Pegas 21"

About the middle of June I ordered the Pegas thru Denny.
It arrived well packaged and I got it as far as the living room.
Took my time getting it out of the box.
The carton had an extra layer of cardboard all the way around inside the box and the machine base was attached to a ¼” piece of plywood, sized to the carton, restricting movement. Styrofoam filled in the open spaces making for a good solid fit.  Removing the extra interior layer of cardboard made it easy to lift the scroll saw with the plywood attached base.
The Tilt handle was not attached, but I figured it out and easily attached the pieces to make it functional.
I got as far as turning it on before “The phone call.” Very quiet machine which I believe indicates tight tolerances.
An old ex-neighbor of ours called me, asking for advice on laying a tile floor at the inside entrance of their house.  And would I come over and take a look.
The term “bait and switch” comes to mind . . . turns out a contractor did her wrong in a big way in remodeling/updating her bathroom, family room and bedroom on the first floor.  Long story short; I remodeled/restored her bathroom over the next 6 weeks.  Whew!  On a positive note, it paid for the Pegas scoll saw.
Now it’s the start of August with free time to make a wood stand for the Pegas.  Not being an on-going carpenter, I did a bit of head scratching and triple-checking to ensure the 5 degree angle cuts for the three stand legs was accurate.  I really didn’t want to have to make a second (or more) trip to buy more wood.  Long story longer, it turned out right.
I hadn’t done any cutting in at least 3 months, so decided to start cutting using some practice scroll saw cutting patterns.|
The Pegas’ top is: 13” all the way to the back compared to the round-ish DW which is 16” at the widest point and tapers to 4” at the back end.
The Pegas arm lifts a bit stiffly for changing blades, etc., (and stays up nicely while doing so) but I figure over time will loosen up.  It is not so stiff to be annoying (just different from what I was used to with the DW). 
Blade changing is a smooth and efficient operation.  From a “feel perspective”, I find locating the slot for the bottom blade by touch easier than I do with the DW scroll saw.  The Pegas top clamp screw is also a little stiff to turn (compared to the bottom one), but again, not to the point of being annoying.
Tension lever - so far, after cutting out 12 patterns (most stack cut) over the span of approximately 16 hours, I had the bottom blade pull out twice.  Which I attribute to my not tightening the screw enough.
Cutting at full speed (and at other various speeds) was/is a pleasure. 
Vibration:  There is a video out there showing a man cutting wood on the Pegas with a Nickel standing up on its edge on the table.  So, I tried it and was happy to be able to do the same.  There is a “however” though – the nozzle on the air hose noticeably vibrates (about ¼+” back and forth) at a point starting at about ¾ speed.  The vibration diminishes mostly the highest speed, but is still noticeable.  Which is a little distracting if I’m using it at that speed range with the most vibration.
My takeaway on that is -  the table and stand is solid -The Pegas stands up (pun intended) to the nickel – but the plastic air nozzle is light and long and attached just at the point where the linkage is for the saw blade clamps.  As an experiment, I taped a small weight (50 cal lead ball [3/8ths ounce/11grams) near the end of the air nozzle – it eliminated the nozzle from vibrating at any/all speeds. 
I don’t recall the DW hose vibrating like that, but full disclosure; it’s in pieces now awaiting rebuild, so can’t give a valid comment on whether or not it vibrated or not.
Cutting speed:  I checked it against the DW788 and was surprised to discover the Pegas max speed is 200 strokes per minute less.  However . . . the “out of the box” setting for the cutting aggressiveness appears to be less (a more straight up and down cut) than the DW788.  Subjectively, I feel I am able to make tighter cuts easier at a faster speed.
Bottom line on that – I don’t think/feel/believe the 200 strokes per minute makes any substantial difference.  I’ll leave it up to the engineers to figure that out.

Weight:  the Pegas is about 6 pounds heavier than the DW788.  Oh, and on that note, good job on putting a paper well displayed showing a picture of how to lift/move the machine.

Tilting head:  haven’t made any cuts with it – yet.  But have tested out the mechanism and it works just fine.

Dust removal system – I don’t use it.  But it’s there if I change my mind.  Steve Good has a video on it that does a good job showing its effectiveness.

Overall assessment:  First and foremost - I am a satisfied customer!

Customer service was excellent. 
Placing the order was easy and delivery was prompt with no damage.

The best comment I can give is that yes, I would buy it again.
 

I just recently purchased this saw

And to be honest I can't say enough, It is so quiet, smooth and such a joy to use. it came set up and ready to use the tension was set and I didn't need to adjust at all. this set up makes changes so much faster and has made my time cutting projects much better

I used a 16" Dremel 1695 model for 30 + years and needed to retire it. 

This was one of if not my best addition to my shop