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Thread: Problems with GMC 16" scroll saw
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22nd June 2009, 08:08 PM #16New Member
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Success!!!!
Picked up a replacement bearing from the shop in Campbellfield ( not new but looked OK). Have reassembled my scroll saw and tried it out. Certainly runs a lot better with no vibration and very little noise. Still not happy with the cutting though ( One and a half inch thick pine). Watched another club member cutting one inch thick redgum on a Hegna saw that was cutting like a hot knife through butter, using the same blades.
Will try a new blade on the weekend and keep an eye on the bearings - maybe a little machine oil?
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22nd June 2009, 08:12 PM #17
Try a bit of hardwood.Pine tends to clog the teeth gap and drag.Or try less teeth on blade
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22nd June 2009, 10:22 PM #18
How much was the bearing? also how big is this place and do they have much stock.I phoned them once and couldn't get a positive answer,and was given another phone number to ring on Saturday
Back To Car Building & All The Sawdust.
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22nd June 2009, 10:58 PM #19New Member
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RE: Ghebrial Power Tools
Hi Aussie,
It is a fairly large shop selling just about anything going in workshop machinery and tools. I have never seen so many GMC tools and household stuff. They have lots of other brands as well. The bearing cost $10 and the the metal bracket that holds them on the link arm was $5. Both obviously used but in good condition. I called them in the morning and they were reluctant (or too busy) to discuss details over the phone, prefering you go there with the broken piece or the tool for their mechanic to see, and help if possible. The service was good, pricing on the part "ad hoc" and I think he suggested they did not have another but I may have mis-heard, need to check?
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8th August 2016, 12:25 PM #20New Member
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I am posting here in the faint hope that anyone is still monitoring this thread. "8-)
I have been given one of these GMC 16" scroll saws. I don't have a model number, but it looks a lot like this - Home Suppliers 4 U - GMC 200W 405mm (16' Variable Speed Scroll Saw with REDEYE $234.95 - except that it has a flexible air hose on the right and a flexible light on the left. I say 'has an air hose', but the problem is the hose has been taken off by the previous owner, to use on another machine.
I have found a web site selling flexible air hoses - modularhose.com - Loc-Line 1/4" ID System Hose/Line - , but need to know the thread size and type. According to my verniers, the aperture is ⅜", which is mystifying because the only sizes sold at that size are ¼, ½, ¾ and so forth.
I would be REALLY grateful if anyone can tell me what size hose and type of fitting I need. While we are about it, did anyone ever get a bearing part number for this beast, as discussed above?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Cheers,
Doug.
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8th August 2016, 01:56 PM #21
To be of little help but very honest, I don't bother with a blower. I hook up an old household vac to a length of clear soft tubing, and I've stuck a black irrigation right angle into that, to suck up all of the top deck sawdust. Underneath on the lower deck, a specially cut out milk bottle catches what falls through. By using a vacumn cleaner, I have very little dust bothering my sinuses and blowing all over the shop. Some of the dusts made by scrolling can be very fine and can also affect your well being.
Buzza.
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9th August 2016, 11:09 PM #22
From those dimensions of the thread I would say it is 1/8" NPT which is one of the sizes that they sell for connecting the tube to your machine. The Kit has the 1/8 connector at the bottom of the list of parts.
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