do you own a Hegner

[minowevie]

Well I have been scrolling for about 3 years now,. in learning , i have only had blade probleams. wood thicknesses. and how fast . so on so on. now i am getting better . only to have diffaculties. now i am having wabale probleams.as thought i am sconing. probley had them all along but just now noticed. i have noticed my quick clamp is holding the blade . way over to the left. not centered. and ordered a new quick clamp. and the same probleam.there is a scrue. but locked down tight.can't turn it. now i notice the bottom clamp is in a fork. that is about 1 corter wide. i can move it back and forth .before i clamp it down. i was wondering why i couldn't plum it up. an get differate mesurements. now i know. but is all the saws the same.is all the forlks about the same. but that does have somthing to do with squerin it up.like about 1/8 inch. mmmmmmmmm.now i notice a twist in my blade. looked at the bottom clamp and it seems straight. and so does the top. mmmmm but my blade is still twisted. new blade. what am i doing roung. its a mistery to me. my saw looks straight. this just doesn't seem right. is there a way i should force the scrue to open againsed the blade? is there some thing i should do on the bottom. to untwist the blade. am i just being to prisice.sure would like to know whats going on. lucky i didn't find this in the begening. or i would have been discoragded. like i could spell that lol. thanks for listening but please help your friend Evie i could show a pictuer .

[lucky788scroller]

a picture is worth a thousand words (even bad spelt ones!) . Im just joking on the bad spelling words, I can read typoes, Lord knows I make plenty myself! Dale

[Gill]

Hi Evie

It's difficult to imagine how your blade holder looks, although you've tried hard to give us a good description. Like Dale says, a picture would be very useful.

The blade clamps on my Hegners both ride on the arms, the bottom clamp being held in place by a spring when the blade is removed. Everything is centrally aligned. I imagine that is how yours should be, too.

Gill

[Hobbyhorse]

Evie,
I own a Hegner and like Gill's it is all aligned nicely. I can only imagine that something has come loose on yours with all the work that you give it and a bit of readjustment may be called for. Without actually seeing it it is hard to guess exactly what your problem is.

Rhys H.

[Paul S WI]

Minowevie - I have owned the Hegner 18vs for about 9 years. Have never, up til recently, experienced any problems. I disassembled and cleaned everything up, checking for wear and such and then reassembled. Took about 1 hour. But the others are right on that a picture may tell more/show more.

Gil - maybe you could answer this for me!? Just recently at startup the blade/arms hesitate - sort of jerky movement and then smooths out and runs fine. Have you ever experienced this? I will be contacting Advancemachinery tomorrow hoping that if there is a problem to catch it and repair it before it becomes a serious problem.

[Gill]

Hi Paul

That's not a problem I'm familiar with. Admittedly, my knowledge of engineering is on a par with Lance Armstrong's knowledge of ballet, but off the top of my head I'm wondering if there might be problems with the bearings on your arms? That could account for the sticky startup. I'm presuming you'll have been lubricating them regularly over the years, but even so, after 9 years of regular use you can expect bearings to show signs of wear.

Definitely time for your faithful friend to have a check-up, methinks .

Gilll

[Paul S WI]

Hi Gill,

Yes I have been regularly oiling the bearings in the arms. And I did inspect the bearings when I had disassembled it and everything looked good.
However, I did not disassemble the arms (or whatever they are called) attached to the motor, nor the motor itself. Won't go that far until someone with more experience tells me that the problem may be in one of those areas.

I contacted Advmachinery and asked for a copy of the technical data sheets as their downloadable pages are not at all clear. That way if I need to order parts, or have trouble reassembling, I know what I am looking at and where it goes as I can become confused when interrupted. Their tech was not in so will try him tomorrow for some advice.

Thanks again.

[Marcel in Longueuil]

Hi Paul,

Sounds like you should have a look at the motor brushes.
If you have never replaced them in 9 years, they may be need of replacement.

I'm not familiar with your brand/model of scrollsaw, but the instruction manual should be able to tell you how to inspect them and replace them if necessary.

Just something for you to look into.

Regards,
Marcel

[Marcel in Longueuil]

Evie,

Sorry, I did not mean to ignore your initial request, when I answered Paul.

But until you post a picture, sounds like nobody has any advice for you right now.

I feel terrible since you are always there for others from what I have seen in my short life here in this forum.

Respectfully,
Marcel

[Paul S WI]

Thanks Marcel, I contacted Hegner (Advmanchinery) for a copy of the manual and parts sheet as one did not come with my machine. Why I don't know. It is not really bad at this point and am keeping an eye on it in case it gets worse. Once I get the parts sheet I will check into the motor.
Thought about taking it with me to Richland Center, WI for the picnic in August. There is suppose to be a rep there.