My brand new Compucarve arrived today. After carefully taking it out of the box, lubing the flexishaft, acquainting myself with the QC, etc. I noticed a crack on the upper black case. A couple pics are attached.
I figured I would take a few pictures and register it with Sears so that I could get it replaced, but figured it was just cosmetic.
So, I finally decided to load a board and seem to have a problem. As I crank the head down, I start getting the clicks after a few turns, as I keep turning the crank it goes down some more, but then just all clicks, meanwhile the head is still 3 or 4 inches above my 1 inch piece of lumber.
That's when I started wondering if that crack is indicating that the corner get smacked and is causing my problem.
For the record, there was no damage at all the box or packing materials.
I know there are folks out there with all kinds of experience and knowledge....what's happening here?