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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: Dakota Saw Dust on March 27, 2015, 09:05:11 pm
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Read about the upper blade hold on the Dewalt and replacement. Has anyone faced that stripped out condition on a Delta 40-690? I went on Deltaportacable.com but they don't recongese my model. I'd rather buy a replacement than learn new mechanist skills. Thanks in advance Brian
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Brian what model Delta? Have you tried Ereplacementparts.com (http://Ereplacementparts.com) for the parts you need?
DW
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Brian, the 40-690 and the Dewalt DW788 are identical. If you can find the corresponding part for the 788, it will fit your 690.
Good luck,
Jim
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Here is what I did on a different make of saw. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxHRYPCJtzQ Went to a bike shop and showed them a picture of what I wanted. They sold me a used part for a dollar. The "bolt/screw" was much thinner than the video shows. Took it to a machine shop. They sawed off the excess length & treaded it. $10. Bought a nut & washer from a hardware store.
Do yourself a favor and go this route.
I clamp the lever about 45 degrees back, so that I don't put pressure on the holder, either sideways or front to back. It works great and I think it should almost last forever.
jerry
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Jerry- I watched the suggested video. Unfortunately my top clamp does not squeeze tight to hold the blade. Rather, it is a yoke with a set screw on one side of the yoke and a winged "bolt" coming from the other side - to meet the blade somewhere in the center of the fixed yoke. The good news with all your help I have order a new part. The bad news :'( both the Dewalt & Delta are out of stock on this part. I have a feeling I will not be scrolling for a month. :'( :'( :'( I told myself - it'll be ok - I can clean up the shop & finish some of the projects I've cut but not finished finishing. I've spent ONE DAY doing that and concluded I need to ask for mental health consulting next. I can feel the anxiety level building rapidly.