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04-16-2008, 03:19 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Saltspring Island B.C. Canada
Posts: 634
|  after market air pump Hi . I fired up my old sears/craftman scroll saw yesterday to cut some basket patterns. I decided to cut a half basket to hang on the wall to see the effect . I got about an inch into the wood when I noticed the dust piles up . I adjusted the air hose to no avail although air was coming out of it . Next I raised the rear leg of the table on a tilt hoping the dust would slide ahead a bit .Nope. I then held a vaccum nozzle near the blade as I couldn't attach it .Now using one hand . Not working well . Shut off the vaccum and opted for a small brush . It was like trying to follow a line on a highway in a snow storm . I made a couple of passes and wondered if it was the cedar that was the problem . Tried pine . Same problem . Shut machine down and started cutting on my Dewalt . No problem . The sears runs fine it just needs a better blower system . Is there an aftermarket system available ?? Thanks .Roger |
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04-16-2008, 03:35 PM
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| Happy to be here member  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MA USA
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| Ramjet some people use a fish tank pump
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04-17-2008, 03:04 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Saltspring Island B.C. Canada
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| Hi WD . Thanks ; I'll lookinto that . Roger |
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04-18-2008, 02:50 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Saltspring Island B.C. Canada
Posts: 634
| air pump Hi . I read of another method besides using a fish tank air pump to blow the dust away from the scroll saw blade . It is suggested in abook by Pat Spielman . Use a cook's baster. Put baster on the floor and run a hose to the blade area . Pump with foot . Simple and inexpensive . What do you think? Roger |
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04-18-2008, 08:02 AM
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| Dino  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Fergus Falls,MN
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04-18-2008, 01:56 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Saltspring Island B.C. Canada
Posts: 634
| Hi. I have just bought an aquarium pump and was curious as to how the baster would work . Not sure if I purchased the right size pump ? Will know in a day or so . Thanks .Roger |
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04-18-2008, 05:24 PM
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| Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 5
| I took a baster bulb and placed it in the housing under the lower arm of the saw and ran a tube to my jointed dust blowing arm...works great although it does work itself loose periodically. Doesn't happen often enough to motivate me to fix it more permanently tho. |
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