Hi Guys
Had a go at scroll sawing and made a terrible mistake with a lumber jack scroll saw, lesson learnt, yes you do get what you pay for.
I want another attempt at developing my scroll saw work in my revamped 'man-cave'. I have Parkinson's which limits so much what I do, but as long as i keep my wife from my 'man-cave' and look after my fingers all should be well. For some reason when looking at a more suitable scroll saw in the lower price group the saws seem to have problems as long as your arm.
Perhaps it is not as simple as it looks, but I would have thought that it was time that a UK company could design, build and sell a higher quality scroll saw than they do at the moment. Yes we all know there are financial issues involved but when you look at all the people who crave a quality scroll saw for a modest price, i am sure the manufacturers could improve the durability and build quaity of their present scroll saws, which will attract all these people such as myself who are seeking a 'middle -ground' scroll saw. Yes it will add to the cost but some of these little problems could be resolved I am sure at little cost. A trade off if you like between the cheap inferior ones avaialble now and the aledgedly top quality saws on the other hand.
Anyway enough of that, i have been doing a bit of research on scroll saws and looking at specifications the saws that would or should interest me are the Record and the Sip 01947. I do not see much on the Sip 01947 but more on the 01928 model, am i correct is thinking the Sip 01947 is a later model? If so has some of the issues that owners did not like being resolved. The Record scroll saw had an upgrade i think early last year, has this upgrade resolved the problems reported with owners?
Can anyone shed some light on have the 2 saws been upgraded to a higher specification so past prolems are just that 'past problems'? Should i still have these 2 saws the Record and the Sip 01947 be still on my possible buy list? Or should i still stick to saving my pennys with view to buying one of the higher priced saws such as the Hegner or Axminster Trade Series, although the reports on these are not all good when i scour the net.
If anyone can give a new old-timer to the scroll saw world some words of wisdom to save me making yet another big mistake I would be very grateful.
Thanks for your time in reading this letter.
Kind regards
Phil
p.s if any of the manufactiurers have read this (as they should be doing to carry our their own market research) perhaps they can answer why they do not resolve troublesome issues that get talked about time and time again. OK I am not expecting them to reply in all honesty, but they should, after all the majority of people on this excellent forum have spent money with them, and possibly will do so again at some time in the future, its called 'customer -service'.
Had a go at scroll sawing and made a terrible mistake with a lumber jack scroll saw, lesson learnt, yes you do get what you pay for.
I want another attempt at developing my scroll saw work in my revamped 'man-cave'. I have Parkinson's which limits so much what I do, but as long as i keep my wife from my 'man-cave' and look after my fingers all should be well. For some reason when looking at a more suitable scroll saw in the lower price group the saws seem to have problems as long as your arm.
Perhaps it is not as simple as it looks, but I would have thought that it was time that a UK company could design, build and sell a higher quality scroll saw than they do at the moment. Yes we all know there are financial issues involved but when you look at all the people who crave a quality scroll saw for a modest price, i am sure the manufacturers could improve the durability and build quaity of their present scroll saws, which will attract all these people such as myself who are seeking a 'middle -ground' scroll saw. Yes it will add to the cost but some of these little problems could be resolved I am sure at little cost. A trade off if you like between the cheap inferior ones avaialble now and the aledgedly top quality saws on the other hand.
Anyway enough of that, i have been doing a bit of research on scroll saws and looking at specifications the saws that would or should interest me are the Record and the Sip 01947. I do not see much on the Sip 01947 but more on the 01928 model, am i correct is thinking the Sip 01947 is a later model? If so has some of the issues that owners did not like being resolved. The Record scroll saw had an upgrade i think early last year, has this upgrade resolved the problems reported with owners?
Can anyone shed some light on have the 2 saws been upgraded to a higher specification so past prolems are just that 'past problems'? Should i still have these 2 saws the Record and the Sip 01947 be still on my possible buy list? Or should i still stick to saving my pennys with view to buying one of the higher priced saws such as the Hegner or Axminster Trade Series, although the reports on these are not all good when i scour the net.
If anyone can give a new old-timer to the scroll saw world some words of wisdom to save me making yet another big mistake I would be very grateful.
Thanks for your time in reading this letter.
Kind regards
Phil
p.s if any of the manufactiurers have read this (as they should be doing to carry our their own market research) perhaps they can answer why they do not resolve troublesome issues that get talked about time and time again. OK I am not expecting them to reply in all honesty, but they should, after all the majority of people on this excellent forum have spent money with them, and possibly will do so again at some time in the future, its called 'customer -service'.
