HI all,
Thanks for the responce(Pardon my spelling) to the questions about saw blades.
To clearify about what happen and answer a few questions that was asked in the responces.
I was cutting 1/8" wafer board for practice (
bad idea) and left the machine running when the blade broke of it's own accord (no load on the blade). I had cut some 1" pine earlier with no problem at all in cutting this heavy stock. After I had cut a few lines on the pattern and removed the pine board (again no load on blade), the blade broke. (See below for details on blades.)
The next day that I started to cut the 1/8" stock and was doing fine with it until the blade broke (again under no load condiction).
Type of Blades used
The blades I was using were new and of the pinned type. The saw is fairly new with little use on it. On the package for the blades it says they are Olson pinned. The position of the last blade that broke was with the teeth down.
The saw has a place for the pins to rest and a tightener to make sure the blade is tawnt. On blade I had adjusted the tensition rather tight (second blade) and the last just snug enough to hold the blade in properly. The blade has holders(for lack of proper knowlege of term) with allen head screw to clamp on the blade to hold it from flopping around or out of the groove where the pins are. Those in all cases were tight.
Just to add the fact I had two different tensitions on the blade. One snug and the other tight.
Thanks again for the many responses to the questions in "Begining Scroller".
Happy Scrolling,
Jeff
P.S. I thought maybe the two ends of the jogger(for lack of better term) were misalined but when I looked they seemed fine. I'll try another blade within 24 hours and let you know what happens.
Thanks for the responce(Pardon my spelling) to the questions about saw blades.
To clearify about what happen and answer a few questions that was asked in the responces.
I was cutting 1/8" wafer board for practice (

The next day that I started to cut the 1/8" stock and was doing fine with it until the blade broke (again under no load condiction).
Type of Blades used
The blades I was using were new and of the pinned type. The saw is fairly new with little use on it. On the package for the blades it says they are Olson pinned. The position of the last blade that broke was with the teeth down.
The saw has a place for the pins to rest and a tightener to make sure the blade is tawnt. On blade I had adjusted the tensition rather tight (second blade) and the last just snug enough to hold the blade in properly. The blade has holders(for lack of proper knowlege of term) with allen head screw to clamp on the blade to hold it from flopping around or out of the groove where the pins are. Those in all cases were tight.
Just to add the fact I had two different tensitions on the blade. One snug and the other tight.
Thanks again for the many responses to the questions in "Begining Scroller".
Happy Scrolling,
Jeff
P.S. I thought maybe the two ends of the jogger(for lack of better term) were misalined but when I looked they seemed fine. I'll try another blade within 24 hours and let you know what happens.
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