bizbiki
07-23-2008, 06:31 PM
After having my share of troubles with the actual CW machine which included a couple of flexshafts, board sensor, traction belt replacement, QC replacement, cut motor magnet replacement, cover switch replacement, etc,. Which has resulted in one trip to Houston for repair, as well as numerous trips to this forum in order to have an issue diagnosed and cured; I have a had a resultant revelaton that I thought that I should share here and wish that I had heeded way back when I first got my machine.
I started to think that perhaps the CWs (at least mine) were quite fragile and not really for a guy like me who just wanted to continue to become a better woodworker by expanding what they were capable of making.
While my machine was in Houston I realized that my machine sure seemed to work much better when it was new "just out of the box". But then again I realized that I only had about 80 hours on it.
At that point I decided that when my machine got back from Texas, that I would not just wipe it down every so often (usually after several carves) but would instead keep it as clean as possible during and after each carve; though the use of a downdraft table connected to a dust system as well as a shopvac while doing longer carves (after making sure that I am properly grounded), removing and lubricating each bit everytime I use it before putting it away, as well as lubing the inside of QC after taking care to clean it out. In other words making the machine look like a new one after each carve.
Since I have been keepng the CW clean I am happy to report that I have had zero problems with it, IMHO if you keep your carvewright as clean as you could you will certainly avoid a whole lot of major problems.
I sure hope I didn't just jinx myself.
I started to think that perhaps the CWs (at least mine) were quite fragile and not really for a guy like me who just wanted to continue to become a better woodworker by expanding what they were capable of making.
While my machine was in Houston I realized that my machine sure seemed to work much better when it was new "just out of the box". But then again I realized that I only had about 80 hours on it.
At that point I decided that when my machine got back from Texas, that I would not just wipe it down every so often (usually after several carves) but would instead keep it as clean as possible during and after each carve; though the use of a downdraft table connected to a dust system as well as a shopvac while doing longer carves (after making sure that I am properly grounded), removing and lubricating each bit everytime I use it before putting it away, as well as lubing the inside of QC after taking care to clean it out. In other words making the machine look like a new one after each carve.
Since I have been keepng the CW clean I am happy to report that I have had zero problems with it, IMHO if you keep your carvewright as clean as you could you will certainly avoid a whole lot of major problems.
I sure hope I didn't just jinx myself.