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Finished this one over the weekend it's 16-1/2"×20" made from 1/2" plywood

Good news... Finally... As I reported recently, Nilus had narrowed down the issues I was having with this saw to the lower arm and sent me a replacement which I received last week. I installed it, ran a couple of quick tests and felt good about it. Today, I put it to the full test and I'm happy to report that all seems good. I even moved it into my cutting area and moved the DeWalt out. I've been cutting kids puzzles with it all day as I wanted to test it on "easy" stuff... 3/4" pine and no real tight turns/cuts. Every puzzle piece slides in an out both ways, the saw has only the slightest vibration which isn't an issue but I may try to tweak it another time. The few times I did have tight turns/angles to make, the Hawk cut them perfectly and tighter than I ever could on my DeWalt. The weirdest thing I'm having to get used to is the fact that the Hawk actually cuts truly STRAIGHT. The DeWalt's (all 3 of them that I have), you had to kind of adjust your angle when cutting a straight line, almost like a natural "drift". I kept getting off my lines with the Hawk at first cuz the thing cuts perfectly straight up a line. I hope that makes sense, it's hard to describe. Oh, while I'm thinking about it... whoever recommended the Pegas Modified Geometry blades to use with the Hawk because it tends to cut slower, those blades are FABULOUS, they definitely are more aggressive. Not sure I'd want to try them on my DeWalt though. LOL They cut FAST. On the Hawk it helps re-gain some of the speed lost as compared to the DeWalt. As a reminder, the Hawk does have an adjustment in which you can increase the aggressiveness of the cut by adjusting the forward pitch of the blade, but you can not do that if you cut puzzles, it screws them up big time. As to the Pegas blades, I bought a sample pack from Amazon if anyone else is interested in trying them. https://www.amazon.com/Pegas-Modified-Geometry-Pinless-Variety/dp/B01B8PQG76/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503347678&sr=8-1&keywords=pegas+geometry I'll be ordering a couple gross of the #3's and the #5's as soon as I'm done typing this update. This appears to be the best pricing I've found. http://www.dndsawbladesonline.com/page/79818204 Anyway, I am one happy Iggy right now. I have 30 more kid puzzles to cut tomorrow and then I'm DONE and won't cut again for over a week. I have the mega event this weekend and then I have to catch a 7am flight to Austin, TX Monday morning for business and will get home Wednesday night. I'm looking forward to taking a break from cutting... it's been one hell of a 3 months of cutting 550 puzzles in advance of this event... plus what I was selling on a weekly basis. I'll provide updates if anything changes, but right now all is good. I still need to cut some of my regular animal puzzles out of poplar to get a true feel for things. Iggy

I had seen another offering by Harvey on Wooden Teddy Bear but never remembered to ask him about them, but finally did... We're all familiar with his dog puzzles that spell out the breed with each letter being a puzzle piece. Well, he also offers them as non-puzzles in that the letters are still there, but they aren't each cut out. And as part of a "set", he includes a miniature version in that format as well as just an outline of the dog with no lettering that can be cut as ornaments. Attached is a sample along with his suggestion on how to cut the small ornaments. They sell for $4.50 plus shipping at WTB but I spoke with him about it and suggested me selling them for $3.50 with free email delivery. Let me know if you're interested in these. I've set up a new category on my website for ordering. www.WoodcraftByScott.com Iggy

Here they are... 700 puzzles ready to load up in a couple of days for the big weekend event... I don't know whether to expect to sell 250 or just 50... But it'll be a wild one. And I'll get to meet Orangeman.

Takes at least an hour to cut then 30 minutes to finish. I round over all the puzzles to make the edges smooth. If I color the piece (my least favorite part) another 15 minutes. I don't like coloring wood because it takes away the look of the grain but with a base a little color makes the puzzle stand out.

I made this 4 tiered jewelry box for my wife's birthday last week while i was on Vacation. This is a Wildwood design made in Cherry

The lady I'm making these names for, wants a total of 4, this is the 3rd, made from 1/2 Walnut, and I want to also thank birch bark for this and all my patterns

Thanks Rob and I just sent you an email as well. I don't have any of these on hand yet since I'm just now offering them. I've left Harvey a voicemail asking him to send me the ones you ordered. He'll drop them in the mail to me and I'll get them to you via email.

If its like the dewalt has its this thing with a bunch of nub like pieces. What will happen is they might crack and will just fall apart or swivel around alot. what i did when that happened was remove the offending piece. I heated it in hot water so they come apart and then rinse under cold to shrink them back up without the cracked piece. I also use an aquaium pump now with the tube just taped to the one on the saw.i like it because its constant and not dependant on the motion of the saw. total cost, $8 from walmart.

Look great, super nice work on these. Thanks for the look see. jim penquin

Even though I goofed it up? Sorry. I even search Loc-Lite and came up with Loc-Line but didn't notice. Duh. I just purchased some from loc-line.com. Got great service and maybe a little cheaper than Amazon. I try to help out others when I can instead of alway Amazon. Just a personal thing.

Amazon has all sizes i even bought the snap pliers for them

Looks like it's actually Loc-Line

The image posted by Dennisy59 points to where my Hawk had a slight bit of play, enough to make slight noise. Dennisy59 Hicksville? do you know about our Long Island scrollsaw club? we meet in Smith town on the 3rd Thursday of the month 7pm in the Brush barn. We will start again in August. Several years ago I was asked to take a look at a very Old Hawk 16" saw for a local carver. It was making one heck of a racket. It did have a counterweight with a set screw to a flat on the shaft. It was very loose allowing the whole assembly to move around.. I went through the entire saw and tweaked it. It ran reasonably well after that, but had it been my first and only contact with the Hawk brand I probably would not have one. The newer ones are very different machines. I have yet to use a better saw than my G4 (2005)

Hey Dave, as I've chronicled throughout the process, it was a bit challenging. The key thing I kept in mind is that Bushton Manufacturing is a small business in the truest sense of the term. I think they are literally 5 or 6 people. But they aren't just slapping together a machine, Nilus also designed it. I happened to catch them at an interesting time in that they are a working wheat farm and they were in the middle of harvest when I placed my order and then one of their employees, Nikole (Nilus's daughter) had a baby and one of their key people, Scott, is her husband so they've both been focused on their family. All that being said... they absolutely wanted to be sure to get things right. I feel as though if I have any problems with the saw, I know I can contact them and they'll work hard to figure out and resolve it. I look forward to putting the saw to a more thorough test over the next couple of months to see how it handles my workload. Although, I'm looking forward to a bit of down time right now. :-) I tried to be fair, patient and not talk bad about them throughout the buying process. I certainly got frustrated a couple of times, but I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt that they'd work it all out. And I truly believe that my situation was a very rare event with 2 saws having issues back to back. Iggy

That is so good and so well cut. Great work Terry. Marg

This pattern is by Jacob Fowler and found in the book "Woodworkers Pattern Book". He called it the 'Delicate Doe", but I renamed it the "Delicate Fawn" because we have a visit about once a week from a fawn just like this one. I enlarged the pattern by 40% to fit an 11" x 14" frame. I used 1/4" Baltic Birch plywood and FD UR #1 blades. The backing is black mat board. I framed it at ArtCrafters using Acrylic rather than glass. Comments welcome.

Great job on the cutting and pattern. Thanks for sharing

Scott that is where I buy my Pegas blades and so far they give good service. Glad you got the Hawk going, I was beginning to worry.

The first thing one should do in getting a new or used saw is loosen the stand and make it settle into the spot you plan to use it at.. I bought my first Hawk last Oct.. and it was real noisy and vibrated across the floor.. at one time the saw had been bolted to plywood and the bottom of the stand legs was bent some... by loosening the saw stand and letting it settle in and re-tightening the legs back up helped a lot.. but I still had a issue because of the bottom of the legs was bent some.. I ended up with having to buy some adjustable legs to bolt onto the bottom of the legs... This could be somewhat the same issue you have with your saw.. You never know how someone has set up a saw before you.. so whenever I get a used saw.. first thing I do is go through the saw and tune everything up as if it was a new saw... Kevin

Well, Iggy, this was really a joy to read. So glad it appears to be working out, you really deserve it being you appear to be a very patient person. For what it is worth, I think all scroll saws, as do band saws have a drift tendency. It is a natural thing. Some more than others. I have a Hegner and it has less than any other saw I have owned, but I attribute that to the less forward/back motion on the saw, as your Hawk would have. I also tried the Pegas MG blades and they cut a straighter line, i.e. less drift than any other blade I have used. So, it must mean that the blade has a part, maybe the most part in the drift. I do not know. For my type of scrolling, the Pegas MG blades were too aggressive but I also tried some of their other blades and really liked them. Fact they may have replaced my favorite FD blades that I have used for a long time. Anyway, I am real happy for you. Life is great!

Great news hope you do well at the big event.

Very nicely done. Thanks for the pics. Jeff

First off Welcome! Noisy is a tough ? It will sound different from all other saws, but they are not whisper quiet. there should be no knocking sounds, but it has a significant bellows so it wheezes huffs and puffs like a geriatric. So we do need a bit more clarity on what type of noise. It would be really helpful if you can find another Hawk owner nearby so that you can make a comparison. My 12 year old G4 was sounding different to me and I carefully went through it looking for parts that had movement where they shouldn't. I found a tiny bit of play in the upper pitman arm bushing. I replaced the pitman arm and the saw is like new. It had a oilite bushing that I don't think I ever lubricated, hard to get at. My bad. First we need more information. Look up your serial number on the Hawk web site. http://www.hawkwoodworkingtools.com/WebsitePages/Scroll-Saw-Manuals.html We can then have a look at the manual for your saw. With the blade installed and properly tensioned, a nice "C" ping , does it still make noise through the full speed range. If you have a small blade and your tension is too low it may have a bit of a knock. Tension a bit more.

Welcome from Montana. I work with a gal from Germany who married a service member while he was stationed over there. I look forward to seeing some of your work.

Welcome Dean. You are in the right place. I bought my first saw 6 months ago and found the village while I was waiting for it to arrive. This place has been key to my progress. There is so much knowledge on this site it blows my mind sometimes. Everyone is friendly and always happy to help with any question you will have.

Glad to have you join us. What kind of "machine" did you purchase? Hope you enjoy your stay here.

Welcome to you here in the village DEAN

Welcome from Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. Jeff

Another Tennessee welcome and I thank you, Aggie and others here for your service to our Country and the world. Glad you both found your "homes" there. Home is where we make it I firmly believe. Glad you found us and look forward to seeing your work when you get your saw. Remember, everybody started where you are starting - brand new - putting their hands on the saw for the first time.

My grand daughters are nuts about cats so I made this cap rack especially for one of them. Simple design but she loves it. I counter sunk holes behind the outside hooks to mount it to the wall.

I wonder if it was just me or are they having a quality control problem. In The last 3 month's I ordered # 3 blades the first doz. I could not make 7 of them cut on the line no matter what did , total loss. Last week I bought another doz. .. snapped 3 with in minutes, tried flexing one, no flex it snapped, 5 out of 12 snapped the other 7 were OK except 2 will not stay on the line . The #4 & # 5 are fine, the 2/0 feel and cut like there dull Just my bad luck or what

Maybe I am missing something here.. but I would think you should be able to adjust that cut on the Hawk to be more aggressive or faster cutting even with cutting puzzles.. Seems like if the Dewalts have that motion and the puzzles are fine with that.. then that Hawk should too... Now.. not saying you can adjust it all the way because I think the Hawk has quite a large amount of adjustment to it.. but I see no reason why you couldn't do a little adjustment.. maybe measure your forward back motion of the Dewalt.. then shoot for that same amount on the Hawk? For what it's worth... on my Ultra when I cut a couple puzzles on it.. I used the aggressive setting.. which is a little more aggressive than my DeWallt is.. and my puzzles slide out the bottom and in at the top as well.. I really question that the issue you had before with this was something to do with the issue with the arm too? Kevin

Well the saw is over 30 years old, like all things my bones make some noise now with age, RJ