I am in the middle of building 2 jewelry boxes and I tried to raise the blade today and something seemed to let go in the elevation mechanism and the blade will not go up -- but it will go down.
I checked under the saw and the horizontal and the vertical bevel gears do turn.
So what do I have to fix? I can't see what is wrong but I hope I don't have to do the dreaded helicoil replacement drill!
Regardless of the fix needed, what is the best method to get at the problem? should I just unbolt the saw from the stand and turn it upside down? will that give me enough access? I have tried w/o success to remove the right side panel but I was never able to remove the receptacle from the panel -- any suggestions?
I forgot to mention that the saw is a bt 3100 and I cleaned and lubed everything about a month ago and it wasn't in bad shape before cleaned it but wanted to get ready for my new projects. Thanks in advance for any suggestions and remedies!
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I checked under the saw and the horizontal and the vertical bevel gears do turn.
So what do I have to fix? I can't see what is wrong but I hope I don't have to do the dreaded helicoil replacement drill!
Regardless of the fix needed, what is the best method to get at the problem? should I just unbolt the saw from the stand and turn it upside down? will that give me enough access? I have tried w/o success to remove the right side panel but I was never able to remove the receptacle from the panel -- any suggestions?
I forgot to mention that the saw is a bt 3100 and I cleaned and lubed everything about a month ago and it wasn't in bad shape before cleaned it but wanted to get ready for my new projects. Thanks in advance for any suggestions and remedies!
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