jaspr
30th August 2006, 12:12 AM
A scary thing happened the other day ...
Was doing some rough crosscutting of some sticks for the slow combustion stove I have in the workshop -
the blade sort of dug into the (wet) wood and stopped -
silly me I backed it out and tried again
this time an unholy shriek and a severe wobble
look closely and noticed the blade is jumping around a fair bit
had the presence of mind not to lift it up (still gives me the shivers) until the motor and blade had stopped. Jumping blade was safely contained by the blade cover.
the lock nut on the blade had come undone
Lesson is, I guess, check all nuts (especially arbor nuts) on machines occasionally. This was (is) a very nice Makita CMS that has given good service for a while now.
Was doing some rough crosscutting of some sticks for the slow combustion stove I have in the workshop -
the blade sort of dug into the (wet) wood and stopped -
silly me I backed it out and tried again
this time an unholy shriek and a severe wobble
look closely and noticed the blade is jumping around a fair bit
had the presence of mind not to lift it up (still gives me the shivers) until the motor and blade had stopped. Jumping blade was safely contained by the blade cover.
the lock nut on the blade had come undone
Lesson is, I guess, check all nuts (especially arbor nuts) on machines occasionally. This was (is) a very nice Makita CMS that has given good service for a while now.