Vector01 Posted November 26, 2010 Report Posted November 26, 2010 Got up yesterday to the wonderful aroma of turkey cooking in the oven. Watched the thanksgiving day parade for a while Had about two hours before it was time to eat What to do The orders from the boss stated I couldn't do any cutting or make a mess today But it didn't say anyhing about taking the saw apart Grabbing some tools and reviewing the video by Rick Hutchenson I went for it. I didn't disassemble everything. I was curious to see the actual moving parts from the motor shaft to the link arms. Went about as described in the video. The case was a bit sticky coming off. Hung up a bit on the upper arm support pin. With a little jiggling I got it off. There's mention in the video about taking care that the upper arm doesn't slip off the support pin. Well it did Luckily I had a hold of it and was able to put it back in position before it fell off completely I checked all the internals to make sure everything was tight and there were no missing parts (parts blowup came in handy). Satisfied I reassembled the saw. After tightening everything back up I turned it on. It ran like a charm Overall took me about an hour. When I rechecked my blade alignment I found that along with my blade being square to the table my table was now level. Don't ask me what I did I have no clue I really had no reason to take the saw apart...Just boredom and curiousity. Quote
amazingkevin Posted November 26, 2010 Report Posted November 26, 2010 Aha! My favorite qoute,"If it's not broke don't fix it".How many times have i taken something apart and put it back together and it not broke now. No rhyme or reason . And how many times have i taken something apart and rendered it totaly useless!you were lucky this time! Quote
Vector01 Posted November 26, 2010 Author Report Posted November 26, 2010 Yep...I've seen photos as well as the video of the internals. Nothing extraordinary inside. I was hoping Dewalt placed a gold coin in every 1000 saws manufactured Nope...I didn't get one Oh well..killed an hour anyways. Quote
amazingkevin Posted November 26, 2010 Report Posted November 26, 2010 Art you got my mouth watering to get an ol yeller!Keep us posted on your infamous machine surgery's.I love the hands on approach! Quote
wedo scroll Posted November 26, 2010 Report Posted November 26, 2010 And the best part is you now know what that saw looks like inside and how it should act! Great to be in that place. Bill Quote
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