Gotta love birthdays

[JimErn]

Mine is coming up next week, we go to Vegas for a week in April (after I get taxes filed) and August, our b-day months, so I send the kids a wish list from amazon.

Amazon delivers, I get what I want, heh heh

a score of threads or so ago, someone mentioned using magnetic sign material on the scroll saw deck (what is it deck, table, surface you cut on, flat piece, doohickey?), so that was one of the things in the wish list.

It came in, I cut it to size, nice!  wood slides so easily - thank you for whoever suggested it, took off my mdf overlay first of course

[Rockytime]

Your saw has a steel or cast iron table? That's cool!

[wombatie]

Jim, where do you get the " magnetic sign material " from?  Plus does it have an official name?

Marg

[Foxfold]

3 hours ago, wombatie said:

Jim, where do you get the " magnetic sign material " from?  Plus does it have an official name?

Marg

If you Google A2 magnetic sheets, it comes up with a lot of options.  I got one, it's great, I found that an A2 was big enough for me to cut to the shape of my saw but you can get different sizes.

[JimErn]

3 hours ago, wombatie said:

Jim, where do you get the " magnetic sign material " from?  Plus does it have an official name?

Marg

I had them buy this

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016OR9SCS/?coliid=I1N40DTRWHY9QS&colid=3FFU56ZXONLUZ&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

there is enough for two 21" excaliber saw decks in the roll.  I figure at some point I will need to replace it so I rolled up the extra and put it at the back of a shelf.  Now if I can remember which shelf when that day comes around things will be good.

A2 paper size is not quite big enough for the Ex-21

[JimErn]

13 hours ago, Rockytime said:

Your saw has a steel or cast iron table? That's cool!

The table top seems to be aluminum, when I cut a small piece it would not stick to the table top so I figured I would use double sided tape.

But when I cut the whole piece and put it on there for a fit, it stuck, so it must be pulling against the steel frame under the table top

[Scrappile]

I didn't think the Ex tables were aluminum.  Could it be the coating on the table top block the weak magnetism of a small piece.   Or maybe the screw heads that hold the table top are enough.  I just remember, the Ex I had, the table was too heavy to be aluminum. 

Edited April 15, 2019 by Scrappile

[wombatie]

21 hours ago, Foxfold said:

If you Google A2 magnetic sheets, it comes up with a lot of options.  I got one, it's great, I found that an A2 was big enough for me to cut to the shape of my saw but you can get different sizes.

 

21 hours ago, JimErn said:

I had them buy this

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016OR9SCS/?coliid=I1N40DTRWHY9QS&colid=3FFU56ZXONLUZ&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

there is enough for two 21" excaliber saw decks in the roll.  I figure at some point I will need to replace it so I rolled up the extra and put it at the back of a shelf.  Now if I can remember which shelf when that day comes around things will be good.

A2 paper size is not quite big enough for the Ex-21

I just ordered some from an Australian company with free postage.  The rolls come in 1 metre lengths so I ordered 2.

Marg

[Roberta Moreton]

On 4/14/2019 at 11:09 AM, Scrappile said:

I didn't think the Ex tables were aluminum.  Could it be the coating on the table top block the weak magnetism of a small piece.   Or maybe the screw heads that hold the table top are enough.  I just remember, the Ex I had, the table was too heavy to be aluminum. 

I stick a magnet on my EX21 table all the time. 

[wombatie]

My rolls arrived yesterday and I put some on my saws today.  After I had finished I realized that I had made it harder than it should have been but no matter it is on and I love it and it's cheaper than the acrylic I was thinking of buying.  Thanks guys.

Marg