Operation - Dremel 1671 Owner's Manual

o
eration
PLEASE. read and understand the foll owing items about your scroll saw before attempti ng to use t he saw.
The saw does not cu t wood by itself. You allow th e
saw to cut wood by gu idi ng t he wood into th e blade
as it moves.
2. The blade teeth cu ONLY on he down stroke.
3.
The drop foot should
a
ays be 10 erea until it just
rests on top of he .'orkplece.
4 . The blade guard should always be ered over the
blade duri ng cu ng operation.
5. You must eed the wood into e b de slowly
because the Teeth of the blade are e small and
they can only remove wood _ e are on the
down stroke. Th e blade wil' Ie. ards w hen
applYing feed pressure. Too m pressure will
cause blade breakage.
6 . There is a learning cun.
to use this saw . Dunng"
that som e blades
IA
a
the saw and rece e
blades.
7 . Best resul·s a e a
"n
1:
ttng .. lOad less than
one Inch
c
B. When cun n9 wood thicker than one
In
h the user
must feed the wood very slowly Into the blade and
take extra care not to bend or twist th e blade wh ile
cutting in order to maximize blade life.
9.
Teeth on the sc roll blades wear out nd as such must
be replaced frequ ent ly for best cuttin g re sults.
Scroll saw blades generally stay sha rp for
Yz
hour to
2
hours of cutting,
MAKING INTER IOR SCROLL CUTS
1. One of the features of this saw is t hat it an be used to
make scroll cu ts on th inter ior of a board w ithou t
breaking or cutting into t he outl ine or perimeter of
the board.
AWARNING
TO AVOID ACCIDE NTAL STARTING,
ALWAYS TU RN SWITCH "OFF" AND
REMOVE PLUG FROM POWER SOURCE BEFORE
REMOVING OR REPLACING TH E BLADE,
2.
To make interior cuts in a board , remove the scroll
bladtl as e plained on pages 7 and 8 . .
3.
Drill a
Y4
inch hole in the board you will use to make
interior cuts.
4 . Place th e board on th e saw table wi th the hole
In
tne
board over the access hole in the ta ble.
5. Insert blade t hrough hole in board, install blade a d
adjust blade tension.
S.
Lower drop foot until it Just rests on top of the
workpiece, lower blade guard and you're ready to
begin cutting .
7. When finished making the interior scroll cuts simply
remove the blade from the blade holders. as deSCribed
on pages
7
and
8
and remove the board from the
table.
Page 10
10 To g accurate cuts be prepared to compensate for
the b
a
e
s
endency to follow the wood gra in as you
are
c
oos g a blade to use ith your scroll saw
t;
·ollowlng ca refull y:
•
arrow blades should be used to scroll
ood
( ~
inch thi ck or less).
over
~
inch thick. use wider blades.
•
£:
oackages state the ize or thickn ess
ch that blad e is intend ed to cut. and
s
ze of curve) which can be cut w ith
s
can' t cut cu rves as tight or sm II as
•
E-S
•
~d_s
work well only on thinner wood
5 Inch long, pin or plai n-end type
ccessones on page 1 1 ).
13. t:r hen cutting pl ywood , w hich is
en sawi ng wood w hich is thicker
c blade stroke; and when saw ing
• en
SIde pressure is placed on t he
14
t:C DUS
and non-ferrous metals. th e
used at very slow speeds. They
on
machInes that have va riable speed
uld
be
lubncated with beeswax,
or
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'je,EI
DROP FOOT AND
BLADE GUARD RAISED
FOR PICTURE CLARITY