Ron Johnson Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 Looking for Excalibur blade clamp knobs to have on hand. The saw is 20 years old. Appreciate if someone knows where they might be avaiable. Thank you. Ron. OCtoolguy and scrollingforsanity 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meflick Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 Not a Canadian source, but you might check with Rsy at Seyco. They have a parts page here on their website: https://www.seyco.com/partspage Ron Johnson, scrollingforsanity and OCtoolguy 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted March 9, 2020 Report Share Posted March 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Ron Johnson said: Looking for Excalibur blade clamp knobs to have on hand. The saw is 20 years old. Appreciate if someone knows where they might be avaiable. Thank you. Ron. I just purchased some parts for my Excaliburs and it helped so much. Ray is a very good guy to deal with. I can't believe how much better my Excalibur is performing now. I replaced the upper blade holder and the set screws and knobs and now I barely clamp the blade with almost no pressure on them at all, and they NEVER slip. Love it. Dick heppnerguy Ron Johnson, OCtoolguy, munzieb and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrollingforsanity Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 You could get them from Ray at Seyco or get then from a Pegas dealer they are the same knob. Also Dewalt will fit I am sure but the plastic knob end is curled instead of straight I believe. To my knowledge ( which isn't all that great ) they are the same threads. I know for sure the Excalibur and Pegas are the same as I have purchased the Pegas knobs from QTE North America for my EX. OCtoolguy and Ron Johnson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 Well Unless your threads are bad.. I'd just get the swivel tips for the thumb screws.. Yes the DeWalt ones are the same.. I like the DW curved plastic handle a little better than the actual EX-21 ones or the Pegas ones I have so I swapped them out with the extra set I bought for my DW years ago and never needed.. Something I do as a maintenance thing for these is to clean them up good.. make sure the swivel end piece spins smooth.. Pull it apart and wipe it clean.. add a little Vaseline to the little rubber O-ring to keep it working smooth. I put a small drop of oil on the threads of the screw to keep it working nice and smooth.. just be careful not to get the oil on the blade clamping surface otherwise you'll get slipping blades.. By maintaining my clamps and thumb screws.. I ran my original clamps on my DW for the full 10-11 years I used it.. Seyco sells a repair set which includes just the swivel ends and then the set screw.. NOTE: A set is for both upper and lower blade clamps.. I didn't know that when I ordered and I wanted to replace a set on another used saw I picked up.. plus I wanted a extra set on hand so I ordered sets.. LOL I'll have plenty of these for a while.. especially since I never needed to change them out in 10+ years...LOL OCtoolguy, amazingkevin and Ron Johnson 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) Unless the threads are stripped, all you really need to do is dress the tips of the thumb screw. This applies to all of the EX type saws including DeWALT, the newer Deltas, king and even the Pegas. Take a 3 or 4” square piece of hardwood or BB. Drill a hole with a drill press in the center. Use a bit slightly smaller than the threads of the thumb screw. Screw the thumb screw into the hole making sure it screws straight into the jig till it just barely protrudes out the bottom. Then, rub it on some 220 grit sand paper till the tip is no longer shiny. This should be a routine maintenance thing to do. I do this every two to three weeks without any degradation to the thumb screw. Edited March 10, 2020 by dgman amazingkevin, Ron Johnson, kmmcrafts and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrollingforsanity Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 Also according to QTE Pegas no longer sells just the swivel ends you have to buy the whole thumb screw. Pegas thinks that people are damaging the O-ring when installing the swivel ends themselves and then it does not swivel correctly. I have never had any problem when cleaning them or installing new ones. Ron Johnson and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachnlearn Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) Machine screws have size and thread count. There are gauges that can be bought and kept around the shop to check. It's size and thread count per inch. So you could have a 6 - 24, Size six, 24 threads per inch. If you can get it apart and take it to a good hardware store, they should have a gauge or just pull out a few screws and fit it. Once the size and threads are found you can pick any nut, knob, screw with that size. Works for any machine screw, knob, nut on anything. If it's missing or shot use what I have or fix it up from the other posts. If you look up screw gauge on amazon you can keep on in the shop. Sometimes they are in hardware stores, but not recognized or sold much. RJF NOTE; Screws, nuts come in imperial and metric like other things. Gauges are also combination of metric and imperial either separate, in sets or combination. RJF Edited March 10, 2020 by teachnlearn OCtoolguy and Ron Johnson 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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