The DC hose to my BT3100 goes down the wall and then a 4 inch flex hose goes across the floor, underneith the outfeed table/work table to the BT. I kicked the hose off unknowingly on Saturday just as I was starting to make a bunch of dust (cutting down a bunch of 2x4s for side rails for my new little trailer). When the dust started coming out of the top of the saw, I knew something was wrong and went to investigate. By then I had the hose plugged up so recovery took awhile. I also noticed that the elevation handle was quite stiff so I left it alone.
While cleaning all the excess dust from under the BT3100 and unplugging the DC hoses, I also cleaned off the height mechanism and found what was causing it to be stiff. There was compacted sawdust at the bottom of the gears for the height mechanism. I usually blast this with a dry lube which probably cleaned it out previously but the can was low so I started scrapping it off. It would come off quickly with a penetrating lubricant but mechanicanically removing it by scraping was not real easy. Once removed (and lubed), my height mechanism was back to normal.
I am relating this so that others will know something to check when the mechanism gets a bit stiff. This is probably not the only way this gets hard to move but it was clearly my issue this time.
Jim
While cleaning all the excess dust from under the BT3100 and unplugging the DC hoses, I also cleaned off the height mechanism and found what was causing it to be stiff. There was compacted sawdust at the bottom of the gears for the height mechanism. I usually blast this with a dry lube which probably cleaned it out previously but the can was low so I started scrapping it off. It would come off quickly with a penetrating lubricant but mechanicanically removing it by scraping was not real easy. Once removed (and lubed), my height mechanism was back to normal.
I am relating this so that others will know something to check when the mechanism gets a bit stiff. This is probably not the only way this gets hard to move but it was clearly my issue this time.
Jim
Comment