Been out of the shop for a little while, does anyone know what happened to it? Is it coming back? I really liked that tool
It caught fire. I don’t know more than that
It’s set aside for cleaning/evaluation/repair. No timeline as of yet.
That’s not good
It is currently resting by the Woodshop garage roll-up door. Sarah and I have not had a chance yet to inspect and diagnose it. The last time it was in use, it was sparking quite a bit inside.
If someone is able to help us out and help determine what the issue may be, I would greatly appreciate it. However in, it should not immediately go back into use without a consensus from a few folks that it is in proper order and will not cause problems.
yeah tool that sparks and generates literal kindling might need a closer look lol
I’m willing to help out looking into it if you just need a pair of hands, but I don’t have any special knowledge of it. Let me know!
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Right now it would be really helpful if you or someone could do and initial assessment of it. Opening it up a little to see if any components look frayed or damaged, or other visual indicators of an issue. After that, plugging it in and running it without creating dust would be something that I would try just to see if I can replicate the Sparks and further diagnose it.
I can try checking it out. Might come in tonight:)
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If you don’t get to it tonight - I’ll be there tomorrow and will take a look.
My post made it seem worse. I assume the windings are shorting. I have not looked at it. I have only read the reports online.
No worries at all @JoeN . It could have been really bad if not for the quick thinking of @Andres79 .
So glad someone was there. Yikes. I took a brief look at it last night and can’t say I noticed anything obviously wrong. My only thought was to check the oil. Don’t know how much there’s supposed to be, but it’s about 2 inches deep in the tank. There was also a hose disconnected at one end coming out of the machine at the bottom. That’s all I found
I took a look at this on Tuesday. I removed the sanding piece that was in it, plugged it in, and turned it on. The spindle still didn’t spin freely — I could’ve tried it with the sanding piece left in, but I’m pretty sure the result would’ve been the same.
If I’m remembering right, there was a similar issue a year or so ago that required loosening and checking the two large nuts on the spindle. That’s not a quick job, and I didn’t have the time to tackle it. It will likely require removing the heavy steel top so we can get larger wrenches on it and have enough leverage to break them loose.
It could be a bearing or something simpler, but we won’t really know until those nuts are removed or loosened.
Thank you Jeff!
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Especially if the top is coming off it would be good to address the issues @Kasper and I found back in April. We both ran out of time on it and I suspect it hasn’t gotten any additional work since then. Troubleshooting the Spindle Sander's Tilting Mechanism
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Small update. I removed the drive belt cover and drive belt to decouple the sanding bits from the motor bits. The motor spins freely and functions normally when plugged in. the problem is certainly in the sanding part of the machine. I agree that the top probably has to come off.
@Julie I forgot to tell you the good news. I was feeling particularly ambitious a few months ago and finally got the two bolts attached. It took forever.
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