what is the best scroll saw money can buy?

[hawkinob]

Hi,
Thank you for the explanation (no brainer). Being prewar (WW2) born is maybe why I'm not aware of such terms - and a lot else I wouldn't be surprised!!

About the putting a quick release clamp at the bottom, I've done a little research and went to this Hegner site = http://www.hegner.co.uk/Quick-Clamp-for-Piercework
If you look there it says it, the quick release, goes at the top, in fact this is part of the specification = "However the Quick Clamp should be rigidly fixed in the top arm – there are rotating bearing surfaces within the quick clamp which allow the blade to pivot, maintaining the correct geometry, while being securely held."
Fixing the quick release at the bottom, besides (in my opinion) being awkward, cannot be "rigidly fixed'' as mentioned it should be in the Hegner specification.
Anyway good luck whatever you do
Bob H.

 

[kirkpoore1]

I'm glad that Matt got his saw, and I'm sure it will work out well. But I kept seeing the title of this thread and wondering why nobody was suggesting something like this:

Oliver 2026 36" scroll saw, circa 1966 or so.

Or maybe this Jones Superior, the latest thing right after the Great War:

But if you need that Victorian fretwork done for your house without those pesky throat limitations, then a ceiling-mounted saw is the only way to go:

Kirk
who is pretty happy with his circa 1940 Delta Model 1200...

 

[mac1012]

Bob listen to me ...... i am not repeat not putting a quick release blade clamp on the bottom IT IS A TYPING ERROR ON THE POST AND YOU ARE NOT READING IT PROPERY (hammer)

 

[hawkinob]

Hi,
Got it.
Told you I was prewar born!
Bob H.

 

[mac1012]

no worries bob