On Tuesday 21 April 2015 01:20:46 MC Cason wrote: > Gene, > > I bought a cheap no-name chop saw for $50.00, off of one of those > traveling tool trucks. > > When I bought it, I figured that if it lasted through the project > it was bought for, it would pay for itself. 11 years later, and it's > still going strong. > > This is the latest thing it built (Test fit, prior to finish > welding and paint) > https://www.flickr.com/photos/46689581@N03/17033816439/
Some of that stuff is amazingly good. My first chop saw was an 8.5" you could carry around with one hand. I finally wrote a ~30~ to its story about a decade later after putting a 9" abrasive blade I'd found someplace in it and found the steel cutting fire was hot enough to destroy the fences, some sort of pot metal I guess. Had to remove the blade shroud, so needless to say I stood well to the side when using it w/o the shroud. Sloppy bearings, noisy as all get out, but it ran when you pulled the trigger, so I got my $89 out of it several times over. > > On 04/20/2015 09:42 PM, Gene Heskett 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 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
