Monday....no rip fence. Hmmm...maybe I should have spent more than 48 cents on the shipping? Maybe Tuesday....

MikeN

Finally got the rip fence. It will take some doing to mount it to my DeWalt. I will have to drill two holes in the table. So I have to take the table top off so I can use the drill press. I'll let you know tomorrow how it works. By the way, it does come witrh two very heavy blades. I think they are for cutting tree limbs or something.

MikeN

The rip fence is a rip. Ok, it's not really. I set it up and did rip some small pieces of wood on the scrool saw. it wsa not necessary to set a drift line. I just set the fence sqaure to the blade. Craftsman scrollsaw owners have the advantage here, because they have set up lines on the table to set anything square to the blade. I used the enclosed heavy duty Sears hook blade, and an old Delta 10 TPI blade I had laying around the shop.  

                             

I cut 3/4" Red Oak, Cherry, Pine, and Maple. There was no trouble cutting any of these woods using the rip fence on my DeWalt.  I also cut 1/8" through 3/4" plywood. Same results, all cut well. It was nice to cut a small piece of wood without worrying about your fingers on the table saw. And if you don't have a table saw, and you want to cut a 12"x24" Birch ply into three 8x10's, this technique will work fine. But I also cut the same pieces using a board and a steel straight edge as fences - both had the the same good results as the ripe fence. So if you have a Sears scroll saw with the holes and the setup lines for placing the jig sqaure to the blade, this may be for you. But for me yes, Linster, I will use my metal straight edge as a fence. What to buy with that $17....hmmmm

MikN

Just a thought about the rip fence and blade choices. I know when using PGT blades they cut much straighter, than Stamped blades. I have also used a jig for cutting perfect circles on the scroll saw, I did find that sometimes the blade will stretch a little and end up with a slight spiral instead of a perfect circle. The same kind of thing can happen with a fence. the board may end up with a slight taper.

If you use a spiral blade this will stop that problem, the kerf is a little wider but it will track on the rip fence better. Just a thought....well maybe a theory. Give it a try

Very interesting a rip fence on a scroll saw.

All blades are milled (not stamped) accepth the PGT blades.  All milled blades have a little burr on the right side what makes them cut to the right.  You have to move your wood about 15 to 20 degree to the left to stay on the line.

If you make a blade from a small band saw blade, it might work, not sure. 

I sure would like to see a picture of a fence on a scroll saw and the results.   Never to old to learn.

Mike M

MikeM,

There's an attachment of the fence on the first post in this thread. I took it back to Sears and used the money to by a half sheet of Formica to make a table top cover for my DeWalt.

MikeN

OK,

So I took the rip fence back to Sears f and got an $18 refund. I then got a half sheet of yellow Formica from a local cabinet shop for $20. I have enough to make about 5 more than the one I already mounted on my saw. That should last a long time. I posted the picture in my album. Sorry about the qaulity it is a Polaroid (the opposite of digital). 

MikeN

Regarding the new thread about scroll saw rip fences, I am reposting this picture so you can take a look at one. 

What about blade drift?


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Blade drift applies, the same with bandsaws - you adjust for it, usually by marking the drift line and setting your guide along the line.

Carol,

I have not heard of anything like that for a scroll saw.  You can make a jig for a bandsaw to cut circles.  And I don't see why you couldn't make one for a scroll saw.  But it only makes outside cuts.

MikeN

Here's plans for a resaw fence for a bandsaw, but it can easily be used on a scroll saw.  However I'm not sure how I could use it on my DW788 since the table is rounded.  Maybe I'll have to cutout the outline of the saw so I can have a square around it for the fence.  haha.

 

I also have plans for a bandsaw sled for resawing logs.  With a few mods I bet we could use it for scrolling.  Now where did I put that plan...

 

John Patrick,

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Ahhh, you have to click the Attach this file button.  got it.

 

JP

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