What You Should be Looking for in a Scroll Saw
When you are interested on the scrolling hobby, then one thing that many would like to know is the kind of scroll saw to get. There are several things that you have to take into consideration when you are searching to buy that first saw or when you are in search for one. In this article, it would be a great thing to touch on various aspects for you to make that informed decision.
One important thing that you have to consider is blade changing as well as the blade holder. The saw should be able to accept such standard five inch blades. There is surely so much scroll work which can’t be done with that saw that needs pinned blades. While those pinned blades may have several benefits, they have one really big disadvantage and that is you are not able to cut small detail cuts inside because you must drill a huge hole in order to insert the pin of the blade.
You must also consider if it is really easy to change the blade. There are some scroll saw projects with hundreds of holes. This means that you need to remove one end of such blade from the holder and thread such through the wood and remount such in the holder several times than you would count. You have to be sure that the process is definitely comfortable and should be relatively slow. The saw having an arm that could be raised and holds in this position is really the best choice this would help you get an easier process.
Be sure that you also take into consideration the variable speed of that scroll saw. There are several great saws that provide variable speed and you should not have any issue looking for such feature in any range of price. At times, you would like to slow the blade down in order to cut slower and other times, you should slow this down to prevent such blade from burning those edges of the wood when you would cut. Some of the scroll saws would need belt changing in order to change the speeds. It is a great thing that such electronic speed control is utilized.
Make sure that you also consider the scroll saw’s price. Nearly everyone is actually limited about how much you are actually willing to spend on such scroll saw. Buying such good used saw may allow you to get more for the money than buy that new cheap saw. However, if you would buy that used one, then you may take a larger risk and there are also other things that you must take into consideration. Is it still manufactured and would you still be able to find the parts when necessary?