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Foot Operated Arm Lift for the Scroll Saw


baggetta

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Well here's something a bit different.  I've been working on and idea for building a foot lift for my Excalibur scroll saw arm.  At the tap of the toe you can raise and lower the arm easily -- saving wear and tear on your arm and making it easy to lift and lower when you have a lot of cuts on a piece -- fretwork, for example.  I designed this for the Excalibur, but I think it will work with any scroll saw that's arm is lifted.
You can check out the build and the use in my new video on YouTube:
Free pattern can be downloaded from my Free Page at my site:

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55 minutes ago, Scrappile said:

A+ sir!  I love it.  Will have to go back and study it more, but I love a person that likes to tinker and experiment.  Can't see why this wouldn't work on a DeWalt, and all the Excalubur type saws. 

Yes.  I think it will work on the Dewalt (haven't tried it on my Dewalt yet) and just about any other that has an arm that needs lifting.  Specially helpful on the bigger saws.

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Here's a slightly different take on this approach--a pneumatic lift. 

Ray at Seyco says he's going to try an electric (screw drive) actuator.  That's a great option for someone that has no air system, but it's probably slower than the pneumatic type.  This one runs at 25 PSI.

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Cheers,

Geno

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