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Progressing nicely!

Building a guitar is an ambition I have in my retirement, which is rapidly approaching!!

...And the belt tracks closer to the platen without flapping... Congratulations. Did CS help to solve this? Going back to your original question here, are you saying that the belt is still not in contact with the platen when tensioned but not sanding? Mine is much different than that, it is in firm...

Follow up. Shortly after I wrote this, I began to suspect that my problem was that the torsion spring inside my idler drum was, to use the technical term, kaput. Even when properly tensioned, it didn't have enough oomph to push up against the belt. So I ordered a new idler drum assembly from Shopsmi...

I am happy...

Three things never to talk about at a dinner party: religion, politics, and Saw Stop.

Nice jigs!

This is embarrassing. The problem was simple. The Festool power cord has a lock that must be twisted to fully engage. Even though the first thing I tried was to remove it and put it back on, apparently I did not twist it far enough and it wasn't locked on. A good twist and now it is making sawdust a...

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll see what I can do and if I figure it out, I'll report back.

jsburger wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:43 pm I assume you checked the continuity of the power cord. The next thing I would check is the switch if you can get to it.

Haven't checked either. Don't have a continuity tester.