New WEN Scroll Saw?

[kmmcrafts]

I'm not sure how long this has been out? but I just run across it tonight for the first time. Reminds me of a reworked DeWalt, LOL

https://www.ebay.com/itm/133778439817?hash=item1f25d0fe89:g:UU8AAOSwf1dgt6hb 

Edited June 18, 2021 by kmmcrafts

[dgman]

Yeah, it looks very much like a DeWALT. Maybe Steve Good will do a review.

[Wichman]

Manufactures website:

https://wenproducts.com/collections/for-the-woodworker/products/wen-ll2156-21-inch-1-6-amp-variable-speed-parallel-arm-scroll-saw-with-extra-large-dual-bevel-steel-table

 

[ike]

It would probably make a good starter machine.

IKE

[kmmcrafts]

I think it would make a decent starter machine. It must be really new because searching for it turns up very little. I did see that it is on Home Depot's website at ( I think ) $370. It appears to have a locking upper arm similar to the Delta version of the DeWalt. 

[Denny Knappen]

I didn't look, but does it take pinless blades?

[OCtoolguy]

It looks like a decent entry into the market. Scrolling is becoming a much bigger hobby and we may see more new products coming out. I've not heard much negativity toward the brand. If I were shopping for a saw I might give this one a hard look.

Edited June 18, 2021 by octoolguy

[kmmcrafts]

1 hour ago, Denny Knappen said:

I didn't look, but does it take pinless blades?

Yes, has clamps similar to the DeWalt, Excalibur etc. Looks like a cross between a DeWalt and a Excalibur, 

[Dave Monk]

A two year warranty isn't bad either.

[Phantom Scroller]

Pity the table tilts and not the motor otherwise looks good but does it sound good I would want to test one first. Roly

[Roberta Moreton]

It looks like it takes both pinned and pinless blades. The adapter uses a thumb screw.  Unique design allows blade to be installed in 2 directions. ???
I’m sorry, but I think is in the same class as every pinned blade saw. 

[kmmcrafts]

1 hour ago, Roberta Moreton said:

It looks like it takes both pinned and pinless blades. The adapter uses a thumb screw.  Unique design allows blade to be installed in 2 directions. ???
I’m sorry, but I think is in the same class as every pinned blade saw. 

I'm not sure you're seeing the same saw as the rest of us.. There is no adapters for pinned blades.. The upper and lower arms are made just like a DeWalt.. I'm not sure you could use pinned blades on it. It is designed a lot like a DeWalt / Delta

[dgman]

The clamps look just like stock DeWALT clamps, which do not take pin end blades.The main thing I don’t like is the dust collection system. It has doors you have to open to access the lower blade clamp. Also, it has a flat steel table. On the DeWALT and Delta saws, the tables are cast iron which helps dampen vibration. I have noticed on my Pegas saw which has a steel table, has a little more vibration at certain speeds than any of the three DeWALT saws I have owned. The vibration isn’t critical, but it is there. 
Hopefully our good buddy Steve Good will do a review on it. 

[kmmcrafts]

Yeah that's why I said it reminds me of a DeWalt / Delta / Excalibur. Has the style look of a DeWalt and the locking pin for the upper arm of the Delta and the table similar to the Excalibur, LOL

Does also look like a lot of table in front of the blade.. Something I disliked a lot on my Excalibur but have grown kind of used to to now. 

[Tbow388]

Looks a lot like my Delta. The dust collection is interesting. I would just take the doors off. My current dust collection system is my work table and my legs.

[Roberta Moreton]

14 hours ago, Roberta Moreton said:

It looks like it takes both pinned and pinless blades. The adapter uses a thumb screw.  Unique design allows blade to be installed in 2 directions. ???
I’m sorry, but I think is in the same class as every pinned blade saw. 

That is NOT the one I saw. 

[Dave Monk]

Wouldn't be very handy for a top feeder.