Hegner feature…..

[Martin1962]

Could someone advise why some Hegner machines have the ‘red lever’ to tighten the blade, and others don’t. I am going to pick up a s/h Hegner tomorrow, a Multicut 1 with variable speed and foot pedal, but it does not have the red lever to tighten the blade. It is a 2021 model.
Pic below of one showing the red lever (picture borrowed from someone on another thread) and pics of the one I am getting showing machine and year…..

 

[MarkAW]

I believe s it's a "new quick tension relief" to save reaching to the back of the arm. On other models you can buy a replacement for the tension rod that incorporates a quick release

 

[mwinfrance]

"Without" was cheaper to buy new.

Hegner are spendy.

 

[Blister]

"Without" was cheaper to buy new.

Hegner are spendy.

Hegner are QUALITY , you get what you pay for, Some mega bargains on used machines.

 

[whatknot]

hegner may be touted as quality, but not all Hegners are, much depends on how they have been treated

Many used machines are ex school or college machines, some abused others hardly used

I have only ever had one Hegner, it was noisy, single speed which danced around unless bolted down firmly, although it looked very clean under the dust and grime, I believe it was an abused one, I sold it on

I have an Axminster AWFS18, a Hegner clone which has been perfect in every way for the last ten years, which also has the quick release tension lever

I see the one you are buying has the quick clamp, its worth its weight in gold (and worth about £30 on its own)

 

[Martin1962]

Thank you all.

I will report back once I have collected it.

 

[Jaco]

hegner may be touted as quality, but not all Hegners are, much depends on how they have been treated

Many used machines are ex school or college machines, some abused others hardly used

I have only ever had one Hegner, it was noisy, single speed which danced around unless bolted down firmly, although it looked very clean under the dust and grime, I believe it was an abused one, I sold it on

Both my Hegners were ex "wherever' and not great condition.
Stripped them down, serviced and replaced certain parts.
Both mounted on mobile bases.
Pleasure to use.

 

[whatknot]

Both my Hegners were ex "wherever' and not great condition.
Stripped them down, serviced and replaced certain parts.
Both mounted on mobile bases.
Pleasure to use.

As did I, but as I said, I think it was an abused machine

There isn't much to a Hegner, so once you elimate the possibles there isn't much left

After a few weeks the capacitor went, so replaced that but could not get rid of the vibration, single speed did not help, so sold it on, I made a profit so was not to fussed

I would never say don't buy a Hegner, but as with any machine there are good ones and bad ones

My Axminster Hegner clone has served me well over the last ten years

 

[scrimper]

I am a bit late to the party but I just wanted to say that if you look at my 'updated' website all the info on the blade tensioning lever is explained and how you can fit one if a machine was not originally fitted with one.

https://sites.google.com/view/scrimpers-fretworking-site/fretsaws/hegner-saws?authuser=0

 

[whatknot]

I am a bit late to the party but I just wanted to say that if you look at my 'updated' website all the info on the blade tensioning lever is explained and how you can fit one if a machine was not originally fitted with one.

https://sites.google.com/view/scrimpers-fretworking-site/fretsaws/hegner-saws?authuser=0

On the one Hegner I had I knocked up a quick release to replace the original knob and rod, made out of a bycycle axle and a door latch bar cut and drilled to form the V top and bottom, it worked well until I sold it on, total cost less than a fiver , looked very similar to the £50 Hegner part

 

[mwinfrance]

Sorry scrimper, your "site" is hosted at google.com ,which means accepting all their tracking crap, which is the devil's own b*stard to get rid of even after reboots, so I ( for one ) won't be going there.

I can understand why you did that, if you are not a coder. so please don't be offended, as no offense is meant.

 

[Jaco]

Sorry scrimper, your "site" is hosted at google.com ,which means accepting all their tracking crap, which is the devil's own b*stard to get rid of even after reboots, so I ( for one ) won't be going there.

I can understand why you did that, if you are not a coder. so please don't be offended, as no offense is meant.

Try using a VPN?

 

[scrimper]

Sorry scrimper, your "site" is hosted at google.com ,which means accepting all their tracking crap, which is the devil's own b*stard to get rid of even after reboots, so I ( for one ) won't be going there.

I can understand why you did that, if you are not a coder. so please don't be offended, as no offense is meant.

Sorry you feel like that, it is just an amateur site all done by myself to try to help others, I make nothing from the site at all my reward is when people say it helped them. If it wasn't for Google sites then I would not be able to do it at all. Apart from the cost of hosting I do not have the experience to do a website without the help of Google sites.

I have to be honest you are the first person to complain about the site. When I or any of my friends access the site we don't get any adverts or other stuff - perhaps use an adblocker or a non tracking browser?

I am very disappointed because I put a lot of work and time in creating the website - now I wonder if it's worth the bother.

 

[mwinfrance]

A VPN makes zero difference to tracking by Google or anyone else, it si also nothing to do with ads .In order to be able to use the site at all one has to accept the google tracking. Most people already have their browsers set to do so, so they never notice that it is there.There is no such thing as a non tracking browser, despite what many think or say. I've been making websites for 3 decades, coding for 5, I know what i'm doing on the internet.

Like I said; I mean to cause no offense, and if one can't code , google sites is one way to get a website on line.There are others that are free, but they are a bit more complex.Your site is fine, I appreciate that you run it to help people and that your motives are good .I'm one of the people who doesn't visit any sites that require google to work, because it is such a faff to immediately afterwards deep clean our browsers and restart everything to get rid of the google tracking.It is certainly worth it that you bothered, and I'm not complaining, just making an observation. Many of us do not use google at all. We keep a separate machine for example to visit youtube, if there is no alternative. Any site which is hosted by google, or uses google fonts, or google analytics, or google adsense is not GDPR compliant. paranoid..No..but we value our privacy, which is why we have curtains, blinds and doors on the toilet at our houses, so that when visitors come, they have privacy and are not spied upon by the house builders. Not everyone feels this way, many would trade "free" for privacy.
Fine, but it does restrict your audience to those who agree to trade their privacy for access.

Now..Back to Hegner..

One last thing, google have a nasty habit of shutting their services with little or no warning, it happened to Google groups, and many other things that they ran, be watchful, because if they close the hosting service ( because it is not allowing them to track as many people as they thought, or whatever reason ) you'll lose your site..always keep an up to date complete back up of your site on your own computer.

 

[MintSauce]

I am very disappointed because I put a lot of work and time in creating the website - now I wonder if it's worth the bother.

Hi Scrimper - your website is a very worthwhile resource. The contents have helped me greatly. Don’t let the view (valid or otherwise) of one person put you off adding more information.

Anyway - if you stop who’s website will I link to when I wish to point people to the ‘scroll/fret sawing expert’

 

[scrimper]

Hi Scrimper - your website is a very worthwhile resource. The contents have helped me greatly. Don’t let the view (valid or otherwise) of one person put you off adding more information.

Anyway - if you stop who’s website will I link to when I wish to point people to the ‘scroll/fret sawing expert’

Thank you so much for your very kind comments - they mean so much to me. After reading the comments about Google and their tracking etc I have to admit to feeling disillusioned about doing the website. I don't get many visitors to my website and to date no one has complained about it or the tracking.

I was quite proud that I had done the site especially as I am no website expert and I wanted to keep the history of the Hobbies company alive. There seems little about them anywhere else. I have always had an affection for the old Hobbies company since I was a young boy.

The present Hobbies company are aware of the site and were very praiseworthy about it. The site is all my own work and I realise that it is lacking compared to professional sites. But it's better than nowt. As long as a few people find the site useful then I feel it is worth doing.

I am not a fan of Google but without their site making facility I could not have created the site at all.

 

[MarkAW]

The issue is not yours @scrimper . Many will find that site very useful.
It's @mwinfrance has issue with Google and how they conduct business. Nothing to do with you.
It's akin to complaining to a charity helping you, that you don't like their supplier

 

[Jaco]

@scrimper, you are a mine full of useful information.
I enjoy your site, it is well done and easy to use. Any new members are referred to you for advice.

My view on Google - F--k them, I let Avira clear all the browsing crap off my machine every morning.
U-Toob and adds can be annoying, but I will certainly not pay to view.

My DIL has a Wix site, certainly not as good as Google, also for "free".

Many, many moons ago I developed my own site using HTML and its add-ons.
Good fun and worked.
The free hosting site shut down and that was the end of it

 

[scrimper]

Jaco Many thanks for your kind comments about the site. Back in 1996 when I first went online with a 33K modem and before Google even existed I did dabble with some HTML and created a simple site for our business (a site that was not good enough to publish) then some 26 years later I tried again by using Google sites and found something I could cope with and I actually enjoy creating sites and also I did not have to bother with hosting etc (I have three sites so far).

It has crossed my mind that Google might stop the free hosting etc in which case my sites would disappear because I am too old now to get adventurous and my brain probably won't cope with too much complication. It's no fun getting old.

 

[Yorkieguy]

The issue is not yours @scrimper . Many will find that site very useful.
It's @mwinfrance has issue with Google and how they conduct business. Nothing to do with you.
It's akin to complaining to a charity helping you, that you don't like their supplier

Couldn't agree more.

Scrimper's website is truly outstanding.

He's clearly passionate about the hobby and has put untold hours into the website over many years, for little thanks, and no reward, other than the pleasure of trying to inform, help, advise, promote the hobby, and to assist others as best he's able. The website is nicely laid out, the history of the origins of fretworking, and the 'Hobbies' and 'Handicraft' companies is meticulously researched and fascinating to read. The pictures of 'Hobbies Weekly' evoke happy memories of my childhood in the 1950s, when, on my newspaper round delivering the magazine, I dawdled along reading the magazine from cover to cover before popping it through the rightful recipient's letter box!

The YouTube videos are instructive enjoyable to watch and very well made.

Personally, I'm truly grateful that Scrimper has gone to so much trouble to put some joy into an otherwise cheerless world, and I couldn't care less about Google's intrusiveness or ads on his or any other website, or when watching YouTube videos. I see that as a minor irritation compared to the benefit I derive. Every time we turn a page in a magazine or newspaper there are adverts - it's just commerce. Every time we set foot out of the house there are 'in your face' billboards. We take search engines for granted and free of charge - if we don't want adverts on Google, we can pay for removal. Every time I switch on my PC there is clickbait. Lots of websites say 'accept or reject cookies'. I reject them. Some newspapers say 'Accept cookies or pay'. Nice try, but I just close the link. Just a little thing in a busy day.

Just saying.

"Use what talents you possess,
The woods would be vey silent,
If the only birds that sang,
were those that sang the best'.
(Henry Van Dyke).