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   forestgirl | Jul 07, 2009 10:14am | #1

   I can't remember what scrollers had to say about the PS Wood saw.  The cat's meow is the Hegner (and used to be also the RBI Hawk, but RBI is gone now. :-(   One thing that makes a good saw is a good blade!  Flying Dutchman are absolutely super!  Found at Mike's Workshop

   The big DeWalt is also well-reviewed by dedicated scrollers.  The big Delta, somewhat less perhaps.

   If you don't get thorough response here, do a Google search for scroll saw forum and you'll find some great, friendly people to give you some input.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
   
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   popawheelie | Jul 07, 2009 05:00pm | #3

   A scroll saw isn't high on my list of tool purchases so I haven't bought one.

   But if I do it won't be some badly designed one that really doesn't work well.

   Form wht I understand (not much) the good design has two arms that extend above and below the blade moving in unison with eachother. Like a deep C.

   That design makes all the difference. I was wondering if this one was like that.

   Thanks for info about forums.

   "There are three kinds of men: The one that learns by reading, the few who learn by observation and the rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves."Will Rogers

   Edited 7/7/2009 10:02 am by popawheelie

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   RalphBarker | Jul 07, 2009 05:53pm | #4

   The PS site doesn't provide a larger image, so it's difficult to tell how similar this is in design to the Hegner, which is about twice the price. I have a Hegner, and it's a solid machine. Inexpensive scroll saws tend to have excessive play, so the blade tends to "worry" its way through the stock.

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   popawheelie | Jul 07, 2009 06:18pm | #5

   I have looked into scroll saws in the past and would love to have a Hegner. But they are not in my price range and scroll work isn't high on my list of tools.

   I understand about good saws and good blades from learning it here and other places in the past.

   I saw this saw in Craigslist and was wondering. The price is ok. So if it is a decent saw I'd get it.

   I had an old Craftsman scrol lsaw and it was a pain in the rear to keep going. Not going there again.

   I'm not a frequent flyer here mainly because I haven't set up my shop yet. I've been doing ruff work landscaping my front yard at our new house.

   I frequent breaktime a fair amount.

    "There are three kinds of men: The one that learns by reading, the few who learn by observation and the rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves."Will Rogers

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   RalphBarker | Jul 07, 2009 06:52pm | #6

   If you don't do a lot of scroll work, you might be better off using a coping, jeweler's or fret saw while you save for scroll saw you really want. Hand work at this scale goes surprisingly fast. I would agree, however, that there are numerous other tools that are rightly (in most cases) higher on the typical priority list than a quality scroll saw.

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   forestgirl | Jul 07, 2009 07:53pm | #7

   It turns out, Taunton has a little squib on this web site about the PS Wood saw.  They do not have any owner-reviews and the article was written some time ago, but their take can be seen here <click>.  I don' know if that page is "subscriber only" or not.  The gist of it is, the saw was rated by Paul Schurch (Taunton reviewer) as Fair on three attributes, Poor on one (speed changing) and Good on one (smoothness of cut).

   A poorly designed, or mediocre, scroll saw has an incredible ability to inspire frustration in my experience.  I've used two different saws, for very basic stuff (simple Christmas ornaments), and things like ease-of-blade-change are very important.  Vibration level is important too, more so for the real dedicated sawyers who do very detailed work, which is one reason expensive saws like the Hegner and RBI Hawk sell quite well.

   Look here for Taunton's page on Choosing and Using a Scroll Saw. (Again, it might be a subscriber page.  Sorry if you're not able to access it).

    forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   popawheelie | Jul 07, 2009 08:12pm | #8

   Thank you very much.  You are a peach!

   I'll contact the seller and see if they will negotiate."There are three kinds of men: The one that learns by reading, the few who learn by observation and the rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves."Will Rogers

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   Taigert | Jul 07, 2009 01:55pm | #2

   I watch the videa, Wow, thats a pretty scarey upper arm bouncing around. I could just see bumping it with my hand. But it seems to cut

   Taigert

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Jul 07, 2009 08:19pm | #9

   I have the DW and love it.. That saw looks similiar to it for some reason. Call PS Wood and a lady will answer. She is the owner. Ask her about the saw and who make's it for them. She is very knowlegeable about her products and is honest as the day is long. She won't shoot you any sales pitch.

   BTW.. PS Wood is the packager for Timberwolf BS blades. Suffold does the non packaged shipping and PS Wood does the packages as you see in Woodcraft.. etc.

   Good luck and if you don't do this one.. the DW is an excellent machine as mine was factory re-conditioned. I got it for $225 as it was purchased by a friend who is a DW rep and I paid him his price for the reco..

    

   Sarge..

   Woodworkers' Guild of Georgia

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   dude | Jul 08, 2009 10:54am | #10

   I got a delta  at a garage sale a month ago for $20 cdn & a few weeks later got a makita including books with plans etc for $40

   Both saws are like new as the owners never did much with them.

   The makita has variable speed i found out

   I turned down a almost new ridgid for $50 asking price as i still havent done anything with the ones i have

   Just another day in the life of a tool freak !