I am in the middle of building a set of bunk beds for my daughter in Missouri. It has 40 curved slats that needed to be sanded. Pull out the HF Oscillating Drum Sander and go to town. I have had the sander 2 years and only used it a couple of times for a few minutes both times.
Today, I got to number 38 on the slats and it quit oscillating!. I finished the last two without it oscillating. THEN I came inside and looked up HF and wanted to look at the PDF manual. The sander has been discontinued and therefore no PDF to download to look up what might be wrong. Drats!
Look up new sander on HF. Too expensive!
Look on ebay - they have one cheaper - a Grizzly. - Me: Hey, that is the same model as the HF one that I have! I looked at the online parts and then go outside and take the motor assembly off of the sander. I discovered that one of the timing belts had jumped off and melted through.
I came back in and went to Grizzly.com and even found the parts - and they have them in stock in the Springfield, Missouri Grizzly store! $1.50.
BEST PART: LOML went to Springfield yesterday to help our daughter with some weekend work. She is going to go to the store tomorrow (Saturday) and pick up two belts and another small part for my track saw. Total cost will be $6.00 plus tax.
Most of the time, a tool breaks in the middle of a project. I got lucky today, it happened at the end. And finding parts is usually a hit or miss proposition, in my case, it was a HIT. and then to have someone there to get the part, and bring it back to me Monday!
Got lucky today. Doesn't usually happen this way! Had to brag a bit! I am happy.
Today, I got to number 38 on the slats and it quit oscillating!. I finished the last two without it oscillating. THEN I came inside and looked up HF and wanted to look at the PDF manual. The sander has been discontinued and therefore no PDF to download to look up what might be wrong. Drats!
Look up new sander on HF. Too expensive!
Look on ebay - they have one cheaper - a Grizzly. - Me: Hey, that is the same model as the HF one that I have! I looked at the online parts and then go outside and take the motor assembly off of the sander. I discovered that one of the timing belts had jumped off and melted through.
I came back in and went to Grizzly.com and even found the parts - and they have them in stock in the Springfield, Missouri Grizzly store! $1.50.
BEST PART: LOML went to Springfield yesterday to help our daughter with some weekend work. She is going to go to the store tomorrow (Saturday) and pick up two belts and another small part for my track saw. Total cost will be $6.00 plus tax.
Most of the time, a tool breaks in the middle of a project. I got lucky today, it happened at the end. And finding parts is usually a hit or miss proposition, in my case, it was a HIT. and then to have someone there to get the part, and bring it back to me Monday!
Got lucky today. Doesn't usually happen this way! Had to brag a bit! I am happy.
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