- Oct 15, 1999
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I needed some jigsaw type work on a piece of wood too small to be used with a conventional jigsaw power hand tool so I have decided to stop by Lowes to pick myself up a scroll saw for use with this piece of work and possibly for future intricate works down the line.
Right out of the box it was ready to go. The manual had little to say about assembly other than bolting it to a solid (presumably heavy) surface of which I do not have currently. I made do resting it on a table and changed the blade to a general cut blade that was included and proceeded to work with a moderately slow-medium setting so the tool would not cause too much vibration problems.
I have cut multiple insert pieces out (basic shapes in the wood) using a starter hole and installing the blade in the hole. All is fine and everything and I took a break from the work.
When I came back to cutting a few more insert pieces, I have proceeded to place the blade in the starter hole as per instruction and what I have been doing so far for the past several cuts... However the bottom screw of the scroll saw would not hold the blade in place when I proceeded to use the lever to make the blade taut. This happens several times before it finally accepted.
However when I went to work with the piece of wood again, not but a few centimeters the bottom part of the blade snapped out of place. I then proceeded to use another blade included with the saw and ran into the same situation as before...
Repeated this til all the included blades were broken. Either the bottom non bladed area completely broke from the blade making it useless or it had warped when I went to use it after finally having the saw accept the blade as being taut for use.
I picked up this saw when it was the ONLY scroll saw available on Lowe's shelves.... They had a Delta brand one that is alot heavier and includes a stand as a clearance item (I assume they wanted to start selling cheaper saws in quantity). However I did not chose that one because of some adjustment features that looked cumbersome compared to the Task Force...
Maybe I should have went with that Delta.... if they still have them.
Right out of the box it was ready to go. The manual had little to say about assembly other than bolting it to a solid (presumably heavy) surface of which I do not have currently. I made do resting it on a table and changed the blade to a general cut blade that was included and proceeded to work with a moderately slow-medium setting so the tool would not cause too much vibration problems.
I have cut multiple insert pieces out (basic shapes in the wood) using a starter hole and installing the blade in the hole. All is fine and everything and I took a break from the work.
When I came back to cutting a few more insert pieces, I have proceeded to place the blade in the starter hole as per instruction and what I have been doing so far for the past several cuts... However the bottom screw of the scroll saw would not hold the blade in place when I proceeded to use the lever to make the blade taut. This happens several times before it finally accepted.
However when I went to work with the piece of wood again, not but a few centimeters the bottom part of the blade snapped out of place. I then proceeded to use another blade included with the saw and ran into the same situation as before...
Repeated this til all the included blades were broken. Either the bottom non bladed area completely broke from the blade making it useless or it had warped when I went to use it after finally having the saw accept the blade as being taut for use.
I picked up this saw when it was the ONLY scroll saw available on Lowe's shelves.... They had a Delta brand one that is alot heavier and includes a stand as a clearance item (I assume they wanted to start selling cheaper saws in quantity). However I did not chose that one because of some adjustment features that looked cumbersome compared to the Task Force...
Maybe I should have went with that Delta.... if they still have them.