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need advice cleaning up my mess
I think I have got the most expensive tile cutter. It works like a charm and
no dust either. I think as a woodworker I make a really good tiler. What do you think. now seriously, I need to clean up the saw . I have not moved the blade at all , do not want to damage the gears. any advice. Do you think I should pull it apart , or at least remove the plate on the top and wash the whole thing in oil ??? what do you recommend. I want to know if someone out there has used their saw as a tile cutter ???? cheers al |
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al wrote:
I think I have got the most expensive tile cutter. It works like a charm and no dust either. I think as a woodworker I make a really good tiler. What do you think. now seriously, I need to clean up the saw . I have not moved the blade at all , do not want to damage the gears. any advice. Do you think I should pull it apart , or at least remove the plate on the top and wash the whole thing in oil ??? what do you recommend. I want to know if someone out there has used their saw as a tile cutter ???? cheers al sorry the imprtant shot got left out |
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I need to clean up the saw and replace all the bearings, bushings, gears, commutator and brushes. Seriously, this is a hell of a way to completely ruin a nice saw. I've used an old circular saw to cut perhaps 50 terracotta tiles, and it went in the bin afterwards. It was the cheapest way to do it - the new saw was only $120 and I needed it anyhow, so I figure that killing the old saw was justified. The brick dust gets sucked in to everything and every bearing was loose - rattling loose! - and it was running out and also arcing like crazy on the brushes. You probably have an induction motor which will have fared better, but seriously, you should *not* have done this. I hope you saved big $ on the hire of a tile-cutter. Clifford Heath. |
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"al" wrote in message ... I think I have got the most expensive tile cutter. It works like a charm and no dust either. I think as a woodworker I make a really good tiler. What do you think. now seriously, I need to clean up the saw . I have not moved the blade at all , do not want to damage the gears. any advice. Do you think I should pull it apart , or at least remove the plate on the top and wash the whole thing in oil ??? what do you recommend. I want to know if someone out there has used their saw as a tile cutter ???? cheers al Did you save enough money to buy a new saw? |
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"al" wrote in message ... I think I have got the most expensive tile cutter. It works like a charm and no dust either. I think as a woodworker I make a really good tiler. What do you think. now seriously, I need to clean up the saw . I have not moved the blade at all , do not want to damage the gears. any advice. Do you think I should pull it apart , or at least remove the plate on the top and wash the whole thing in oil ??? what do you recommend. I want to know if someone out there has used their saw as a tile cutter ???? cheers al Did you save enough money to buy a new saw? I actually panicked after what cliff had to say. So I went in there and thought I would just try and see if i could clean it up with compressed air. as you can see in the photos, it cleaned up. I will clean it up better and then lube it. I hadnt move the blade at all and the dust extraction was on at all time. there is minimum dust sitting on the motor. and the saw still hums as beautifully as the day i bought it. I doubt it if i have got any dust in my bearings. I had to cut more than 200 tiles and I did save around 4 grand in tiling so it was well worth it. All said, I will not do it again. It wasnt worth the panick. I kinda really like my saw.... cheers al |
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[...] I had to cut more than 200 tiles and I did save around 4 grand in tiling so it was well worth it. All said, I will not do it again. It wasnt worth the panick. I kinda really like my saw.... You saved 4 grand in tiling, but you wouldn't spend fifty bucks to rent a proper tile saw?? -- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again. |
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