Well, I did it! I was in Rockler, they had a decent sale on power tools, I knew I wanted the DeWalt. There it was. I bought it.
And I'm gonna love it -- that is, when I can solve this insane vibrrrration!
I looked at some old threads here and it looks like the problem might be solved by opening up the housing and tightening bolts. Well, I got the bolts out of the back part of it, but I still can't get it open. I'm hesitant to go banging on it too much for fear of voiding the warrenty. But still it seems like minor disassembly to tighten some bolts shouldn't be a big deal - or do I have to disassemble the bottom arm first?
What do I do? Take it back to Rockler? Or keep going after those elusive loose bolts?
Also, I've heard that sometimes the 788's table isn't flat. I checked that with a straightedge and those places where there's a sliver of light coming through are less than .008 in. - one place may be .010, maybe (I measured). I'm assuming that tolerance is acceptable.
The blade is not dead-center in the middle of the hole in the table, but I don't see that as a problem, and I think scrollsaws.com describes a way to adjust that.
Man, I SO much want to start making sawdust with my Big New Yellow Toy!
Thanks in advance, all!

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I looked at some old threads here and it looks like the problem might be solved by opening up the housing and tightening bolts. Well, I got the bolts out of the back part of it, but I still can't get it open. I'm hesitant to go banging on it too much for fear of voiding the warrenty. But still it seems like minor disassembly to tighten some bolts shouldn't be a big deal - or do I have to disassemble the bottom arm first?
What do I do? Take it back to Rockler? Or keep going after those elusive loose bolts?
Also, I've heard that sometimes the 788's table isn't flat. I checked that with a straightedge and those places where there's a sliver of light coming through are less than .008 in. - one place may be .010, maybe (I measured). I'm assuming that tolerance is acceptable.
The blade is not dead-center in the middle of the hole in the table, but I don't see that as a problem, and I think scrollsaws.com describes a way to adjust that.
Man, I SO much want to start making sawdust with my Big New Yellow Toy!
Thanks in advance, all!
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