karossii
10-17-2009, 05:34 AM
Last year, mid December in fact, I purchased a CarveWright from a reseller, they were having a great special (or so I thought... was more or less normal pricing for a reseller, I later found). I thought I would have the unit before the end of the year, but I was wrong, of course.
In fact, it didn't arrive for 7 or 8 weeks, I don't remember the exact date but it was early February by the time I got it.
And in that time my situation had changed. My lease had come up and my business wasn't going so great (I run my own businesses)... so we ended up moving and downsizing our rent payments along with the house.
From the day the CarveWright arrived to the day we moved was less than a week; and I knew we would be moving so I didn't bother unpacking it before the move. It was the very first thing to be moved in, in fact, placed in the back of the garage still in its pretty box.
We get to the new place, and the garage has been stuffed full of other miscellany on top of my meager collection of tools and hobby stuff. And I couldn't get to the CarveWright for a long time to open it up and start using it.
So long, that its still in the box today, in fact...8 months later.
Finances have turned around a bit and are looking up; combined with a bit of fortune in a great housing deal dropping in my lap, and I just purchased a new place. One which has room for me to set up an actual dedicated workshop to support my hobbies (and a few planned remodeling projects).
We'll be moving in the next few weeks, and it will take me a few more weeks to set up the shop (it is in the middle of my priority list)... so I probably have anther month or more before I even open that box up!
My biggest fear is that when I open the box, I will find some shipping damage (though the box looks fine so I don't really think so), or some factory defect (more likely scenario, but again I don't think it is a great chance), etc.; and having waited so long to get to it, my Warranty will be almost expired already. Nothing anyone can do about that though, right? So that's not the point of this thread.
No, I came here to ask what out of the box maintenance I will need to do on a unit that has sat in my garage unopened for 8 or 9 months.
In December/January I was spending a ton of time on these forums and elsewhere, excited and eager to get started. I remember a lot of concern with greasing the flex shaft. I also participated in a few discussions on down-draft tables and such setups... (and still intend to build one). But my board activity dwindled as more time went on and I continued to not open up and use the CarveWright. And by now, I have forgotten most of what I had picked up and planned to do.
I tried to start searching the forums again, looking for all of the appropriate info; but after a few failed attempts to find stuff I vaguely remember as being important... well I thought I'd just come on here and ask you guys for advice/input.
Thanks for any help you can provide!
- Ken
In fact, it didn't arrive for 7 or 8 weeks, I don't remember the exact date but it was early February by the time I got it.
And in that time my situation had changed. My lease had come up and my business wasn't going so great (I run my own businesses)... so we ended up moving and downsizing our rent payments along with the house.
From the day the CarveWright arrived to the day we moved was less than a week; and I knew we would be moving so I didn't bother unpacking it before the move. It was the very first thing to be moved in, in fact, placed in the back of the garage still in its pretty box.
We get to the new place, and the garage has been stuffed full of other miscellany on top of my meager collection of tools and hobby stuff. And I couldn't get to the CarveWright for a long time to open it up and start using it.
So long, that its still in the box today, in fact...8 months later.
Finances have turned around a bit and are looking up; combined with a bit of fortune in a great housing deal dropping in my lap, and I just purchased a new place. One which has room for me to set up an actual dedicated workshop to support my hobbies (and a few planned remodeling projects).
We'll be moving in the next few weeks, and it will take me a few more weeks to set up the shop (it is in the middle of my priority list)... so I probably have anther month or more before I even open that box up!
My biggest fear is that when I open the box, I will find some shipping damage (though the box looks fine so I don't really think so), or some factory defect (more likely scenario, but again I don't think it is a great chance), etc.; and having waited so long to get to it, my Warranty will be almost expired already. Nothing anyone can do about that though, right? So that's not the point of this thread.
No, I came here to ask what out of the box maintenance I will need to do on a unit that has sat in my garage unopened for 8 or 9 months.
In December/January I was spending a ton of time on these forums and elsewhere, excited and eager to get started. I remember a lot of concern with greasing the flex shaft. I also participated in a few discussions on down-draft tables and such setups... (and still intend to build one). But my board activity dwindled as more time went on and I continued to not open up and use the CarveWright. And by now, I have forgotten most of what I had picked up and planned to do.
I tried to start searching the forums again, looking for all of the appropriate info; but after a few failed attempts to find stuff I vaguely remember as being important... well I thought I'd just come on here and ask you guys for advice/input.
Thanks for any help you can provide!
- Ken