O.k. Its been a few months since I've chimed in but I reformatted and never
put the newsgroups back on. Sorry!
Anyway my up until now trusty old 10" Craftsman tablesaw has decided to
develop a problem. It seems that the arbor in which the blade and belt pully
are attached to seems to have come apart? Is this possible? While making my
cuts to finish the dresser to match the desk I completed last December for
my little girl the blade will suddenly seem to lose power. I troubleshot the
symptoms and noticed that the shaft(arbor) would run out on the belt side
after making no certain amount of cuts. I pushed the pully and shaft back in
and all was well for a while then back under again for the same thing! Well
last night I was trying to make some use of my dado blade for the drawer
bottoms and the rabbet joints and was only able to get halfway through a 15"
cut before the noise came and the power faded on the blade. I am trying to
figure out if there is a quick fix for this or if I need to replace the
arbor or exactly what I can do to make the saw usuable. I already know you
all want to blast me for having the Crapsman in the first place but really
what can I do?
Thanks,
Kevin
Yes, as it turns out it is/was a missing key on the shaft. When I was using
it last night it was not all that bright (nor was I!) as I was looking in
the compartment without any additional light and it seemed as though there
was some sort of seperation in the shat but today after getting home from
work I was able to see what I was working on (a novel concept!) and found
the pully was slipping and not the shaft as I previousley mentioned. Anyway
I was able to do a temp fix by cutting a couple washers to size and
re-inserting the pully. Works fine now until I can get the real part. Boy am
I feeling rather stupid!
"Wilson Lamb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Are you sure about this? If the arbor were "running out" the blade would
> hit the table!
>
> I can't blast you, since I have two Cmen, which work very well. I keep a
> rip blade on one and a crosscut on the other...very convenient.
>
> To "lose power", something in the drive train has to actually slip. As I
> recall, the pulley has a keyway, so it can't slip on the shaft.
>
> I have had a pulley setscrew loosen up and make noise, but never slip and
> lose power. Could this be happening? Could your belt be getting loose
and
> slipping? Be sure the motor is pulling on the belt, not down against
mount.
>
> Wilson
> "yobosaeyo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:sYhUa.18903$Bp2.7060@fed1read07...
> > O.k. Its been a few months since I've chimed in but I reformatted and
> never
> > put the newsgroups back on. Sorry!
> > Anyway my up until now trusty old 10" Craftsman tablesaw has decided to
> > develop a problem. It seems that the arbor in which the blade and belt
> pully
> > are attached to seems to have come apart? Is this possible? While making
> my
> > cuts to finish the dresser to match the desk I completed last December
for
> > my little girl the blade will suddenly seem to lose power. I troubleshot
> the
> > symptoms and noticed that the shaft(arbor) would run out on the belt
side
> > after making no certain amount of cuts. I pushed the pully and shaft
back
> in
> > and all was well for a while then back under again for the same thing!
> Well
> > last night I was trying to make some use of my dado blade for the drawer
> > bottoms and the rabbet joints and was only able to get halfway through a
> 15"
> > cut before the noise came and the power faded on the blade. I am trying
to
> > figure out if there is a quick fix for this or if I need to replace the
> > arbor or exactly what I can do to make the saw usuable. I already know
you
> > all want to blast me for having the Crapsman in the first place but
really
> > what can I do?
> > Thanks,
> > Kevin
> >
> >
>
>
Are you sure about this? If the arbor were "running out" the blade would
hit the table!
I can't blast you, since I have two Cmen, which work very well. I keep a
rip blade on one and a crosscut on the other...very convenient.
To "lose power", something in the drive train has to actually slip. As I
recall, the pulley has a keyway, so it can't slip on the shaft.
I have had a pulley setscrew loosen up and make noise, but never slip and
lose power. Could this be happening? Could your belt be getting loose and
slipping? Be sure the motor is pulling on the belt, not down against mount.
Wilson
"yobosaeyo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:sYhUa.18903$Bp2.7060@fed1read07...
> O.k. Its been a few months since I've chimed in but I reformatted and
never
> put the newsgroups back on. Sorry!
> Anyway my up until now trusty old 10" Craftsman tablesaw has decided to
> develop a problem. It seems that the arbor in which the blade and belt
pully
> are attached to seems to have come apart? Is this possible? While making
my
> cuts to finish the dresser to match the desk I completed last December for
> my little girl the blade will suddenly seem to lose power. I troubleshot
the
> symptoms and noticed that the shaft(arbor) would run out on the belt side
> after making no certain amount of cuts. I pushed the pully and shaft back
in
> and all was well for a while then back under again for the same thing!
Well
> last night I was trying to make some use of my dado blade for the drawer
> bottoms and the rabbet joints and was only able to get halfway through a
15"
> cut before the noise came and the power faded on the blade. I am trying to
> figure out if there is a quick fix for this or if I need to replace the
> arbor or exactly what I can do to make the saw usuable. I already know you
> all want to blast me for having the Crapsman in the first place but really
> what can I do?
> Thanks,
> Kevin
>
>
HD should have the key, but it's probably down there in the dust.
For a quick fix, use a nail, but be sure you don't get it too large and mess
up the groove...better to get the key, if you can.
anyonghaseo,
Wilson
"yobosaeyo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:EApUa.18022$u51.14248@fed1read05...
> Yes, as it turns out it is/was a missing key on the shaft. When I was
using
> it last night it was not all that bright (nor was I!) as I was looking in
> the compartment without any additional light and it seemed as though there
> was some sort of seperation in the shat but today after getting home from
> work I was able to see what I was working on (a novel concept!) and found
> the pully was slipping and not the shaft as I previousley mentioned.
Anyway
> I was able to do a temp fix by cutting a couple washers to size and
> re-inserting the pully. Works fine now until I can get the real part. Boy
am
> I feeling rather stupid!
> "Wilson Lamb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Are you sure about this? If the arbor were "running out" the blade
would
> > hit the table!
> >
> > I can't blast you, since I have two Cmen, which work very well. I keep
a
> > rip blade on one and a crosscut on the other...very convenient.
> >
> > To "lose power", something in the drive train has to actually slip. As
I
> > recall, the pulley has a keyway, so it can't slip on the shaft.
> >
> > I have had a pulley setscrew loosen up and make noise, but never slip
and
> > lose power. Could this be happening? Could your belt be getting loose
> and
> > slipping? Be sure the motor is pulling on the belt, not down against
> mount.
> >
> > Wilson
> > "yobosaeyo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:sYhUa.18903$Bp2.7060@fed1read07...
> > > O.k. Its been a few months since I've chimed in but I reformatted and
> > never
> > > put the newsgroups back on. Sorry!
> > > Anyway my up until now trusty old 10" Craftsman tablesaw has decided
to
> > > develop a problem. It seems that the arbor in which the blade and belt
> > pully
> > > are attached to seems to have come apart? Is this possible? While
making
> > my
> > > cuts to finish the dresser to match the desk I completed last December
> for
> > > my little girl the blade will suddenly seem to lose power. I
troubleshot
> > the
> > > symptoms and noticed that the shaft(arbor) would run out on the belt
> side
> > > after making no certain amount of cuts. I pushed the pully and shaft
> back
> > in
> > > and all was well for a while then back under again for the same thing!
> > Well
> > > last night I was trying to make some use of my dado blade for the
drawer
> > > bottoms and the rabbet joints and was only able to get halfway through
a
> > 15"
> > > cut before the noise came and the power faded on the blade. I am
trying
> to
> > > figure out if there is a quick fix for this or if I need to replace
the
> > > arbor or exactly what I can do to make the saw usuable. I already know
> you
> > > all want to blast me for having the Crapsman in the first place but
> really
> > > what can I do?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Kevin
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
tighten the set screws
"yobosaeyo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:sYhUa.18903$Bp2.7060@fed1read07...
> O.k. Its been a few months since I've chimed in but I reformatted and
never
> put the newsgroups back on. Sorry!
> >
>