Who can tell me more in detail about

[MelliFobian]

Hi everyone, I am new on your forum www.scrollsawer.com, I've been reading it for a while, and decided to try my luck asking a few questions
Who can tell me more in detail about the "General Scroll Saw". Please Mail Me..!!
Best Regards..!!

[Rolf]

I am not sure what your question is.
Are you asking about saws or the "General scrolling " category?

[Jediscroller]

I believe General purchased the Excalibur brand of saws from Sommerville Mfg. Excalibur has always been one of the premier brands of saws and have an excellent reputation. This acquisition was quite recent so I'm not sure if the affects of a new manufacturer are being seen yet. Personally, I'm taking a wait and see approach to see if the quality remains high. My biggest concern is that General continues to honor the Excalibur warranty (5 years) and the ability to have the saw reconditioned at any time during the warranty period. I had fully planned on having this done once the saw is about 4 1/2 yrs. old as once reconditioned it renews the warranty for an additional 5 years.
If they do maintain the level of quality that has been evident in the past, it will still be one of the best saws on the market.

[workin for wood]

I have never owned a general tool, but I've seen a few, and I know some people that say they are very good quality. I think general is a canadian company. Only thing I can say bad about them is I'm not crazy about the green color they chose...I like green, but that green just doesn't do it for me.

[William Young (SE BC)]

Someoone posted a picture of the new Excalibur and a writeup about it on my WWF Monday night chat last nite . Guess what . . . I't green. Yes, a green excalibur. It sure looked odd to see that color of green on a scrollsaw.
W.Y.

[Jediscroller]

Green???!!!! UGH. It has to be purple. Oh, the end is near.
I love my purple aircraft carrier.

[workin for wood]

Just so you know, I had no idea they would change the excalibur saw to be green..I'd rather they made all their tools in the excalibur purple color...but regardless I have my doubts the quality will go down..if anything it could improve..general is a pretty serious company.

[Rolf]

Boy was I OFF with my reply.
Sorry guys I was not familiar with general tools.

[BobD (Archive)]

I've e-mailed Ray Seymore (Seyco) who handles most of the Excalibur sales in the states...he said General finally has production up and going and he expects to have the EX21s in stock again in January sometime.

I forgot to ask him if they are green...

Bob

[CanadianScroller]

Boy was I OFF with my reply.
Sorry guys I was not familiar with general tools.

Rolf I wouldn't be too hard on yourself. My response was going to be the same.
I still think that the original poster of this thread is a spammer.
The fact they wanted contact by email
The fact that the club membership is the same as thier log on name.
The fact that they posted in the General Scroll Saw section.
Finally the fact that they have not responded to any of the posts.
I also wonder why they would post with a link to our own forum when we are already there.

One thing that is good though is the fact we are learning something about General Scroll Saws

[Jediscroller]

Gees Carl, now I feel dumb (ok, dumber than usual).

The color thing is kind of funny. I know which tools are which in my shop by their colors, Grizzly's are green, Jets are that pale yellow, Excalibur is Purple, Craftsman are Black, Hitachi's are a different shade of green the the Grizzly. Dremels are silver. Add another green in the mix and now I'll be confused. LOL

[workin for wood]

not that it matters...jets are white, powermatics are yellow, although jet did purchase powermatic a few years ago, but left the brand name and colors alone.

that's an interesting thought that this thread may have been started by a spammer...I'm thinking what carl is saying is that if I was to email this person, that I would start getting spammed?

[Gill]

if I was to email this person, that I would start getting spammed?

Probably, Jeff. I've just checked this member's details and she's displaying sooo many of the attributes that are typical in a spammer. (You'll understand why I don't go into the specifics in open forum). I may be wrong, in which case it would be nice to hear more about her adventures in scrolling, but I'd urge other members to exercise caution in the meantime.

Gill

[Jediscroller]

not that it matters...jets are white, powermatics are yellow, although jet did purchase powermatic a few years ago, but left the brand name and colors alone.

My TS is definately not white. Not really sure what color you would really call it (almond maybe?). Gee, maybe I'm going color blind, LOL.
A pic's attached.

[workin for wood]

Looks like it used to be white. I think I need to send my 5 yr old over to you shop to do some organizing and to wash that saw. That's quite the collection of spray cans you have there...and I love the old hanging lamp, lol. We need to gang up on your wife to get you a bigger shop perhaps. Can we see your scrolling area too please...and don't clean up first, just show us.