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Post by Rockoonz on Apr 23, 2011 10:48:06 GMT -5
Mel I would have to add tools to your special exemption. Since I am blessed with a wife who would also rather dig, buy, cut, polish or wrap rocks than go shopping for most things I generally have no problem shopping with her. But bring one of my grown daughters along and my eyes glaze over and I begin to mumble quietly to myself.
Lee
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Wolfden
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by Wolfden on Apr 23, 2011 11:32:38 GMT -5
When I get dragged along for shopping ... I head for the automotive , hardware , sporting good lol
Wolf
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 23, 2011 22:48:34 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Followed the verbal instructions I got from the Covington rep over the phone and adjusted the clutch on my non running power feed. Wrapped the collar on the front of the rod with cloth and held it with pliers and turned the nut on the back end by the clutch housing exactly 1/4 turn clockwise as he suggested. Finished up the pet wood hunk I was slabbing and cut another too. Feed rod seems to be turning just fine now though he did suggest I might want to tighten the nut even further when cutting soft stones. I had mentioned that when I cut my Devil's Toenails for blade sharpening that the feed moved the vice forward in little spurts resulting in saw marks in the slabs. Apparently tightening the feed even more to speed up feed will resulting faster smoother movement of the vice and a smoother cut. Then you simply back off the tension on the clutch for harder stones to slow the vice feed and extend blade life. Seems to be a pretty good system once you get it dialed in a bit. Wound up with four good pet wood slabs today and it worked very well..Mel
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Post by johnjsgems on Apr 24, 2011 8:34:05 GMT -5
I think I read somewhere the clutches on their saws are meant to slip on hard materials or if a jam occurs. Really glad you got it working. As far as shopping, when my wife shops for clothes I tell her "I'll wait at this end of the rack and see you each lap". She can go round and round. If I need something I just go find my size and leave. I don't get it. Easier when you wear mostly 501's and black T-shirts, I guess.
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LarryS
freely admits to licking rocks
SoCal desert rats
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Post by LarryS on Apr 24, 2011 16:26:46 GMT -5
Hey Mel,
I had the same power feed clutch problem today. I was right in the middle of cutting some hard Lavic yellow jasper and the feed motor was spinning but the threaded rod stopped. I ended up pushing the vise along and turning the rod by hand until the cut was finished. What a pain. Also dialed in the coolant flow knob and had minimal foaming & coolant usage. Practice makes perfect. Tips from you guys helps too.
Larry
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habbie
starting to shine!
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Post by habbie on Apr 25, 2011 21:16:49 GMT -5
The instructions are not only hard to read but lack about 99% of the information you need. I called them and told the guy that I have purchased 99 cent toys that had better instructions. He told me that others had mentioned the same thing and he would pass it on to his boss (in other words tuff *&^%*^)
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Sabre52
Cave Dweller
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 25, 2011 22:30:33 GMT -5
The guy I talked to was pretty nice. Explained the confusing part of the clutch adjustment instructions which mentions the plastic nut. Told him mine had no plastic nut, only a metal one and he explained it was on the inside of the metal one. I told him it woulda helped if the instructions mentioned that and had more detail. He also told me they'd try to fix that *L*. Anyway, he walked me though it and now I think I have all the gizmos figured out. He had no explanation for the munchkin/elf sized spaces you have to work in when doing bolts and such on this machine. Guess it just weren't built for normal sized folks.....Mel
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