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by TH workshop
Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:57 am
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: keep tripping breaker?
Replies: 21
Views: 21921

thanks alot of good info that im sure ill be using in the future.
by TH workshop
Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:00 am
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: keep tripping breaker?
Replies: 21
Views: 21921

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 log...
by TH workshop
Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:58 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: keep tripping breaker?
Replies: 21
Views: 21921

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 surg...
by TH workshop
Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:51 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: keep tripping breaker?
Replies: 21
Views: 21921

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 liv...
by TH workshop
Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:18 am
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: keep tripping breaker?
Replies: 21
Views: 21921

keep tripping breaker?

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 a...
by TH workshop
Thu Mar 31, 2011 1:21 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: Does Anyone Do Woodworking
Replies: 91
Views: 18487

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 ...
by TH workshop
Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:48 am
Forum: Community
Topic: Does Anyone Do Woodworking
Replies: 91
Views: 18487

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 beco...
by TH workshop
Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:09 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: Does Anyone Do Woodworking
Replies: 91
Views: 18487

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 t...
by TH workshop
Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:59 am
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: need help removing these >>>
Replies: 16
Views: 4923

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 alt...
by TH workshop
Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:41 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: need help removing these >>>
Replies: 16
Views: 4923

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...