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23rd January 2022, 04:10 PM #1Most Valued Member
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Broken machines :-(
1) Factory neighbour needed some 45° cuts in 100mm square gal steel. No problems. We load it into the big bandsaw:
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cut a few meters off, and rotate the table.
Except the handle is stuck.
I spend a few minutes pushing and hammering the handle, tried loosening a little cap screw underneath, but all that happened is the handle bent (20x40mm tube). So, I'll have to fork or crane the vice and table off, to get underneath it, to un-seize the handle and weld/fabricate something new. Sigh.
1.5) Luckily, I have a generic 6x4 bandsaw. Except that the vice won't hold 100mm at 45°. So, remove the floating jaw, and apply some dodgy extra clamping:
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which works until the front blade guide hits the stock: IMG_2389.jpg
So, some modification with an angle grinder needed:
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and some re-clamping to get the rest of the way through.
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3) Tool maker got a "new" surface grinder:
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Unfortunately it was a late night delivery, and the forklift operator managed to damage the guard casting:
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So, in addition to disassembling to repair the blocked oiler lines, and maybe scrape the work cross feed Vs, there will have to be some Alloy casting repair
4) The shop vac was getting a little noisy, so I emptied the base, and air blasted out the filter.
Then re-assembled, and turned on. A terrible noise.
Stripped the motor out, and the brushes are arcing like crazy.
So, I gotta find some of these "cartridge" style brushes:
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P.S. Went to use my countersinks the other day, and they were rusted into my base:
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Timber is probably Mahogany. I made it to fit them, and thought I oiled it well, but obviously not.
Maintenance, maintenance everywhere
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