lubrication on dremel scrollstation??

[invasion1973]

Can anyone advise what I should use to lubricate Dremel Scrollstation ??

in the manual they say reoil after 50 hours or whnever a squeak is heard then later on they say grease ??

so do I use oil or grease

regards

Adam

[Thomp]

i have the 1860 dremel
as far as for lubricarion my manual says to turn the saw on its side then pull the rubber plug on the arm and fill the small cavity with non detergent 30 weight motor oil, and replace cap let the saw set overnight,

next day turn saw over to the other side and do the same, let set overnight

i blow out dust and dig out the broken blade pieces wood scraps and run off the spiders

i dont use my dremel that much i prefur my delta no reason though...

look on the dremel website you can download manuals for your specific saw which might have different lube points than mine

[invasion1973]

Hi,
Thanks for the advice on lubricating much appreciated...I looked on the US site and that is much more helpfull than the uk one.

I oiled it today and all seems well

thanks again

Adam

[Mick Walker]

Adam, I wouldn't wait to hear a squeak, I would lubricate the saw about every 20 to 30 working hours. Just my 2¢ worth.

[bob allen]

i have a dremell 1830 and the manual said lub after first 10 hour. i remove the plug and check to see the it needs oil
bob

[rja]

I have a Dremel 1830 scroll saw a bit over one year old. When the arm bearings on my saw started squeaking I called Dremel Customer support and the lady said to turn the saw on its side and put in either 10w-30 or 10w-40 motor oil. I asked if machine oil should be used instead and she said definitely use the detergent motor oil. Instead of doing that (but-head that I am) I took some cotton balls, saturated them with PB Blaster and stuffed them under the caps. This cured the squeaking for awhile. However, no matter how often I do this, after about 20 or 30 minutes, when the saw has warmed up, it starts squeaking. Let it cool off for a while and its fine again.

A more serious problem is the link pivots that connect the two arms in the back of the saw. The link appears to be a steel stamping with roll pins that connect the arms. This was shipped with no lubrication nor a means to lubricate those pivots. I have taken the screws out of the sides of the frame and wedged the halves apart just enough to get the red straw on a can of white litium spray grease and squirted that on the pivots. Since owning my saw I have done this twice. If these pivots are not lubricated the holes that the roll pins fit into will wear into an egg shape and you can no longer tension the blade.

[mowerman1193]

Originally Posted by rja

I have a Dremel 1830 scroll saw a bit over one year old. When the arm bearings on my saw started squeaking I called Dremel Customer support and the lady said to turn the saw on its side and put in either 10w-30 or 10w-40 motor oil. I asked if machine oil should be used instead and she said definitely use the detergent motor oil. Instead of doing that (but-head that I am) I took some cotton balls, saturated them with PB Blaster and stuffed them under the caps. This cured the squeaking for awhile. However, no matter how often I do this, after about 20 or 30 minutes, when the saw has warmed up, it starts squeaking. Let it cool off for a while and its fine again.

A more serious problem is the link pivots that connect the two arms in the back of the saw. The link appears to be a steel stamping with roll pins that connect the arms. This was shipped with no lubrication nor a means to lubricate those pivots. I have taken the screws out of the sides of the frame and wedged the halves apart just enough to get the red straw on a can of white litium spray grease and squirted that on the pivots. Since owning my saw I have done this twice. If these pivots are not lubricated the holes that the roll pins fit into will wear into an egg shape and you can no longer tension the blade.

Same thing happen to my saw, I have a reconditioned 1830 and after about 2 weeks I had issues with the squeak..I oiled as the manual said and still the same thing..I kept running it trying to figure out where it was comming from..Finally I ran out of threads on the tension lever..I called Dremel and gave them a huge rant about it and she asked what parts I needed. I said I needed anything in there that pivots or moves..couple days later I got a whole set of bushings for the arms and new stamped connector arm with roll pins ect. free of charge..Two years later after putting in the connector arm ( never did use the bushings as they was ok ) its still working good..BUT I take the saw completely apart about every 30 or so hours and clean it good and re-grease it back up..
These should be better made for easier maintainance ( I don't think you should have to take apart all the time like this) My Delta saw is the same way..The manuals say to oil the bushings but never mention of the connector arm..

Kevin

[KtownScroller]

I have a 1 1/2 year old dremel 1680 scroll saw. It doesn't squeak, squawk or anything else. Kind of makes me happy that I don't have the newer model. The only problem I have had was that the toggle switches went bad. I added a different shop light replacing the original light and hot wired the power switch. Now I use a foot switch to turn the saw on and have no problems. Knock on wood!

[HAMMER]

I have the dremel station also. I took the cover off cause the tension in the main shaft was loose and I have to shorten my blades to get it to tighten the blades. Anyway when I took off the side cover it has WHITE GREASE on the upper and lower pivot points if you oil it, it will cut the grease and make it thinner....you might want to grease it.

by the way the back tension bar is just that a flat bar and the holes in it a getting worn out. no adjustment just replacement and the company is no longer selling scroll saws.....


Hammerle