Scrappile Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 Might try to contact this guy and let him see your videos. He knows scroll saws... http://www.scrollsaws.com/ OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry1939 Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 I have an unheated garage and make patterns in the winter. Grease my Delta the last thing in the fall. What I do is take clamps & mount 1 X 4s around the edge of the workbench. Won't tell you why I needed to learn this. However, it takes as much time to search for piece as it did to lube the saw. jerry OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimErn Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 Just below the motor shaft in the second video, on the yellow body flange it appears to have metal flakes If that is metal flakes, something in the drive assembly is disintegrating, usually a bearing, but I do not have a dewalt so I am guessing barb.j.enders and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted January 10, 2019 Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, JimErn said: Just below the motor shaft in the second video, on the yellow body flange it appears to have metal flakes If that is metal flakes, something in the drive assembly is disintegrating, usually a bearing, but I do not have a dewalt so I am guessing Jim, I noticed the same thing. It's sort of like finding droppings near a termite nest. Always spells trouble. @barb.j.enders ,I have all the info for the different bearings, sleeves and where to get them if you need the info. Edited January 10, 2019 by octoolguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barb.j.enders Posted January 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 3 hours ago, octoolguy said: Jim, I noticed the same thing. It's sort of like finding droppings near a termite nest. Always spells trouble. @barb.j.enders ,I have all the info for the different bearings, sleeves and where to get them if you need the info. Ray, I would be happy to get that info. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barb.j.enders Posted January 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2019 6 hours ago, JimErn said: Just below the motor shaft in the second video, on the yellow body flange it appears to have metal flakes If that is metal flakes, something in the drive assembly is disintegrating, usually a bearing, but I do not have a dewalt so I am guessing Thanks for pointing that out. It would seem to make sense, given the noise. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 1 hour ago, barb.j.enders said: Ray, I would be happy to get that info. Barb, I'll get the info together and PM it to you. barb.j.enders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heli_av8tor Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 Ray, can you post the info in the Topic? Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 6 hours ago, Heli_av8tor said: Ray, can you post the info in the Topic? Tom It's in a spreadsheet. I'll give it a try. Dewalt 788 bearing info.xls Heli_av8tor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barb.j.enders Posted January 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 Well, The saga continues. I ended up taking the saw in to a service centre. It turns out the motor is bad. Just waiting to hear about some options.:( Spent the weekend putting finishes on projects that had be cut but not yet finished. I guess that was a good thing!!! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barb.j.enders Posted January 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 4 hours ago, barb.j.enders said: Well, The saga continues. I ended up taking the saw in to a service centre. It turns out the motor is bad. Just waiting to hear about some options.:( Spent the weekend putting finishes on projects that had be cut but not yet finished. I guess that was a good thing!!! Options are: Their repair bill - $520, Dewalt flat rate repair - $320, trade in for a new saw $550. Went with the flat rate repair!!! Hopefully it will only be a couple of weeks. Unit gets sent to Edmonton. With the flat rate repair, they also check the whole saw over and repair everything!!! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 36 minutes ago, barb.j.enders said: Options are: Their repair bill - $520, Dewalt flat rate repair - $320, trade in for a new saw $550. Went with the flat rate repair!!! Hopefully it will only be a couple of weeks. Unit gets sent to Edmonton. With the flat rate repair, they also check the whole saw over and repair everything!!! I realize that you are in Canada and things are very different there but that sure seems like a lot of money to repair a saw that can be purchased brand new for about $400 here in the states. Are you anywhere near the U.S. border? I think I might order a new one from Grizzly and have it shipped to a General Delivery post office in the closest U.S. town to you. Or something along that order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffydog Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 36 minutes ago, barb.j.enders said: Options are: Their repair bill - $520, Dewalt flat rate repair - $320, trade in for a new saw $550. Went with the flat rate repair!!! Hopefully it will only be a couple of weeks. Unit gets sent to Edmonton. With the flat rate repair, they also check the whole saw over and repair everything!!! Wow! That's terrible! I am so sorry you are going thru that OCtoolguy and barb.j.enders 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffydog Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 1 minute ago, octoolguy said: I realize that you are in Canada and things are very different there but that sure seems like a lot of money to repair a saw that can be purchased brand new for about $400 here in the states. Are you anywhere near the U.S. border? I think I might order a new one from Grizzly and have it shipped to a General Delivery post office in the closest U.S. town to you. Or something along that order. Yeah, that sounds like a ripoff. 320 for a motor and some tweaking? 550 Canadian for a new saw? There has to be another way. Can't you just buy a motor for these saws? OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 7 minutes ago, unclescott said: Yeah, that sounds like a ripoff. 320 for a motor and some tweaking? 550 Canadian for a new saw? There has to be another way. Can't you just buy a motor for these saws? I would at least check eBay. That's just too much to fix a Dewalt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffydog Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) Well, just looked on ereplacementparts.com and a new motor assy is $315 US! Yikes! Mmtoolparts.com has it for $249. Edited January 15, 2019 by unclescott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heli_av8tor Posted January 15, 2019 Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 I’m trying to understand the motor making that noise. Anyone know what type of bearings are used in the motor and could they be replaced? Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barb.j.enders Posted January 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 2 hours ago, octoolguy said: I would at least check eBay. That's just too much to fix a Dewalt. 2 hours ago, unclescott said: Yeah, that sounds like a ripoff. 320 for a motor and some tweaking? 550 Canadian for a new saw? There has to be another way. Can't you just buy a motor for these saws? It is the motor, brushes and control board. New in Winnipeg through Canadian Woodworkers is $699.95 plus 13% tax, no trade. I am near a border town, but with our dollar at .75 or so, it would be very close to what I would pay here anyhow. On the Bob Brokaw video, he talked about the motor and in 2014 when he did the video the cost of the motor (USA) was about $250. We don't have an active Craigs list in Winnipeg, Kijiji doesn't have any available. Went with the flat rate as it seemed to be the best option. The guy at the shop I orginally took it to isn't charging me for any of the work they did. He liked that I was well informed about the machine and knew what I was talking about - so thanks to all on the formum for making me look good!!! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted January 16, 2019 Report Share Posted January 16, 2019 22 hours ago, barb.j.enders said: It is the motor, brushes and control board. New in Winnipeg through Canadian Woodworkers is $699.95 plus 13% tax, no trade. I am near a border town, but with our dollar at .75 or so, it would be very close to what I would pay here anyhow. On the Bob Brokaw video, he talked about the motor and in 2014 when he did the video the cost of the motor (USA) was about $250. We don't have an active Craigs list in Winnipeg, Kijiji doesn't have any available. Went with the flat rate as it seemed to be the best option. The guy at the shop I orginally took it to isn't charging me for any of the work they did. He liked that I was well informed about the machine and knew what I was talking about - so thanks to all on the formum for making me look good!!! Well it does sound like you know what you are doing. I guess I'm happy that I'm not Canadian when it comes to that sort of thing. We do have it pretty good down here. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Best of luck and happy scrolling. Eventually! barb.j.enders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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