Following A Line; Inside Cutting - Delta 40-540 Instruction Manual

With your scroll saw you should be able to cut a straight or curved line with ease. Most beginners will experience blade
wandering; however, they eventually learn to control it as they become more familiar with the machine. Use scrap mate-
rial to practice cuts before starting a project. This enables you to develop your own way of cutting and you will find out
what you can and cannot do with your saw.
Always hold the work firmly against the table and do not feed the workpiece too fast while cutting. Feed the workpiece
only fast enough so that the blade will cut. Scroll saws cut faster across the grain than they do with the grain. Allow
for this tendency when cutting patterns that shift rather quickly from with-the-grain cuts to cross-grain cuts.
Make "relief" cuts before cutting long curves and never attempt to cut a curve that is too tight for the blade being used.
Inside cutting is where the blade must be threaded through a hole in the workpiece. The Delta 16" Scroll Saw has the
capability of performing this operation quickly and easily as follows:
Let's assume you are performing an inside cutting oper-
ation on a project, similar to the one shown in Fig. 37,
that has numerous inside cuts to be made. This can be
accomplished quickly with the Delta saw. In Fig. 37, the
operator has just completed one of the inside cuts and
must move to the next hole.
Loosen lock handle (A) Fig. 38, and raise the spring
holddown (B). Release blade tension by moving tension
lever (C) forward and loosen upper blade holder by mov-
ing lever (D) to the rear as shown. This will release the
blade (E). Insert the blade (E) into the next hole in the
pattern, as shown.
Reassemble blade (E) Fig. 39, back into the upper blade
holder and tighten blade by moving lever (D) forward.
Move tension lever (C) to the rear as shown and lower
spring holddown (B). You are ready to make the next
inside cut.

FOLLOWING A LINE

INSIDE CUTTING

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Fig. 37
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B
Fig. 38
C
B
Fig. 39
C
A
E
D
E