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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: Jim-78028 on March 19, 2016, 06:19:06 am
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On my used 21 I picked up, the force of air coming out of the blower nozzle is (to me) lousy. My starter saw, porter cable, the nozzle tip could be 2-2.5 inches away from the blade/wood and work to blow off the sawdust.
This ex-21 the nozzle has to be about one half inch away
How close to the work/blade do you have to be where the nozzle is effective? Do I need a new air pump (bellows) for the saw?
Thanks
Jim
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I just got a new EX-21. I have to keep the nozzle pretty close to the blade as well. My old Dewalt was the same way.
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I finally gave up on using the air supplied from the bellows on my Hegner saws. I now have an $8 hair dryer blowing all the sawdust away as I saw.
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I found out on my ex-16 the way the bellows works sometimes pulls dust back up into the nozzle tip, I can tap the tip and dust will come out after that it works great. So once in a while I tap the end of the nozzle to clear it out.
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@ dirtrider - I'll try that
So what is normally considered a high quality saw, dropped the ball in that area.
hard to believe a $90 porter cable has a better air pump and comes with an integral light too.