As some might recall I had bought a used scroll saw sometime back that turned out to have been dropped or something as the cast iron was cracked. I only paid 50.00 for the saw on the stand and as it turns out the stand is the one that comes with the Delta Q3 saw at the time (now Q4) and it goes for nearly 100.00 by itself. Anyway, I decided to go middle of the road which was still an upgrade and got the Delta SS350 Scroll Saw. I pulled it out of the box and fixed it to the old stand. I am totally impressed with this saw so far. On this stand anyway there is only a very minimal amount of vibration throughout the speed range. With the test scrolling I did the saw cut extremely well on the pine and oak which I had drawn squigglies on like a puzzle. Turns really really well with a #5 blade and has no problem cutting the oak either. The Variable Speed is something I never had on the old and I really like this option for different thicknesses of wood. This saw has a little drawer to catch that nasty dust that piles up around the blade underneath and even better it has a removable cover to hook up a DC to it. That will be nice. I expect I will get much more use out of this saw. The blade clamps are simple and very effective. If you are in the market and have a 200.00 price range, I think it would be hard to beat the performance on this saw. All the cast iron really helps keeping the vibration down. I know there are alot nice machines, but this is an extremely nice saw for the money.
Corey
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