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Shopsmith parts hard to get
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:52 pm
by bergdahl
I ordered an replacement on/off switch for my machine on 11-26-08.
So far Shopsmith has not been able to fill my order. Apparently it's out
of stock. So for the last 2+ months, my machine has been useless. I'm very
frustrated with Shopsmith right now. Has anyone else had any problems
getting parts like me?
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:37 pm
by otee453
I think SS is like so many other comapnies right now....
struggling.
It took 3 months for me to get a throat plate for my bandsaw. I had given up and made one.
Can you buy a non-factory part from a electric supplier? Grainger maybe? Or ebay?
I suspect you may recieve a message from members on the forum too. I think there are people here who collect and salvage old SS's and have tons of parts.
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:38 pm
by JPG
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 3:21 am
by toolcollector
I ordered a toggle on/off switch in December, just got it yesterday. I called about a week ago, they said their supplier kept promising a shipment, but not delivering.
You can wire the white to white and the other two wires together (black and blue I think they were) then just plug it in to start it. (I was lucky, my switch failed in the on position.) It's an '83 model, so I guess old age got it.
Anyway I just got mine, so hopefully you will receive it shortly.
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:40 am
by wa2crk
Hi
Remove the switch and take it to a good electrical supply store where someone knows electrical supplies. Like a electrical supply house that supplies the local electricians and ask them to match it up. I would not go to a big box store as the sales people sometimes are not knowledgeable enough.
An electrical supply house can match the switch by looking at the manufacturers marks on the original switch and supply the switch with the correct specs.
Bill
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 12:33 pm
by paul heller
wa2crk wrote:I would not go to a big box store as the sales people sometimes are not knowledgeable enough.
Now there's an understatement.
Paul
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:25 pm
by JPG
paul heller wrote:Now there's an understatement.
Paul
NO! It is an overstatement! ONE WORD too many!:D
Shopsmith Switch
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 3:21 pm
by billmayo
wa2crk wrote:Hi
Remove the switch and take it to a good electrical supply store where someone knows electrical supplies. Like a electrical supply house that supplies the local electricians and ask them to match it up. I would not go to a big box store as the sales people sometimes are not knowledgeable enough.
An electrical supply house can match the switch by looking at the manufacturers marks on the original switch and supply the switch with the correct specs.
Bill
Just make sure you get a 20 AMP or higher rated switch as your bad switch may only be rated for 15 Amp. Box stores normally only carry up to 15 Amp switches. I have not had any switch problems since switching to 20 Amp rated switches.
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:47 am
by jefftaylor
WOW! What perfect timing of this thread .. my 1984/85 Mark V has a dead power switch, too (but in the OFF position) ..
Thanks for the info I gathered by drive-by lurking ..
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:37 am
by cincinnati10
Bill, who are you buying your switches from? Do you know the brand/spec on them?