Wade you must be bummed,?
This is a machine design that is done day in and day out with very few issues the more functions built in the more can go wrong.
I have motorized spindles on different machines but would never consider not having manual function with hand wheel .
Strikes me as a risky concept.
Having limited design abilities in motion area myself ?makes it difficult for me.
Funny enough my best system was with salvaged hospital bed motors. 7.00 each if I remember I used to raise bed o n bf731¡¯s.?
Trick is finding gear motors that are free wheeling enough to easily move by hand , easier they are typically the faster the gear ratio faster the speed .?
For me I have only found raising large planner tables up and down to be an issue .?
I have had numerous planers with power rise and fall. ?
But to raise a saw blade or shaper spindle up and down a few turns has never been an issue and don¡¯t see what all the woop t do is about.
I know there is a group that loves the heels and whistles?
I¡¯m in the manual camp with wood machines.
Know I would not consider my mills or lathes to not be other than total power in all axis .
But that¡¯s a whole other ball game.
I hope my clamps have given you some joy !!
Good luck Wade.
Best mac,,
Designing and building for 50 years
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On Jan 19, 2024, at 4:06?PM, Wade Dees <wjdsignature@...> wrote:
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Hi Andy,
I¡¯m dead in the water. ?No manual or override available.
I¡¯ve just had the worst luck with their service. ?This is my third issue with the machine and each time dealing with Felder Tech has been awful! ?
I¡¯ve been lied to and misinformed by my sales person from day one and it¡¯s been down hill ever since. ?
I¡¯m starting to contemplate the selling of my two Felder pieces and just be done with them. ?
Thx,
Wade
On Jan 19, 2024, at 1:53 PM, Andy <andy.raynor08@...> wrote:
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All these issues with the power drive feature. On these higher end saws is there an alternate way to raise and lower the blade (ie handwheel)?? Or are they dead in the water when the power drive goes down?? I looked briefly through the manual and pictures but I don¡¯t see a handwheel for power drive outfitted machines.?
I¡¯m slumming it with the hammer line and stuck using a handwheel like a caveman so forgive the question if it seems obvious.?
Hi James,
Hey I¡¯ve never been over to Austria, but maybe, with their twisted mind set, all of the car dealer lots have their cars up on blocks. ?
* Another side note regarding absolutely horrible Felder service on my Power Drive issue for my K700S.? Saw went down on 1/4, created service ticket on 1/5, I¡¯ve had one call regarding this issue in the last 14 days and that call entailed instructions for me to vacuum and clean out the inside of the cabinet to see if that fixes the issue of the blade not rising.? I told him it¡¯s already been done and it¡¯s spotless inside.?
That was on Tuesday, no word since! ?
Two weeks down and counting. ?
Thx,
Wade
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It is absurd?and ridiculous that a 10K+ saw does not come with a brand new blade. Who would buy a car without tires?
James
Installation/Commissioning on a K700S is $1,395, they also like you to buy a new blade and scorer at the same time, so its there for setup.
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Regards K1 / K2, I've personally got it on my AD941, and I love it, albeit its easy to overshoot your desired thickness, easy to resolve, but wish the incremental up was 0.1mm/push, sometimes can be a pain to get a single momentary push out of it.
For the table saw, I opted for just the Hammer-style "Digital" indicator, for normal saw operation, the digital readout for me is pretty much overkill, would only ever be used for dado tooling, the tilt is a little more helpful, but I found the repeatability of the "Digital" indicator on my A31 machine was fine, so assuming the angle version is simmilar. DRO for the fence is different, I'm likley going to add DRO at a later stage.
That said, if it was a shaper, I'm a proponent of DRO for everything possible, to reduce the need for subjective setup blocks.
-Karl
