop and bolted that to the stand and then bolted the saw to that.. still more vibration than the DeWalt had unbolted etc.. but was usable that way.. The actual EX stand was much better.. that said though.. I had the EX mounted off center on that HF stand with the flooring on it as I wanted a little sort of side table area.. and I think that was why it still had vibration.. I don't really care for the EX stand because it has a wide stance and also too wide to straddle and it's awkward to sit at.. now where for my legs to go.. suppose the designer may not of had legs, LOL .. I may build me a stand as I cannot get real comfortable sitting for very long at the EX.. ( another reason I haven't used it too much. ) The stand is just a odd height and my stool works well with the Hawks or the DeWalt.. I have a slight tilt on the Hawks toward me.. and the DeWalt which is the most comfortable one to sit at for long periods is tilted as far as it'll tilt.. 4 inch? I think.. I tried tilting the Hawks but doing so creates some vibration.. Hawks ( at least mine ) are very fussy about being level or they vibrate.. I'm not sure how this will work out for you with moving it to a different area.. I have the radio on a shelf behind my Hawk and once in a while either I or one of the kids will bump into the saw trying to get to the radio.. if it gets bumped I know right away.. It's not a huge amount of vibration.. maybe none at all as I only notice it buy it sounding funny.. a little louder than normal.. so I kinda move it as I run it to find it's home again, LOL I think Les moves his around but mounted to the stand but he has wheels on the stand.. he doesn't have much issues from what I gathered from reading a topic about it.. Kevin, when you first got your EX did you know to adjust the aggressiveness by turning the motor? Mine had a bit of vibration at full speed but once I found out about adjusting the motor and fine tuning the blade to be perpendicular to the table or as close as possible, then vibration has all but disappeared. And the addition of the Pegas clamps pretty much made the saw as smooth as it could ever be. I'm ecstatic about how smooth my saw is. I never thought I'd have a saw that ran that smoothly. Of course, I am not one to run it full speed. I have no desire to do that. I found the "sweet spot" and pretty much leave it there. I did slow it down a bit when I was doing that compound cutting on my votive holder project. And, I learned after the fact that I was using the wrong kind of blades. I was using a reverse blade without the skip tooth feature. I look forward to my next foray into 3-D cutting now that I have the correct blades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted March 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 22 minutes ago, octoolguy said: Kevin, when you first got your EX did you know to adjust the aggressiveness by turning the motor? Mine had a bit of vibration at full speed but once I found out about adjusting the motor and fine tuning the blade to be perpendicular to the table or as close as possible, then vibration has all but disappeared. And the addition of the Pegas clamps pretty much made the saw as smooth as it could ever be. I'm ecstatic about how smooth my saw is. I never thought I'd have a saw that ran that smoothly. Of course, I am not one to run it full speed. I have no desire to do that. I found the "sweet spot" and pretty much leave it there. I did slow it down a bit when I was doing that compound cutting on my votive holder project. And, I learned after the fact that I was using the wrong kind of blades. I was using a reverse blade without the skip tooth feature. I look forward to my next foray into 3-D cutting now that I have the correct blades. Yeah, that could be something to do with it.. I did know about adjusting the motor. but I didn't do that until after it was mounted to the stand.. and it does run quite smooth now.. and that could be the tuning or the EX stand or both.. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachnlearn Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 2 hours ago, octoolguy said: Do you honestly feel that the factory stand was beneficial? I brought mine home and tried it just clamped to my workbench and found that it ran so smooth that I wouldn't need to do anything but build a substantial wooden stand for it. I love how it has worked out. I made sure that it would be moveable so I can take it outside during the warm summer months. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the Hawk because of the tall stand. I also have a wood floor in my shop that has some bounce to it so that may present a problem. I'm thinking of doing something out on my driveway to give me some privacy too so I may put it out there on concrete and do the sandbag thing. Just not sure yet. Build shelves using concrete blocks around your scrollsaw, the added weight will bounce the floor less. Or invite a whole group of people to watch you and their weight will keep the floor from bouncing less. RJF kmmcrafts and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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