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Scroll saw or fret saw recommendations

Roger Pellett said:
From participating and closely following all of these tool debates here on SOS there appear to be two separate and distinct camps.

1. Those of us that have lots of space and who can disregard dirt and noise. Usually those living in houses with basements or separate outbuildings. We tend to prefer full sized tools driven by high voltage (110 or 220) motors. Some of us like Bob Cleek and me like older tools made when machined cast iron and steel was standard. We enjoy the simplicity of operation, their long term reliability, and ability to tackle large jobs.

2. Those living where space is a premium. Sometimes where ship modeling is done in the presence of other family members. In these cases dirt must be minimized and noise can’t be tolerated. For good reasons, the newer smaller and often low voltage machines appeal to this group. The Proxxon saw that someone posted above was an 18v machine.

So, each group has its own good reason for buying the tools that they do. Trying to convince someone living in an apartment to buy a large Delta jig saw is as pointless as trying to convince me to give up mine for an 18v Proxxon.

Roger
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Hi Roger

I posted the Proxxon. It isn't for small places, as suggested. Is as big and heavy as a Delta, just a little less bulky on its design. And does a fantastic job on this hobby. I never used the Delta, because I got the Proxxon. It was one or the other. So I can't compare by own experience. The negative part of the Proxxon tool and any other tool coming from EU are the new taxes (tariffs). In that case a Delta, due to quality, as explained, and final price, will be a better option. I paid my proxxon, ~4 years ago something around $400. It wasn't cheap at all.

Cheers
Daniel
PS: And does not jump or walk at all :-) . It is very heavy.
 
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