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Re: which version to get

 

Good info, thanks Alan, I'll follow that up. Arduino is cheap enough if from China, but not $12-cheap.?
Arron, if your blade comes off easily, although it's a 'safety feature' it must be very frustrating.? It's probably in need of some tracking adjustment.? The blade should just skim both rear guide rollers and I suspect the lower and maybe even the upper is pushed hard into the blade.? Back both away until both are visibly clear of the blade and then bring them forward. Unfortunately that will upset your squareness so that will have to be done afterwards. Maybe the safety feature is worth putting up with....
You've revised my opinion of UL Jim, thankyou for that - jv? ?


On Tue, 2 Feb 2021, 3:31 am Alan Muller, <alan@...> wrote:
I don'r know of any power tool that needs overload protection more than these saws.? They are often run unattended and can easily jam.? But overload protection can easily enough be added to a motor.

This is one approach:?

But note that these things, which used to cost $25 or so, have gotten absurdly expensive.? But they can be scrounged.? The "heater" needs to be matched to the motor/how hard you want to work the motor.

IEC overloads are cheaper and adjustable:?

A key thing to note is to NOT use a motor with auto-reset protection (no red button).? These reset when they cool off and might start when you are messing with the blade.

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At 07:24 AM 2/1/2021 -0600, you wrote:
On 2/1/2021 3:24 AM, John Vreede wrote:

I don't know of any OEM motors that have thermal overload re-sets, but Grizzly sell replacement motors for machine tools, that I believe, have them. - jv


? You are correct , the motor on mine is s Griz and it does have TO protection . I too burned my original up while cutting unattended .

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