Jet JWSS-22B

Picked up the scroll saw and stand few weeks ago. Due to a shipping snafu, the saw came before the stand. Set up the saw on my heavy oak kitchen table, made the adjustments suggested in the manual and gave it a go. It ran quiet with no vibrations at about half speed. When I turned up past that, it started rocking and rolling. Had I tried the nickle test, it would have made change...LOL. I was a bit disappointed. Almost ready to send it back, the stand came in. Assembled the stand, mounted the saw on the stand and tried it again. Voila! it ran smooth and quiet through all speeds. I love the ease on changing blades and the tilting head as opposed of the table tilt. The big test was how it cut! Made a couple of segmented pieces as well as a puzzle, cut like a dream.  When I can split a pencil line with the blade I know I have a good saw. The saw came with three lower blade holders which made it great to switch blades when they became dull. The test will be how long it runs without any issues. I had my old Porter Cable for quiet a few years with no problems. 

I've had my Jet for about a year now, and I love it. I did not get the stand, but used one I built. I did have to add a few braces as this saw is much heavier than my old Delta saw. But once the braces were added, the vibrations disappeared. I really like how quick and efficient the upper clamp is. It does require some fine tuning on the tension knob from time to time if you are switching between blade sizes. But that was the same on the old saw too. The large table is wonderful to have and having a top arm that raises out of the way makes blade changes easy. However, I can see that if someone is a top feeder, this saw will not work. The lower clamp comes out of the lower arm assembly and you use the slot on the blade holder to insert a new blade in to the clamps. If you use all the clamps, you can have two extra blades ready to go. With the way the upper clamp works, both grabbing and tensioning the blade in one motion, there is no way to leave the blade in the upper clamp and disconnect it from the lower clamp.