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1. Pinned blades vs plain end blades- On my inexpensive scroll saw (Task Force from the orange store long ago) it is so easy to change pinned blades and difficult to change plain end blades. Looking over Olsen blade catalog, I see just a few pinned blades and many plain end. What am I missing here? Does (almost) every experience scroller use plain ends? (I tried one plain end and gave up). 2. I recently reviewed several new scroll saws on the market. Many reviews talk about how difficult it is to frequently change plain end blades. Some of the mid-price saws like the Porter Cable say they make it easy. What has been your experience? 3. Yesterday I tried making long scroll cuts with an Olsen FR42401 .070 x .010 and could not control it nearly as good as the wider .100 x .018 blade. Turned a perfectly good piece of 3/4 birch plywood into almost trash can stock. Thinking about using only the .100 size. Any comments from you experienced scrollers? Thanks for you help-- as an engineer I tend to focus on detailed stuff and it kinda bugs me that the mechanical design of even low price saws don't make plain end saw change easy. Edward AKA lake9guy
