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Post by Bluesky78987 on Dec 17, 2017 20:38:24 GMT -5
Just a little obituary for my trusty little plastic screaming banshee of a tile saw. MK-145 - solid made, proper little worker that one!
I was using it, and it was whining away as usual, and then it was making a different sort of whine, even when I pulled my rock out, and then it made a couple "chunk chunk"ing noises, and started to smell that overhot engine smell, and then it went into another different death moan, and then I shut it off.
No obvious problems with blade stuck or spinning on shaft or anything like that. Don't know much about motors, and am certainly not going to take it apart and start tinkering around inside. I think this might just be its time. It has given me 5 1/2 years of good use, cutting unknown hundreds of preforms and small rough. I guess that's enough for a $100 saw.
RIP my first saw!
PS - Should I bury it in the back yard? That would sure confuse somebody in 50 years digging a flowerbed!
(PPS if anybody wants it for parts or likes tinkering, I could bring it to Quartzsite.)
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Post by fishnpinball on Dec 17, 2017 20:40:39 GMT -5
Probable bearing failure. Knowledgeable people could fix easily.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Dec 17, 2017 20:43:48 GMT -5
Ah. Yeah that makes sense.
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 17, 2017 21:59:41 GMT -5
Ah man, that sucks. But you did get a lot of use out of it. 5.5 years is pretty good. I have that saw, too. Hope I get that long out of it.
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Post by grumpybill on Dec 18, 2017 12:23:01 GMT -5
My ~10 year old QEP died last Sept. A rather "shocking" experience, if you know what I mean. I consoled myself by buying this from a local rental company:
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Post by pauls on Dec 18, 2017 14:38:46 GMT -5
Yep sounds like bearings. I reckon they use dodgy bearings for planned obsolescence. If you turned it off soon enough you may not have cooked the motor. I replaced the bearings in mine a few months back, not difficult at all and now its quieter than its ever been. Cost of the bearings was just a few dollars.
Give it a go, unplug it first of coarse, then start unscrewing it wherever you see a screw, from memory there was one screw hidden under a label. You have nothing to lose, it's not working, so worthless. Even if it's cooked beyond repair you have still learnt how to get a machine to pieces, valuable knowledge. Take one of the faulty bearings to a local bearing supply shop, most biggish towns have one. likely they'll get them off the shelf.
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Post by wampidytoo on Dec 18, 2017 19:05:39 GMT -5
Oh how I love these opportunities. Sniffing out a new machine, trying to figure out what will work best and upgrade a little just to make you feel better. Celebration time, I hope you enjoy it. One little sniff for the baby is good though. Jim
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Post by drocknut on Dec 18, 2017 19:18:33 GMT -5
Ahhh, so sorry for your loss. Maybe Santa will bring you a new saw.
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Post by johnjsgems on Dec 18, 2017 20:30:15 GMT -5
The motor is a universal type 1/2 hp rated motor. 5.5 years of heavy use on a 12 month warranty sounds like very good life for it to me. The motor has brushes but doesn't sound like it is that. Anyone that wants to tinker, the motor is buried under the table and accessible by removing a bunch of screws. Made in China so likely bushings and possibly motor fried.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Dec 19, 2017 11:13:26 GMT -5
My replacement is coming in the mail today. However, I'm sooooooo sad, I might need an intarsia grinder to heal the void in my soul . . . but I can't decide if I'd rather have the grinder, or more rocks at Q! Leaning toward the rocks, but . . .
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Post by drocknut on Dec 19, 2017 12:16:58 GMT -5
oh my, decisions, decisions. How about a grinder and more rocks?
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Dec 19, 2017 16:56:23 GMT -5
Both, lol!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 12:11:04 GMT -5
Susan, can I buy the old beast for a song? I'll try to fix it and maybe set it up for ultrathin blades.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Dec 21, 2017 12:56:51 GMT -5
Sure, even better, you can have it! You need to get a bushing spacer thing for the arbor - @jsgems knows what kind.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2017 15:22:00 GMT -5
Sure, even better, you can have it! You need to get a bushing spacer thing for the arbor - @jsgems knows what kind. Thank you. Free is a song I can sing!
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Post by johnjsgems on Dec 26, 2017 15:06:53 GMT -5
The bushing is just one or two 1" X 5/8" blade bushings to fill the recess in the blade flange washer. The threads on arbor shaft were cut to use thick tile blades so bottom out before thin blades are tight. Two more threads would have done it.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Dec 27, 2017 10:58:29 GMT -5
Little saw is all ready to go to Scott's Saw Orphanage this weekend. Scoot you have to promise to bury it in the backyard if you can't fix it! jk
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2017 18:37:35 GMT -5
Little saw is all ready to go to Scott's Saw Orphanage this weekend. Scott (fixed it) you have to promise to bury it in the backyard if you can't fix it! jk See you soon! Promise made!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2017 18:38:51 GMT -5
The bushing is just one or two 1" X 5/8" blade bushings to fill the recess in the blade flange washer. The threads on arbor shaft were cut to use thick tile blades so bottom out before thin blades are tight. Two more threads would have done it. Please bring some to Q and I'll buy it.
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Post by johnjsgems on Dec 29, 2017 11:28:35 GMT -5
OK, I usually have them in stock. They would cost the same as the saw.
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