Tammi201 Posted November 25, 2019 Report Share Posted November 25, 2019 I was having a hard time getting the knobs tight enough to hold the saw blade. My husband made me a wrench and it works great. I can change my own blades. I wanted to share with you and post a picture. GrampaJim, OCtoolguy, John B and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzarkSawdust Posted November 25, 2019 Report Share Posted November 25, 2019 Cool! I've seen patterns of a knob end that fits on the knob itself...like the hand end of yours. But never saw it with a shaft. Yea...sometimes it's hard to break it loose. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted November 25, 2019 Report Share Posted November 25, 2019 Tammi, it sounds to me as though you might be over tightening your clamps screws. Be careful or you'll be stripping out the threads sooner than necessary. If you find that happens, switch over to the Pegas clamps. Much easier to get them tight. scrollingforsanity and Woodrush 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgiro Posted November 25, 2019 Report Share Posted November 25, 2019 Tammi, what kind of saw are you using? As Ray said, you could damage your clamps by over tightening. If you are using an Excalibur, you can, literally, spread the bottom clamp by over tightening. You'll be blowing $35 on a new bottom clamp set. Been there - done that. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammi201 Posted November 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2019 Thanks, I’m just slightly tighten them , a little more then I can do with my fingers. I have King scroll saw. I don’t have a lot of strength in my hands. Hubby has informed me and showed me how much to tighten. John B and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC Scroller Posted November 25, 2019 Report Share Posted November 25, 2019 Sounds like you would be better served with putting the Pegas clamps on your King. As others said there is a real danger of damaging your saw clamps with using tools and gadgets like that to tighten them. Rolf and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzarkSawdust Posted November 25, 2019 Report Share Posted November 25, 2019 I talked to Denny the other day about Pegas clamps for my King. He was out sick for a couple of days...but going to get me some this week. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackman Posted November 25, 2019 Report Share Posted November 25, 2019 I will say he did a very nice job of making the tool! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Posted November 26, 2019 Report Share Posted November 26, 2019 Hubby is a talented guy. You should keep him. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgiro Posted November 26, 2019 Report Share Posted November 26, 2019 13 hours ago, Tammi201 said: Thanks, I’m just slightly tighten them , a little more then I can do with my fingers. I have King scroll saw. I don’t have a lot of strength in my hands. Hubby has informed me and showed me how much to tighten. I've seen the King saw at woodcraft and it has the same OEM clamps as the Excaliburs. The bottom clamp is made of cast aluminum. Over-tightening will literally spread the clamp, making it so the thumb and set screws won't tighten on the blade correctly. I was/am a constant violator of this and, always, kept a spare bottom clamp on hand to swap out when the problem arose. I second the recommendations to swap the OEM clamps out for the Pegas clamps. The Pegas clamps are made from a much stronger aluminum alloy and I have not had the problem since I switched. Denny Knappen, currently has the Pegas clamps on sale. OCtoolguy and Woodrush 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhudson Posted November 26, 2019 Report Share Posted November 26, 2019 Looks a lot nicer than the one I made. Another possible assist may be to put a light coat of anti-size gel on the threads. That seemed to help my issue. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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