Easy Lift...for the Dewalt - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

Troy · 08-29-2005, 09:09 PM

Hey Evryone,

Well I got my easy lift system accessory for the Dewalt the other day and took some time today to install it. My first comment is wow this is nice.

Well not essential it is nice to simply left the top arm, have it stay in place while doing fretwork. Just wondering how many others use this as well and or any things people have done to accessorize their baby...

Troy

jttheclockman · 08-29-2005, 09:15 PM

I use it because I am and always be a bottom feeder.

Woodbutcher68 · 08-29-2005, 09:47 PM

You're a lawyer John???!!????
I've got one too and wouldn't want a saw without it.
When I'm not using the saw, I put a piece of 2X4 under the top arm to take the strain off the spring. Don't know if it's neccesary, but I'm gonna keep doing it.

jttheclockman · 08-29-2005, 10:01 PM

Woodbutcher

Boy that one almost went over my head. I had to reread what I wrote and then it hit me like a ton of scrollsaw blades. Good one bad choice of words I guess. You might be getting letters though.

Mick Walker · 08-30-2005, 08:22 PM

John T. I don't have a Dewalt but thought the reason for the "easy lift" was so you could top feed.

Mick.

Woodbutcher68 · 08-30-2005, 08:30 PM

It works both ways Mick. I feed through the bottom too! (I'm not a lawyer either!) I tried top feeding, but had been coming up from the bottom on my old Delta so it was habit.

Troy · 08-30-2005, 08:35 PM

Yeah I'm a Bottom Feeder too. Something about having everything so handy on the top...i.e blade clamp, tension etc...that I just like it..

jttheclockman · 08-30-2005, 08:51 PM

No Mick it is just the opposite. If you are a bottom feeder you want the arm to stay up and out of the way. If you are a top feeder you want the weight of the arm to push the blade through the hole without it lifting on you. That is why on most saws they are bottom feeders because the arm lifts up and out of the way.

Woodbutcher68 · 08-30-2005, 11:56 PM

When I tried top feeding on the DeWalt it was easier to put the blade in the hole. I held the wood in one hand and pushed the top arm down with the other. Having the arm stay up helped. I just didn't like fumbling around to put the bottom of the blade in the holder.

Mick Walker · 08-31-2005, 05:04 PM

You have me confused, I have a Delta P-20. I remove the blade from the bottom clamp, raise the blade and the arm, insert blade into new hole, lower arm, reclamp the blade to the bottom clamp, tension and cut. I am a top feeder, correct? Woodbutcher68, you have to teach your fingers to see, only takes a little practice. Mick.

08-29-2005, 09:09 PM	#1
Troy Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Brantford Ontario Posts: 30	Easy Lift...for the Dewalt Hey Evryone, Well I got my easy lift system accessory for the Dewalt the other day and took some time today to install it. My first comment is wow this is nice. Well not essential it is nice to simply left the top arm, have it stay in place while doing fretwork. Just wondering how many others use this as well and or any things people have done to accessorize their baby... Troy

08-29-2005, 09:15 PM	#2
jttheclockman Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 743	I use it because I am and always be a bottom feeder. __________________ John T.

08-29-2005, 09:47 PM	#3
Woodbutcher68 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hammond, IN Posts: 828	You're a lawyer John???!!???? I've got one too and wouldn't want a saw without it. When I'm not using the saw, I put a piece of 2X4 under the top arm to take the strain off the spring. Don't know if it's neccesary, but I'm gonna keep doing it. __________________ Fred There's a fine line between woodworking and insanity, I'm just not sure which side of the line I'm on!

08-29-2005, 10:01 PM	#4
jttheclockman Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 743	Woodbutcher Boy that one almost went over my head. I had to reread what I wrote and then it hit me like a ton of scrollsaw blades. Good one bad choice of words I guess. You might be getting letters though. __________________ John T.

08-30-2005, 08:30 PM	#6
Woodbutcher68 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hammond, IN Posts: 828	It works both ways Mick. I feed through the bottom too! (I'm not a lawyer either!) I tried top feeding, but had been coming up from the bottom on my old Delta so it was habit. __________________ Fred There's a fine line between woodworking and insanity, I'm just not sure which side of the line I'm on!

08-30-2005, 08:22 PM	#5
Mick Walker Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Janesville, WI Posts: 1,335	John T. I don't have a Dewalt but thought the reason for the "easy lift" was so you could top feed. Mick.

08-30-2005, 08:35 PM	#7
Troy Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Brantford Ontario Posts: 30	Yeah I'm a Bottom Feeder too. Something about having everything so handy on the top...i.e blade clamp, tension etc...that I just like it..

08-30-2005, 08:51 PM	#8
jttheclockman Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 743	No Mick it is just the opposite. If you are a bottom feeder you want the arm to stay up and out of the way. If you are a top feeder you want the weight of the arm to push the blade through the hole without it lifting on you. That is why on most saws they are bottom feeders because the arm lifts up and out of the way. __________________ John T.

08-30-2005, 11:56 PM	#9
Woodbutcher68 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hammond, IN Posts: 828	When I tried top feeding on the DeWalt it was easier to put the blade in the hole. I held the wood in one hand and pushed the top arm down with the other. Having the arm stay up helped. I just didn't like fumbling around to put the bottom of the blade in the holder. __________________ Fred There's a fine line between woodworking and insanity, I'm just not sure which side of the line I'm on!

08-31-2005, 05:04 PM	#10
Mick Walker Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Janesville, WI Posts: 1,335	You have me confused, I have a Delta P-20. I remove the blade from the bottom clamp, raise the blade and the arm, insert blade into new hole, lower arm, reclamp the blade to the bottom clamp, tension and cut. I am a top feeder, correct? Woodbutcher68, you have to teach your fingers to see, only takes a little practice. Mick.

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