142 Re: Scroll Saw Recommendations Wanted
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142 Re: Scroll Saw Recommendations Wanted
From: flake@prdmgt.Columbia.NCR.COM (Joe Flake)
Date: 11 Apr 90 16:22:41 GMT
In article <161@garth.UUCP> dbarnes@garth.UUCP (Dave Barnes) writes:
>
>... Dremel hobbyist saw (around $89 )
>is too light duty for anything other than light-duty hobby projects.
>Is this true?
I own one of these (actually mine carries the Sears name, but it's
the same thing). It's ok for what it is, but definately not in the
class of the [even moderately] more expensive models.
It uses a spring to maintain upper arm tension, not the parallel,
rocker method of the better saws. Your selection of blades is limited,
and even the narrowest is still a rather wide blade. The blades
use pins at the ends for mounting, and the tension of the upper arm
is what holds things in place. Most (all?) of the better saws use
clamp-in blades, allowing some very fine blades for curved work.
I've gotten a lot of use from my saw, and certainly the price was
right. If I had it to do over (and I consider doing so from time
to time) I'd buy one of the "cheap Delta" saws or similar product
from another manufacturer. These come in around the $125-130
range. This is not in the professional $350-500 class saw, but
I believe would be an excellent cost compromise for the type of
things I do.
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