> It is worth a try, it may work well enough within the range you need

Thanks

> But keep watch of the motor temperature, you probably will not be
> able to get anywhere near continuous use without overheating

Yes, although the motor has a fan blade on its shaft I do have forced
cooling planned

Another option I may try is to copy what my lathe, drill press and
bandsaw do, and that's have pulley 'gear boxes'. So for example I
can reduce blade speed without changing the motor speed, with the
option of motor speed control too. eg 1:5 gearbox reduction and
only 1:2 motor speed reduction -> 1:10 overall. But all that entails
rebuilding the scrollsaw, which is probably OTT

Joe
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