Mike,

I have no personal experience with that particular scroll saw, but I do own several Proxxon table top machines, including the bandsaw and the wood turning micro lathe. My scroll saw is a Dremel, which, alas!, is probably the tool purchase I most regret, as I do not like it very much (clumsy and heavy, difficult to set blade tension properly, pass length on the smallish side).

I have, on the other hand, been happy with my Proxxon tools. The quality is perhaps not Rolls Royce level, but they do what it says on the box with sufficient precision, and are sturdy enough for their size. To the extent that they have limitations, these I have found stem mainly from just that: the small size, which is logical enough, I'd say, and anyway, should not really matter when it comes to the scroll saw, which is more or less standard size for that type of tool.

Were I to replace my Dremel scrolll saw (which will happen one of these days), I would of corse aspire to a true Rolls Royce of a scroll saw, namely a Hegner (**LINK**), but given that one of those babys will set you back nearly a grand … I don't think so, I'm afraid, and I would at least take a serious look at the Proxxon machine.

Hi Mike,

I have had a Proxxon DHS scroll saw for about 5 years. It cut out all the frames for Shemarah and Spider J with no problems. It also gets used regularly for lots of other small jobs. I have always used pinned blades and not had any problems in that respect. The only fault it has developed is that the little plastic bellows that generates the puff to blow the sawdust away has now split. I have not yet worked out where to get a new one from. It does not stop me using the saw, just makes it a bit difficult to follow the pencil lines.

Gareth

Gareth,

There is a spare part request form available on the Proxxon website: **LINK** … otherwise, their UK agents seem to be BriMarc (**LINK**).

/Mattias