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Tips for Easy Saw Maintenance

Tips for Easy Saw Maintenance

Heed these simple instructions to keep your saw in working order By Charles Hand, with Rolf Beuttenmuller This may be hard to believe, but in over 15 years of scrolling, I have never replaced a clamp or thumb screw. I’ve been able to keep my various machines—my oldest saw is […]

by April 2, 2024 eNews: Short Cuts, Shop Tips
Product Review: MatchFit Clamps, SandIts, and Rockler Marking Tool

Product Review: MatchFit Clamps, SandIts, and Rockler Marking Tool

By Bob Duncan Rockler Center/Offset Marking Tool $9.99 plus S&H Rockler, 800-279-4441, rockler.com Rockler’s ingenious Center/Offset Marking Tool works so well you may wonder how you ever lived without it. This handy device lets you mark the center of the edge of a board, or draw a line a specific […]

by September 24, 2018 Product Reviews
Product Review: Pegas Blade Chuck Heads

Product Review: Pegas Blade Chuck Heads

Want to revamp your scroll saw? Switch out that clunky old blade clamp for a tougher, more streamlined model By Bob Duncan and Mindy Kinsey The blade clamps are among the first parts to fail on a scroll saw. The clamps, which are also called blade chucks or blade heads, […]

by September 7, 2018 Product Reviews
Hacking a Porter Cable Scroll Saw

Hacking a Porter Cable Scroll Saw

Make blade changes faster and easier for a couple dollars and 20 minutes in the shop By Bob Duncan The partially free-floating blade clamps on the Porter Cable scroll saw make it a challenge to change blades. But with a few tools and basic hardware, you can make them stay where […]

by May 23, 2018 Shop Tips