I was merrily working away yesterday when I discovered I need to use my band saw.I have it mounted on a bt3k base so I grabbed the handles and proceeded to move it into the centre of the garage. What I failed to notice was I hadn't put the bolts back to anchor it to the top.
Sod's law being what it is, I caught the base on some lumber and it went crashing onto the floor. It landed smack on the table and snapped the casting that mounts it to the frame. The air in the garage was blue when I saw the bottom of the table.
I've looked on the Hitachi website and they don't even list the owners manual for it so I'm not sure if I'll get much assistance from them. Does anyone here know of a place to get parts for discontinued Hitachi tools? It may be possible to get the casting welded but I'm concerned the heat from welding might affect the flatness of the table.
Sod's law being what it is, I caught the base on some lumber and it went crashing onto the floor. It landed smack on the table and snapped the casting that mounts it to the frame. The air in the garage was blue when I saw the bottom of the table.
I've looked on the Hitachi website and they don't even list the owners manual for it so I'm not sure if I'll get much assistance from them. Does anyone here know of a place to get parts for discontinued Hitachi tools? It may be possible to get the casting welded but I'm concerned the heat from welding might affect the flatness of the table.

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