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This is a machine I purchased originally but had too many problems as the shipper sent me a damaged machine hoping I'd let it slide

i I got full refund immediately and shipper told me to keep it

i tried to give it away to someone who can fix it and own it

after no responses I put it in shed and today I got it out

tomorrow my son and his father-in-law is coming tomorrow for bbq and my sons fil is a tinkerer

he has fixed many machines and resold them

my son said he can fix it and with his fil help I believe they can

im just not willing to invest that much

so before they get here a few questions

where is best place to get replacement parts for an excalibur

next I made a list of what I know is wrong or broke

first the on off switch is hanging off but I have foot pedal plugged in and it works fine with that so on off switch doesn't bother me if not simple fix

nrxt the blade screw in knob does not screw in and hold on top obviously the piece needs to be replaced prolly a simple fix if not expensive

next no knob on variable speed control

but it works fine again don't need the knob but simple fix

no the real problem

the tensioning system /knob does not work either way tighten or loosen

that could be a major problem so any suggestions are welcome 

Now if anyone near Nassau count wants a crack at the tensioning knob and knows what they are doing I'll treat to lunch and dinnet

otherwise I'll let the two of them take it home 

since it would only be a backup machine I'm not willing to put more then 50 bucks in parts 

Any suggestions or help is always appreciated

 

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I would start with Ray Seymour at Seyco.  He was the US distributor for Excalibur for many years and knows more about them than most anyone.  The only caveat would be if your saw was a Chinese manufactured saw.  Around 2018 or thereabouts, Excalibur moved manufacturing of the EX-21 to China.  Ray stopped selling them, instead developing and selling his own saw under the Seyco name.  The saws are similar but I don't think all parts are interchangeable between the Taiwan made EX-21 2016 & earlier) and Chinesemade EX-21 (post 2018).

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I.D. tag is blurry but it looks like it says made in Canada. Pegas blade chucks would fix the more important issues as far as blade clamping and tensioning but they're more around $100 ish so that's not going to be in the budget you mentioned.. Not sure how much the replacement original style chucks are but I really wouldn't waste my money on them when the Pegas are so much better made. 

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Made in China so I'm already guessing it won't be worth to fix unless it's only 25 dollars worth of parts

the tinkerer has a hoarde of parts so I'll let him examine it anyway

i remember years ago a metal gear broke in my powermatic bandsaw and powermatic part was 20 bucks

We ordered the gear from e replacement parts for 2 bucks and my son took the saw apart and it's worked better since so I won't lose faith until he tells me it's not worth the effort 

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