OCtoolguy

No pics? I don't believe it happened.

"Trained your wife"? Tell me how you managed that. I've been trying to "train my wife" for 50 years and have not done it yet.

Well, I can't say "I feel your pain" but I will pray that you get through it quickly. I know a few folks who have had both knees done with a minimum of discomfort so it should get better every day.

I bought my wife an iPad 8 years ago. It has never been used. Sits under my desk. $600 wasted.

Excellent work. A piece to be proud of. Nice frame job too.

Congrats Barb. Very nice.

Just to be sure, you folks do know this post was posted 2 years ago? I posted it and since then have purchased a very nice wood burning kit use, on eBay. $50.

A very good deal for sure. Congrats. The Gods shown down on you.

Les, I think that's what they mean when they refer to a "woodwind" instrument.

Dick, by all means, download and install Irfanview. It is a great program and nothing to afraid of. I have used it for many years. It is set as my default viewer on my computer so whatever picture I click on, it opens in Irfanview. You can do all sorts of manipulation with it and as mentioned, do a "save as" and it will convert and save whatever you want. Open a PDF and do a save as into jpeg. Simple as that. Just tell it where to save it. I always save everything to my desktop so I can find it.

After Kevin posted this quick fix, I did the same to mine. I also painted a line on my knob so I can tell if it moves.

That sounds like you did very well. How did you get the Hegner? No mention of it in your OP.

Brenda, you might want to take up a new hobby. Maybe something with "PlayDough" comes to mind. LOL>

Where'd you find a $20 phone?

I still have a Canon A-1 with lenses, auto winder, Canon flash. About 2 grand invested. I never did learn how to use it to its full extent. I have really burned through a lot of money with all of my hobbies. I'm so happy I never got into stereo and recording. That's a really deep hole. I did make sure though that I was always on the good side of people who owned swimming pools, mountain cabins, boats and airplanes.

I had one of those contact phone chargers and I have the same phone as you I think. Mine is an S7. Anyway, I used to lay my phone on the charger at night rather than plug it in. It cost me a battery and a new back cover for my phone. The phone got too hot. Anyway, be careful with yours. Mine is in a landfill nearby.

I'm always looking for a project that will challenge me and be useful when it's done. There are so many boxes, bowls and baskets that I want to make and so little time left.

The camera/phone is one of the handiest things I own. I take pictures of everything I do.

Well, that tells you that when you "load" the mechanism, it is removing the "slack" from all the parts and transferring it to some other parts. I'd seriously look at adjusting the tension rod and relieving the area under the tension adjuster cover so that the rod cannot contact the cover. Once that is eliminated, if you still have the noise, then you will know that's not it. But, it's a fairly common and known condition that is very easily fixed. Also, spending a few dollars on the Pegas blade clamps will take the sloppiness out of the area that is now very loose. When I first heard the knocking noise on my used Dewalt, that's when I decided to dig into it. When I got it apart, I found a very loose bolt back toward the motor on the main drive link. Someone had installed the wrong bolt. I replaced it with the right one and installed it the correct direction. While I was in there, I took it all apart from the rear to the front and cleaned and greased every bearing with the Valvoline synthetic grease. That in itself will go a long way toward removing unwanted sounds. I inspected all of the sleeves and found none that required replacing but I could see where there were many that were dry and would have failed. Do yourself a favor and either do it yourself or have a more mechanically inclined friend help you with it. Your saw will outlive you if you do.

Not that I'm unhappy with either of my saws but what is the price of that new table?

After reading and thinking back on my Dewalt, there was a problem with the tension rod that after a while would start a knocking noise. And the fix was fairly easy. It did require a bit of work and some filing but nothing to serious. Go over to Rick's Scrollsaw, Scrollsaws.com, and read on there about the Dewalt tension rod adjustment and the filing away of the underside of the tension rod cover where you make your tension adjustment. You might get away with just a turn or two on the rod to take up some of the slack in it. Very easy fix.

Well, I'll bet Kevin will take it off your hands. And he is fairly close to you.

It's not difficult to take those saws apart. It sounds to me like something has come loose more so than a bearing going bad. A couple of hours on a Saturday afternoon and you will have it apart and more than likely have found your problem. Once you understand how it all works, you'll be able to do it much faster. Watch the video series on Youtube done by Bob Brokaw on a Dewalt. Not that much different.

I don't know about your planer Kevin but I bought a used Delta from a friend and I took some sheet metal and a floor attachment for a Ridgid shop vac and made a way to hook up my Fein vac to it. It works like a charm.

I have kept my eyes open for a couple of years for someone who was selling a used one. I can't see paying that high price for a new one. I'd love to have one though.