Haha I was just running that same model today. It doesn't sound great either. It's very weak and my boss wishes he had bought something better. I will have to inspect ours a little further.
On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 10:42 PM, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings all; > > I don't recall if I mentioned buying a Kawasaki 14" cutoff saw from TSC > or not. > > But I did, something over a year ago when I was cutting bits off the end > of a 1x2" bar of TSC steel to make the nut holders for the balls screws > I put in my toy mill. > > It ran a little slow for a 14" blade, only 2800 revs, so it was difficult > to actually get the cutting fire started, and it ran perhaps 10 minutes > total, cutting 2/3rds of the way thru the bar, but then got noisy and > slowed considerably. I could turn it fwd by hand. but backwards, which > would be the working face of the stepdown gear in it was a draggy, felt > like the bull gear was plastic and had overheated, deforming the gear > teeth. > > Took it back to TSC, but they claimed I had to contact the vendor, which > was AllTrade. Had them look up a phone number and I came home & called > them. On giving them the model & serial data, they came back and said > that particular model had never ever been in their inventory, and > suggested that perhaps TSC had bought them off a rickshaw in Kowloon. > > IOW, a warranty claim against Alltrade wasn't possible. So I was a bit > peeved as I was out a buck and a half on it. I stewed a day or so, > still needed a saw, and when I went back in they had lowered the asking > on the dewalt version to the same price, so I brought one of them home > and finished that project. And although the dewalt was higher rpms, it > was still about 1500 slow for a good 14" wheel. The fire could be > started but had to be pushed to keep it going. > > So today, I drag the green monster back out of the shed, intending to > salvage the base and vice for something, and the motor for something > else. Knocking the reduction gear loose and working it out of the > houseing I was amazed at the gear condition, like new, looked like good > steel, all running in Torrington needle cartridges. Humm, go to other > end of motor & remove the end grill. Nice needle bearing cartridge > there, supporting the rear end of the motor shaft. Stuck a 17mm wrench > of the gear hub flat and turned it, turned fairly free. Turned it the > other way, back end of armature turned in the brushes, but not in the > bearing! A 10mm motor shaft was broken in two between the commutator and > the rear bearing, so the armature was bouncing about 1/32", totally > unrestrained by the bearing. I have never in my 80 years seen a shaft > broken off like that. So I saved the line cord and switch, and > deposited the rest in my trash trailer. > > That was a $150 lesson that says if you buy something green from the tool > shelf, it had better say Hitachi on it. Same for a yellow "Cub Cadet" > (an I.H. brand) lawn mower that claims a Kawasaki engine. The only thing > Kawasaki is the label on that turd. That was a $400 lesson as it was a > supposedly top of the line self-propelled mower. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > BPM Camp - Free Virtual Workshop May 6th at 10am PDT/1PM EDT > Develop your own process in accordance with the BPMN 2 standard > Learn Process modeling best practices with Bonita BPM through live > exercises > http://www.bonitasoft.com/be-part-of-it/events/bpm-camp-virtual- > event?utm_ > source=Sourceforge_BPM_Camp_5_6_15&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VA_SF > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BPM Camp - Free Virtual Workshop May 6th at 10am PDT/1PM EDT Develop your own process in accordance with the BPMN 2 standard Learn Process modeling best practices with Bonita BPM through live exercises http://www.bonitasoft.com/be-part-of-it/events/bpm-camp-virtual- event?utm_ source=Sourceforge_BPM_Camp_5_6_15&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VA_SF _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
