charlie wrote:
"dpb" wrote in message ...
David C. wrote:
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I have an undercut/jamb saw, ... I opened the case, and found oil inside
the
case. ...
Since there's no way of getting oil back in the saw, just wondered if
this will present a problem. Will the saw burn up prematurely?
...

Depends on how much was lost compared to what original quantity was.

And, there has to be a way to get oil in; if it was there initially it
didn't get there by magic...

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that doesn't follow. oil could have been added during manufacture, and the
only way to add more would be to take it apart in such a way that it
couldn't be put back together.

Oh, I never said it wouldn't possibly be destructive...

I've done things like drill through the case plastic and then tapped the
hole for a small set screw or just epoxied in a plug to try to get a
little extra life out of stuff like that.

There's virtually always a way...now the device may not be worth the
effort, granted.

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