James McCabe Posted May 24, 2020 Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 I just picked up a Hawk 220VS Ultra s#36724 . I was my neibor father-in-laws it has been sitting in shed for several years I tried it it ran so I thought no problems. I get it home put a blade in and the motor overload pops after 1-2 seconds. Any thoughts. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted May 24, 2020 Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 If having a blade in it did the fuse in .Change the fuse and try it again like it was before you took it home,Maybe blade less?That is where I'd start to find out what's wrong.Keep us posted! Thanks for asking! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Posted May 24, 2020 Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 Wow, that's too bad. I've had my Hawk 226 for 10-15 yrs and never a problem. No ideas but hope you can get it fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James McCabe Posted May 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 9 minutes ago, amazingkevin said: If having a blade in it did the fuse in .Change the fuse and try it again like it was before you took it home,Maybe blade less?That is where I'd start to find out what's wrong.Keep us posted! Thanks for asking! I had the same thought process . Removed blade and had same results. Maybe Speed Control? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted May 24, 2020 Report Share Posted May 24, 2020 You have a short somewhere amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted May 25, 2020 Report Share Posted May 25, 2020 Welcome to the village... I have the same saw, You might look at the bearings in the arm that connects from the motor up through to the lower arm.. I have a older Hawk that had done similar and those bearings was almost seized up.. Not sure that would do it but I've had to replace those bearings on two of my Hawk saws.. I'm wondering if it's putting load on the motor and popping the fuse.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted June 6, 2020 Report Share Posted June 6, 2020 Good luck with you Hawk. They are one of the top saws out there. I found one at an estate sale for $65. Boy was i excited. They could not find the stand for it but my son had a metal stand for a portable table saw. I sanded off a little rust and painted it the same red as the saw and it looked like it belonged to it. I really did not like it very much and gave it to my daughter, who still has it and uses it fairly often. Glad you found us here in The Village and I hope you stick around so we all can get to know you better Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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