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03-12-2007, 04:27 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North Louisiana
Posts: 100
|  What to Buy I am new to the site and have been carving for five years. I want to get into scroll sawing. Any reccommendations on saws? I've looked at the Hawk and Excalibur on the internet. Are they as good as they say they are? Is it worth it? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks |
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03-12-2007, 07:20 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 142
|  From what I have seen on this site and others the dewalt seems to be a common saw even though mine is a delta  Here is a previous thread that might help My Delta's a dud...what saw should I get now? Last edited by kyscroller : 03-12-2007 at 07:25 AM. |
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03-12-2007, 11:26 AM
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| Grumpy Old Moderator  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Galaxy far, far away
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 | I own an Excalibur EX-30 and the short answer is yes, it's as good as they say. Other saws in this price range that you might want to check out are the Eclipse and the Hegner as well. A lot will have to do with the type of scrolling you're interested in.
__________________ Kevin Scrollsaw Patterns Online Making holes in wood with an EX-30, Craftsman 16" VS, Dremel 1680 and 1671 A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor and bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. - Thomas Jefferson |
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03-12-2007, 02:08 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 529
| What's your price range? For a little over $400 you can get the DeWalt, which will serve your needs exceedingly well. You need to ask yourself whether the brands you mentioned are worth more than twice that amount? Toi me, they're not. Then again, you can get a basic multi-speed, easy-blade-change Black & Decker for a little over $100 if you just want to get started. Have phun.....Carter |
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03-12-2007, 07:57 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: sunderland. england
Posts: 766
|  Can't offer any help on buying a scrollsaw but i'd like to welcome you to the forum anyway. 
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03-13-2007, 05:14 AM
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| junior moderator  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chertsey, Quebec, Canada
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| Welcome to our great forum. I have a DeWalt 788 and really love it. Diane
__________________ Dragon Owner of a Dewalt 788 PuffityDragon on AFSP |
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03-13-2007, 05:24 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Racine, WI
Posts: 223
| Scroll Saws I've owned Hawks for many years. Wouldn't have any other. My Hawks have been very reliable machines. One of the things the Hawk has that I haven't seen on some of the others is a place to mount a mag light. I couldn't work without it and mounting the light off the saw would be very difficult and in the way.
__________________ Buzz We Danes are very even tempered. We're always mad about something! |
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03-13-2007, 05:36 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Texas
Posts: 296
| I agree with Carter, it depends on how much you are willing to spend. I own a Delta P-20 which cost @ $400. The upper end saws like the Hegner cost over $1000. I started out with a Delta ss-250 and it lasted me a little over a year,I wished I had bought my current saw from the start. You do get what you pay for.Good luck and have fun shopping. Bill
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03-13-2007, 08:46 AM
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| Member  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: No. Calif.
Posts: 64
| Welcome to the group. I tried 2 saws before getting a Dewalt 788 and couldn't be happier. 
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03-13-2007, 12:32 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bellport, LI New York
Posts: 2,247
| My first saw was a Delta SS350 just to see if I liked the hobby. I now have the Hawk G4. It is a great saw and I have never regreted buying it. If possible find someone near you that has the saws you are interested in and ask to try them.
__________________ Rolf RBI G4 Hawk, Delta SS350 Philosophy "I don't know that I can't, therefore I can" |
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