Thread: Bandsaw problem

Maybe you've only blown the capacitor?

Probably you need to take the motor to somebody who knows how to diagnose the fault.

Wait for it to cool down. My thicknesser motor does that. Maybe an overload switch but I have NFI about motors.

Some motors have an overload reset on them, have a look for a little buttom type switch and press it in.

Some motors have a thermal cut-out switch buried in the windings. It may take an hour or more to re-set itself. Open the cabinit, and go and sharpen some stuff. BTW is your bandsaw blade correct size/sharp/tensioned correctly?

No smoke.
Should be ok. Did my motor on my old saw and could not see way out of shed
could not put hand on motor.
gave me a real fright. put fan on it to cool it down.
it worked the next day, put only at about 1/3rd power and did not take long to warm up.
was moving to tass so sold it with the house
to have it rewound was twice the price of a new motor.

Originally Posted by gumby

I have NFI about motors.

Gumby, this can be said about so many things.

Originally Posted by Babytoolman

This happened 4 times and i felt the motor and it was getting hot.

Four times should be more than enough warning that something is not right, probably wrong or blunt blade, feeding to fast, wood too moist etc.

After the first time I would try it again, if I had the same problem I would change the process rather than overload burn out a motor.

Just my experance.

When cutting wet wood it like to twist. after cutting about an inch, put in a wedge to keep the wood from closing the gap and lockin on to your wood..

Sorry cant help you with motor

Well it looks like the motor. It seems there is a problem with it that was not caused by the jamming (thats the experts opinion). I sent Carba-tec an email and got a response from Liz within the hour and now i am waiting for a phonecall to discuss the waranty.
Thanks to those who offered constructive feedback.

Roger

My guess is it will be the capacitor. Get down on your knees and smell the capacitor humps, if there is an acrid smell that is where the problem lies. I would recommend that you make sure the Taiwanese cheapy is replaced with an American cappy, otherwise this will become a regular problem.

DAMHIKT.

Nearly forgot, if the cappy has leaked, get the power off and clean up as best you can, hopefully none has leaked into the windings.

Hi Groggy,
Do you know of a place i can get an american one from here in australia? the waranty will not cover that replacement they will only replace the motor with a like one.

Roger

Originally Posted by Babytoolman

Hi Groggy,
Do you know of a place i can get an american one from here in australia? the waranty will not cover that replacement they will only replace the motor with a like one.

Roger

If they want to replace the motor I'd be tempted to let them, then change the capacitor later.

When my capacitors blew the company replaced it first with the same type, then, the second time, they provided a US capacitor. I have had no problems since then. The company? Leda (I will add they provided excellent support).

The following Giggle search should give some suppliers:
http://tinyurl.com/7rs7t

or, a local electrical repair place should be able to help.

I'm assuming you've confirmed the capacitor has blown?

Hey Babytoolman,

No doubt you'll get the motor problem fixed, but I'm still scratching my head as to why it burnt a motor/capacitor in the first place. I know wet timber can cause a few prob's, but that's pretty severe. Was the tension blade adjusted correctly; are the shafts & pulleys all rotating freely; I hate to say this, but was the blade installed with the teeth pointing the right way !? Cover all bases before starting up again, as the only post we wanna hear is that you're off and cutting!
Cheers,