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And it works! You can turn it in a complete circle over and over and . . . Saw this on Steve Good's website and it grabbed me right away. What should have been a one day project turned into 3 - Murphy's Law paid me a visit with the tension knob not tightening. It's doing its job now, but I need to order a new one. The underside where the tension rod is - well, the indentations that the tension rod sleeve catches on were just about worn smooth. I noticed if I apply downward pressure while applying tension, it will tighten up just fine. If I just move the tension knob horizontally, it doesn't take up the tension like it is supposed to. Anyway, I had a happy ending once I got that sorted out. Thinking of staining/painting the support and base a darker color and just doing a clear coat on the shells.

The yoga girl gave me this piece and as soon as I seen it I knew exactly what I was going go use it for MARANATHA.i had to print the pattern backwards on thee donated by kmmcrafts flat side. Used a #7 pegas prst from Lesley's patterns. WWWScrollsawbladespatterns.com. The wood limb was 3/4" thick.Blades were donated by Kmmcrafts. Thank you Kevin!!!

With a title like that, how could you resist looking?! I'm buried in Steve Good patterns and cutting my way out. Anyway, we have a friend who loves hummingbirds, so I made this for her. 3/4 inch pine (called for 1/2 inch but I didn't have any on hand) using #5ST Pegas blades. Now to ponder a backing color. And thanks to all of you in the Village for being here and sharing your knowledge. It has helped me greatly.

Cut from 3/4" Oak with a painted backer of 1/8 BB.

Just want to share what I have been up to a lot lately. I bought a bunch of Sue Mey's puzzle patterns, and have been making them for clients including the Pets name. They are selling real well

I don't remember if I ever shared this with everyone, so I'll do it now. I scroll sitting down so I made a super heavy stand. Air quality is huge for me as I work in my basement. I invested in a small Delta dust collector and have it hooked up to may sanders, chop saw, and router table. I have the 4" line from the dust collector split in two, one hose for the under side and one for the top side. The under side is "connected" to a catch box made from 1/4" BB, the top side is attached to a re-purposed arm for a desk lamp. Works for me. The Hegner airline is setup how I got it from a friend.

Got it together! Man...that thing is huge compared to my Kobalt jobsite saw! It looks like an aircraft carrier. I checked the electrical panel, and I already have a couple of 20amp circuits ready. Tomorrow I may check the adjustments and fire it up!

Looks great! I like the use of the light arm.

Looks like a great setup, very well thought out, RJ

Yesterday I had a few minutes to get it out of the box and on it's feet...with the help of my shop assistant who was holding down the instructions LOL. Maybe I can make more progress today.

A Botas pattern

Lately, my Delta has been "knocking" intermittently. It sounded like it was coming from the bottom hold but couldn't be sure. Today I was cutting a larger than normal piece and the knocking got more intense so I stopped. I took apart the machine, trying to remember what I did last time I took it apart. Got it all down except for the top electrical switches. Moved the parts around, up/down and could not figure out where the sound was coming from. So, I put it back together hoping I would not have left over pieces like last time. Turned it on, leveled and started to cut a piece and no more sound The top arm is much stiffer than it was, so not sure if that could have been the problem. Perhaps the screws etc. just needed tightening? I have no idea what I did, but it seems to have stopped the "knocking" and worked. Just thought I'd share in case someone else with this saw experienced something similar.

I found it here! Looks solid and just what I need. I'll do some measurements so I get the height dialed in nicely.

Yeah this is kind what I'm thinking. Making it rolling is a great idea. Good find!

Another welcome from Southern, sunny Arizona. So glad you choose us to hang out with. If you log in often you will quickly find that this is a 'family' and you are part of it. Any questions about anything to do with scrolling just chime in. Dick heppnerguy

Welcome to the Village Chris from Central Florida. Lots of posts for a newcomer to read. Lots of good info and lots of good talent here!

Howdy! I'm considering building a stand for my Dewalt scroll saw this weekend that will work well with a regular height chair. I have the factory stand that works well for standing and bar height chairs, but doesn't lower enough for a regular chair. I'm looking to set up a small scroll saw area in my john deere room and I'd prefer to use my office size chair. My biggest concern is it being sturdy/heavy enough to not create any issues with vibration. I'd love to see/hear if anyone has built something like this or maybe a link to plans they'd recommend?

Another Steve Good pattern (he is so good to us scrollers), although he suggests 1/2" timber for the basket, I used 1 1/4" Mahogany as I have lots at hand, the top and bottom are as Steve suggests 1/4" again Mahogany, this has come out at 5" tall 5 3/4 long and 4 1/2 deep ( I did enlarge the pattern slightly), not sure what it will used for yet, but I'm sure something will come to mind

Well things are looking up. I picked up my new Delta 36-725T2 late yesterday. They loaded it with a forklift, and I managed to get it out of the pickup onto the shop floor without killing myself! I opened the box, took as much out as I could, and slid the rest down a set of ramps I still have. Tomorrow I'll work on putting it together as it's forecast to be above freezing.

Can you adjust/cut the original stand legs to lower them....?

I recently made a 3-legged stand using a 4x4 and 2x4s. It turned out solid and I installed retractable casters which makes it easy to move around. Got the casters from Amazon for about approx. $35 for a set of four. Found the plans online. Good luck.

Hi Frank, I probably should have posted that part of the entry in another message - maybe Q&A. I did adjust the set screws this morning and last evening ordered a new tension knob and clamps. Fingers crossed for a normal delivery time for parts.

Love that! I'll be making one of those for the grandkids. Thanks for posting!

Yup, I hope to have time to do that today.

terrific job

I like very much. Should be a great conversation piece. Boy am I dumb...brain fart! Read your post over and over. Could not figure where a tensioning piece was on the cutting. Light bulb finally lit up after rereading again and realized you were talking about your saw, dahhh.

It's a great looking saw You probably already know this, but make sure to tune it up before using it for projects - makes a big difference

That is really cool. Well done. Marg

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What a show piece!

Very cool.

Congratulations on the new saw, I see you have a planer there too, still in the box, RJ

Nice work on both the cuttings and the patterns too!

beautiful job

The manual for Hegner scroll saws is available on the Advanced Machinery website https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1188/6562/files/Hegner_Scroll_Saw_manual.pdf?3248921969229599006 They also have parts diagrams, etc.

Nice job Marg!

Very impressive Les. Marg

Friday 19th I ordered two sets of signature coins from Steve Good. Today 22nd I got them!! I am not that far from Steve. He is just cross border in Ky an I am in East Central IN. But to make an mail same day is wild!!

Welcome from So. California. You have joined the best forum on the web.

Your in good hands here!!! All and more is the kind of help you get here Welcome friend!!!

Hi Chris, welcome to the Village from our side of the pond !!

welcome to the village

Welcome from Sunny Arizona!

Come on in and welcome.

Welcome to the Village forum from Tennessee.

Welcome to The Village!