[Duane Bledsoe]

My wife and I visited her mother tonight to work out some details on a display case she wants me to build for her husband. He collects model trains and has a set of 21 electric train engines with major rail road company logos painted on them.

Before we left she said he had a saw he wanted me to have. I was surprised to see it was a Craftsman scroll saw. It looks to be hardly used. It's just been sitting out in his storage building getting dusty and full of cobwebs. I plugged it in when I got home and sawed the end off of a small piece of scrap to see it cut. Works smoothly and quietly. Just needs cleaned up which I'll do tomorrow.

 

[Duane Bledsoe]

One question. Does anyone know what the knob near the back of the saw on top of it is for? Does this tension the blade or do something else?

 

[ryan50hrl]

Awesome man......congrats. Just looking at it (I don't have a scroll saw so my guess is as good as yours), but I'm guessing its for tensioning the blade.

 

[WonderlandWoodworks]

Free tools.

That's pretty awesome man. I manged to pick up a wood lathe at a yard sale for $35 a year or so ago that looks really gently used. Even came mounted to ta table. Now I just need to learn how to turn stuff.

 

[FrankC]

Looks to be the tension adjustment according to this manual:

http://c.sears.com/assets/own/00921602e.pdf

 

[gus1962]

I wish to have saw for free. Too good for you. Started any projects yet?

 

[whirligigfan]

My next purchase is a scroll saw,then a planer....

 

[Kenbo]

Nice looking saw. Now quit messing around and make something with it. There is a bit of a learning curve with the scroll saw and it does take some practice, but hang in there, you'll love it.
:thumbsup:

 

[cabinetman]

You should have some fun with that saw.

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[dodgeboy77]

Be careful Duane, you could end up going down the road of becoming a scroll sawaholic. I had one of those Craftsman saws, then I upgraded to a bigger Hitachi, but then I got the bug and upgraded to a nicer DeWalt DW788, which I'm making dust with now.

Those Excaliburs look pretty cool. Hmm.

Bill