James E. Welch Posted July 24, 2023 Report Share Posted July 24, 2023 I "discovered" something pretty awesome with my new hegner. You can feed the blade in off the table and slide it into place. No more bending down to see under the work piece. I've been flipping the piece over and sliding the blade in for those hard to get at portions of the board such as in the middle. OCtoolguy and jollyred 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James E. Welch Posted July 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2023 19 minutes ago, James E. Welch said: I "discovered" something pretty awesome with my new hegner. You can feed the blade in off the table and slide it into place. No more bending down to see under the work piece. I've been flipping the piece over and sliding the blade in for those hard to get at portions of the board such as in the middle. Now that I think of it though I suppose you could do that with any saw. You just wouldn't have the blade clamp but that doesn't matter really. Don't know why I never thought of this before. Scrappile and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted July 24, 2023 Report Share Posted July 24, 2023 (edited) Never have done it that way but I knew the split in the table was for the blade. I have, on other excalibur type saws but the blade through the wood and then put the project with blade on the saw as you mention. Edited July 26, 2023 by Scrappile OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wichman Posted July 26, 2023 Report Share Posted July 26, 2023 James, I have these small spring clips, they're smaller than a clothes pin and the tips are latex coated, you can use these to hold the samll blade while you are threading the blade down the slot. James E. Welch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted July 26, 2023 Report Share Posted July 26, 2023 I found that using my shirt pocket magnet, I can position the blade with teeth forward and down and the hold the blade where I want it for tightening in the bottom clamp. Don't need it on my Hegner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James E. Welch Posted July 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Wichman said: James, I have these small spring clips, they're smaller than a clothes pin and the tips are latex coated, you can use these to hold the samll blade while you are threading the blade down the slot. Do you have a picture? I'd like to see this. Sounds interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wichman Posted July 26, 2023 Report Share Posted July 26, 2023 Here ya go. I used a small piece for clarity, I don't use them for anything that small danny and James E. Welch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James E. Welch Posted July 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2023 21 minutes ago, Wichman said: Here ya go. I used a small piece for clarity, I don't use them for anything that small Nice ! I like that idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wichman Posted July 26, 2023 Report Share Posted July 26, 2023 I've seen these at the Dollar Tree store locally, 6 or more for $1.25. https://www.dollartree.com/crafters-square-metal-craft-clamps-6ct-packs/167158 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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