Kept getting clear board sensor, then I get to a point where it stopped working all together.
I'm doing slots in chipboard shelves so it makes a lot of fine dust.
So I popped the top cover off and removed the ribbon cable cover and unplugged the sensor cable the one with the wires going down towards the bottom of the chuck. (This will give you slack to get the sensor out without breaking wires. Remember to pull the slack back up after you reinstall the sensor.) Then I unscrewed the board sensor and unplugged it and carefully popped the cover off because it was full of dust behind the window. Blew it out and plugged it back in and tested it in my hand with a small piece of scrap wood before I closed it back up... working again.
So I got thinking... this is a real PITA to do and I was messing with it lot. (This was the second time I had to take it apart.) So how can I fix this so I won't have to do this again or carefully try and blow it out every time after a few runs?
So I put the window back in and the sensor cover back on and took some black automotive silicone sealer on my finger and smeared it all over the cover and window, making sure I got it in all the seams, around the window and even over the window. Then before it dried, I wiped it off with a paper towel and made sure I cleaned the window, but left the silicone in the seams around the window and cover. And put it back together and let it dry. Then I retested the sensor before I screwed it back in to the machine.
Since then, I have run 13 boards and haven't had any problems, before that I started having problems after the 4th board. And it stopped working after the 10th board.
Donations are welcome...
Bob