amazingkevin Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Scrappile, I was wondering the same thing. The saw is only 3 years old but I don't want to put a lot of money into it. Hopefully all I need is new brushes. We'll see tomorrow when I bring it in. Good luck taking it to the dealer .You already know how that works if you have a new car .4 times as much as Ralph's car repair down the street! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorcier Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 I am absolutely Kevin's comments made sense to someone versed in electric/electronics.... but it was all Greek to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC Scroller Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 I love fixing things! Now a 1.5 amp motor isn't going to smoke when something happens to it because of the low amperage.I pick up fans alot that are brand new folks throw away .What ends up happening is the fan blew over and caused it to over heat before someone could put it right side up again.It took me a while to figure out what was wrong with them as they looked brand new inside.No dust,no burn marks ,no smell so it had to be something easy.Well i dissected the motor carefully and on every fan the black wire had a thermostor connected to it and that was stuffed inside a hole in the motor field winding's which get hot before anything else if there's to much load .I just twisted the thermostor wires together and runs just fine The thremoster is the same size as a 1/4 watt carbon resistor encased in a asbestos or fiberglass woven sock or incased in a black heat shrink plastic.I do the same thing with nice speakers people throw away.Every time the problem is in the weakest point the solder joint.The solder connections coming off the voice coil that are glued on the speaker paper cone is where the break is .just use a razor blade and scrap off the varnish before and after the soldered connection and test with an ohm meter.I've repaired and fixed hundreds of dollar free speakers like this that were in cars with big amps or musical amps.Harbor freight has ohm meters for $5.00 or sometimes free one to a customer .A lot cheaper than a new motor ;)A little detective work and you to will be a highly sought after dw788 repairman! Gee to bad you can do a photo shoot on a Dewalt motor. I have a TYpe 1 sitting in the corner I would love to be able to fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted September 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 (edited) Well everyone, I took my saw to the repair center and they offered a complete fix on anything that is wrong for $259.00.They can't go over that amount so if it's the motor which cost 282.00, then I'm getting a deal, plus they go through the whole saw and tune it up and replace anything that needs replacing. The only thing is it will take about 4 weeks they said. Well I told them to fix it and I think I will look for another saw for a spare. I'm thinking maybe an Excalibur 20 inch. Any suggestions out there. Edited September 8, 2015 by rdatelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Ralph, if it is in your budget, go for the Excalibur. It will become your primary saw and the DeWalt the back up, I promise. The Ex is a great saw. I have had both and have been sorry I didn't keep my DeWalt as a backup and forgot wanting the Hegner. It would have been a much better fit for me. An Ex with an Ex backup would have even been a better fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted September 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Paul, I'm looking at them online. The cheapest one so far is about $800.00. I'm debating weather to look at a used one of buy new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 I have only run across one used on, in my neck of the US one time. If you can find a used one in good shape at a good price, congratulations! They do not come up often. I bought mine from Seyco. Great place to do business. The 21" with stand and foot pedal is $899 free shipping. That is about as good a price as I have seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Having a spare saw is a must! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotshot Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 You may have already done this already, but if the fuse isn't blown, my first troubleshooting step would be to run a short wire and totally bypass the switch. ------------Randy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted September 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Randy, I tried bypassing the switch but still didn't work. It's in the shop now at the DeWalt repair center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Randy, I tried bypassing the switch but still didn't work. It's in the shop now at the DeWalt repair center. Did you look at the circuit board inside the machine i the back of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC Scroller Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Ralph I hope you fair better then a guy in my club. He took his Type 1 in for that rebuild deal. Two weeks later they returned to him a Type 2 saw with his table and sticker off the old motor. He knew it was a different saw because he had some tell tale marks on the old housing, the blade clamps were totally different from his and the vertical blade movement was way out of wack. The folks at the Dewalt center refused to tell him how the rebuilds are done. The blade travel was so bad he could not use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa K Posted May 8, 2021 Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 My delta 50-540 keeps blowing the fuses. My husband tried to cut a piece of oak and the blade hung up and blew the 3 amp fuse. A quick trip to Lowes to buy replacements and it blew both fuses. Help!! It was running fine beforehand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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