Alan Smith
Established Member
Hello, I’ve not ventured into this part of the forum before but I was wondering if someone might help me with a query I have.
Some months ago I acquired a second hand (ex school?) Meddings fret/scroll saw.
Having cleaned it up and replaced the 3 phase motor for a single phase equivalent I had to put it to one side due to pressure of work. Now, just getting back to the saw again the question of blades and where to acquire them arises.
So far I have experimented with 6” junior hack saw blades and 6” coping saw blades. The fitments obviously take the pinned ends of these blades. Equally 6” appears to be a good length of blade for this machine. I suspect however that there might well be more appropriate blades to use. My intended use will be about 50% cutting brass and aluminium sheet and 50% wood, thicker rather than thinner wood.
So over to you guys, where do I go for blades and what am I looking for??
Thanks in advance for any pointers.
Alan
Some months ago I acquired a second hand (ex school?) Meddings fret/scroll saw.
Having cleaned it up and replaced the 3 phase motor for a single phase equivalent I had to put it to one side due to pressure of work. Now, just getting back to the saw again the question of blades and where to acquire them arises.
So far I have experimented with 6” junior hack saw blades and 6” coping saw blades. The fitments obviously take the pinned ends of these blades. Equally 6” appears to be a good length of blade for this machine. I suspect however that there might well be more appropriate blades to use. My intended use will be about 50% cutting brass and aluminium sheet and 50% wood, thicker rather than thinner wood.
So over to you guys, where do I go for blades and what am I looking for??
Thanks in advance for any pointers.
Alan