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thanks alot of good info that im sure ill be using in the future.

well i finally got to play with it last night. i really wasnt in the mode at all but it was gonna be the only time this week i would have. i removed the belt drive cover and just blew air in with my compressor. also blew air thru the hole on the opposite side of the speed dial were the removable ...

thanks guys. we are just now getting out power back in clinton after the tornado hit our area. hopefully soon ill get to look into it further and hunt down the problem.

to try and answer a few questions asked

our house was built in the late 70's i believe

i have tried hooking up to a heavy duty ...

SS has just been serviced a few weeks ago and has been running perfectly with no problems. have tried it in different outlets in the garage. some with surge protectors and without and just about every combo of things i could think of to get power. just had a tornado come a few miles from where i ...

out of no where my SS in tripping the surge protector, breaker, or whatever i plug it into. i turn on the power switch and within 2-3 seconds of the motor starting up it trips the breaker. yes i have tried only plugging the SS in and nothing else. i looked at the wiring on the switch and while old ...

I am a young guy (still south of 30 for a couple more months), but I know that many of my interests are more "mature" than many of the people that I know that are my age. One thing I have come to realize in getting into this hobby is that there are a number of factors which fight against it from a ...

I think part of the challenge is to make whatever you are trying to teach a teenager relevant to them.

Teenagers are necessarily living in a different reality. I call this the age of required selfishness. They have to be the way they are in order to assert themselves, get out of the house, and ...

most kids are too high, too stupid, too impatient, and too prideful to listen to someone trying to teach them something. im about to be 27 and i love working with my hands. i have many many hobbies and interest and am not afraid to learn something that will be put to use the rest of my life. i try ...

A bushing is inserted over the screw and the idler gear rides on the bushing. The bushing is slightly longer than the gear is 'thick' thus providing clearance between the nut and the gear. Look for buildup or burrs on the gear or bushing damage.

P.S. Realize that moving that 'headless screw' is ...

after looking alittle closer at what was going on i see that the smaller gear (hidden behind the speed control dial) that makes contact with the larger labeled outside gear is not set properly im guessing? the smaller gear is attach with a threaded "headless" screw and held in place with a washer ...