shopping list question

[bergerud]

Do the cut motor test and play a little with the cover to see if the problem was the right cover switch not closing.

[oscarl48]

lol. Dan thanks. I will. I hope it isn't something simple like that. I just ordered all the piece parts.

(I know. I still need the piece parts)

P.S. Thanks for the help last night. I know it was an obvious solution for you but I have been so focused on learning blender that I really don't know designer very well. Trying to remedy that.

[oscarl48]

Okay. I feel a little silly but another learning opportunity I guess. Got home early from work and ran all the tests. They all passed. So I relooked at the cut motor hours...125 hrs. I had incorrectly been looking at the total machine on time which was 200+hrs. So its probably not the motor. It may be a cover switch issue though I will still have to troubleshoot. Fault came up only after I lifted the cover to pause the machine both times. I did reset the computer by turning off the machine in-between.

I am going to take the opportunity to tear it apart, give it a nice deep cleaning, lube it up and install the dust collector. I am hoping to save the sign I was carving by re-carving it. You can see where it stopped the first time and then where it stopped on the second time. Sign will be 12"x24" when done.

[oscarl48]

looks like it might have been the cover switch. Tore the machine apart and gave it a good cleaning and oiled all the moving parts. Installed the dust collector and did about 5 hours of carving today. Saved the sign but lost some of the detail trying to sand away the lines where the carve had stalled previously. I know I can recarve slightly deeper but I am happy with it. It was only a test carve for a draft pattern I am making (the dragon). I am pleased with the dragon scale background. Tomorrow I will cut some curves around the edge with the band saw, round over the edges and seal. It should be a lot of fun to paint.

Thanks again for all the advice.

[Digitalwoodshop]

Good Job on the Maintenance and installing the Dust Collector. Very nice Artwork and Design.

AL

[oscarl48]

Thank you. The dragon pattern still needs a little bit more work but its a good start.