New member needing advice on 1st scroll saw purchase!

[ChrisR]

Martin.
I have a length of this tubing in my workshop, that came from the mechanical engineers workshop at the last place I worked, it was probably used there for the lathe or metal saw cooling fluid, I intended using it on my lathe, but have never got around to it.

Many years ago I carried out electrical engineering work, at the company that developed the (peristaltic pump) as used in kidney dialysis machines, that is were I may have seen this jointed tubing used, but not sure on that one. The memory is getting old and dull. :roll:

Had a look at the tubing from your link, and for anyone wanting some, I would think that is a very keen price.
The only problem it’s Ebay.


Take care.

Chris R.

 

[richard56]

I have ordered a pack of 6. I want to replace the one in my saw. This means I will have 5 over anyone wanting one give me a shout.

 

[martinka]

Be prepared for a wait, Richard, it took just short of two weeks for mine to arrive.
Martin.

 

[McCol]

I phoned Hegner this morning with the part numbers provided by mac1012(Cheers) and total cost was around the £35 mark.
Emailed the seller on ebay to suggest a partial refund to cover this and he has since emailed to say that he is posting the part out to me so hopefully all will be well.
Hoping blades arrive tomorrow so we can test the scroll saw. Will post some more pics up in a wee bit which hopefully show the machine in more detail.

 

[richard56]

Be prepared for a wait, Richard, it took just short of two weeks for mine to arrive.
Martin.

I think they estimated 2 Weeks.
I'm not in a hurry.

 

[McCol]

Ok here are some more pics of the Hegner,

1
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16143833@N03/9564568229/

2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16143833@N03/9564407903/

3
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16143833@N03/9567192190/


Still not the best of shots but didnt have time to take and transfer from my camera, these were taken from my phone.

Seems like it is a 2008 model.

Just want to thank everybody again, some forums can be quite daunting for newbie's like myself. I often answer questions on gadget type forums and sometimes people can be quite rude and unhelpful but have been impressed with the help and guidance i've been given here.

 

[martinka]

Can't see underneath so hopefully the bottom clamp is there, along with its retainer. Assuming they are there, you have a working saw, and your body has a built in blower. I notice the hole for the blower pipe in the bellows base is pointing to the back. If it's difficult to get the blower pipe in, you can lift the bellows from the base and inside is an Allen screw which you can loosen and allow you to turn the base.

Martin.

 

[McCol]

Just a wee update.

The dust blower arrived yesterday as did the blades I ordered.

Although I will need to buy a couple of parts the machine works perfectly, not as noisy as we thought it would be and fitting the blade was fairly straight forward. My other half really likes the foot pedal as it feels like an easy transition from sewing machine to scroll saw for her!

Now just need to buy a table, any advice? Don't really want to spend over £100 on the table Hegner sell so looking for good alternatives.

 

[martinka]

If you haven't already got something you can use, build a strong and solid table, you don't need the Hegner table. The Hegner will run smoothly bolted to practically anything, but the beefier the better to soak up the vibration. Bolt it to the table using either the three 10mm (maybe 8mm, I forgot) threaded holes or the two straight through holes in the base.

 

[Reggie]

I found out today why the scrollsaw needs properly fixing to a bench, I was using a magnifier, I was staring so intently at the blade and wondering why I was having to increase the angle to keep on line, it turns out that the front of the saw was slowly creeping across the bench moving, so had to compensate for the wood moving in an arc, well, until I spotted that the front was moving

I wonder if shelf liner will be enough to stop it moving or if I really need to bolt it to something?

 

[martinka]

I found out today why the scrollsaw needs properly fixing to a bench, I was using a magnifier, I was staring so intently at the blade and wondering why I was having to increase the angle to keep on line, it turns out that the front of the saw was slowly creeping across the bench moving, so had to compensate for the wood moving in an arc, well, until I spotted that the front was moving

I wonder if shelf liner will be enough to stop it moving or if I really need to bolt it to something?

If it's moving there is far too much vibration, you will notice a big difference if you bolt it down. If you need it to be movable, bolt it to a hefty piece of timber that you can then clamp to the bench and then remove as needed.
Before I bought the Hegner, I drilled and tapped the 1/4" steel benchtop so that I could bolt the Jet straight to the bench.