Chopping Problem Fixed-Who would know

[Rubsterwine]

A while back my Hegner scroll saw sounded like it was chopping its way thru the wood rather than sawing. I got a few replies, but nothing helped. I decided to take the saw apart and replace anything that was in question, well I did that and could not find anything wrong. Later that day I was looking at the saw and decided that I always use the foot pedal to operate the saw, so I turned the physical on off switch on and off a few times and guess what the saw started to work correctly. According to Wolfgang at Advanced Machinery the dust can make the contact intermittent. Really glad that is done.

[bobscroll]

Hi Tom, Glad you got there in the end, Sometimes we look at things and can't seem to get anywere with it...Then you think of trying another idea...Then WOW! I fixed it! We never stop learning do we lol,

Bob 

 

[Rubsterwine]

Thanks Bob you are so right

Tom

[meflick]

Glad to hear you were able to find a simple solution that fixed your problem. Sorry you didn’t find it until you had taken the saw apart. 

[lawson56]

Fantastic! Great to here you got your problem taken care of.

[Scrappile]

Thanks for the update.  This is something I will fill away in case I experience similar problems.  Glad you got it fixed and so easily.

[OCtoolguy]

On my Hegner, there was a soft membrane rubber cover over the switch. Is yours the same? I can't imagine how the dust is getting past that if you have it. I'm going to try to make mine as dust free as possible now that I know it can become a problem. Thanks for posting your fix.