Hi Steve. I'm Jim from Wisconsin. You Attached the scrollnado to a Wen 21" scroll saw. Could you show how the memory tube is attached to the under side of the table and how the dust separater is attached? Thank you.
It is truly amazing how they can have so much imagination and patience to make so many figures and make wonderful paintings. If I could be close to their workshop it would be a great boost to learn this beautiful technique. Thank you for your delivery and congratulations from the island of Tenerife, Spain
I would only add the Pegas clamp if the original clamp was worn out. The Paegas clamps are nice but I don't consider them a significant enough upgrade to replace working parts. The WEN clamps work fine.
This 16” Wen scroll saw is a generic chinese scroll saw . Many of exactly the same scroll saws are assembled and sold all over the world under a different name /brand , different colours and different extras , type of motors etc. The castings are all the same ! Even the Excalibur is being made under different names and in different countries . Buyer beware. Otherwise informative tips.
I very much appreciate your willingness to share your knowledge and expertise!! Because of your tutorial, I purchased CorelDraw and I can follow your instructions step-by-step!
For those who are looking for a quiet vacuum another way to make one quiet is to place it somewhere else. You could leave it running and use PVC for the lengthy run. Or run a low voltage wire with the PVC and wire it to a relay. They also have wireless controllers for Large Dust Collectors that would work. The basic idea is to move it far enough from you that it isn't annoying anymore.
You think WEN would have given some instructions (other than a one page sheet that is useless) for the alt pin holder. Like the saw but the instructions overall were horrible.
Hi So sorry for off topic comment. The WEN scroll saw you reviewed was purchased by me and others but major flaw been discovered. The knob to tighten the table is the wosrt desighn ever , started noticing my table was lose very often. Wiggle your table and itll loosen, the knob has a nut inside plastic tighttening knob its a tiny knurled nut in handle, its in plastic and the washer it tightens down on is in a plastic cup too plastic is the worst thing to use on a table clamp desighn bc it is so slippery , and the actual nut in the handle wll never be able to get any clamping purchase due to its size, please unscrew you handle and look at the desighn and wiggle your table and you see your table will be off plane, and if its not alotta peoples are that use the saw often. A large diameter machine nut is needed and heavy washer not the tiny nut in plastic. Please accept my apologies for hi jacking this post I really tried contacting you privately but my skills are not good there. Im guessing by the way you know machinery that youll see this is seriously wrong and even if it did work its wrong. I have an machine shoo knowledge from working at my dads shop and other shils for many years. Great Saw other than this major flaw. Thank you sir for addressing this issue on the WEN saw.
Boght this been so happy till i realized my cuts are Fd up!! The table cannot be tightend!! The tightnner is a series of plastic pieces and metal washers and the squeeze point on the tightning knob flexis the washers and thighten for a minute only the losens! This is not on mine only!! Im gonna call WEN this is a really super poor desighn for any tightning knob ,im amazed. Ill add pics if i can.
@sdgood Hi Steve! I just purchased this and was watching your video on how to install it. You show a piece of flexible foam that goes between the hoses. I did not get that. Can you tell me what kind of foam I need to buy so I can seal up the connection.
The old style blade holder can hold the pinless blades or the blades with pins. I don't see how this new upgrade blade holder can hold the pinned blade. And how about turning the pinned blade sideways for a rip cut, avoiding the back neck of the saw?
Hi David. Yes you are correct. The new blade holder is specifically for plain end blades. Many scrollers never use pin end blades so for them this is not a problem. If you need pin end blades then this would not be an upgrade. The feature of side loading the blade is the same problem. You may have noticed that none of the mid-level or high-end scroll saws accept pin end blades. Pin end blades are something that is rarely used except for very basic patterns so I guess they thought they were not something many people would need.
Hi Steve im thinking of buying this Offline Catalog when it comes can i transfer this to my usb so i wont loose the file? Cheers Sean from Ireland. And thank you for all your great work.
I wouldn't mind trying that jig just for fun. I suppose if I was making a lot of circle blanks this might be the way to go for consistency. Which I would then try stacking 4 at a time or more.
Hi Steve. I built this same butterfly & man did i lose my marbles. I have a couple questions related to the build. Before I ask away, are you still active on YT ?
Hey you wouldn’t happen to still have the instruction manual for yours would you? Mine didn’t come with one and I’m trying to build it as a gift for my girlfriend.
