K940S...Has anyone experience the belt speed sensors throwing on the "fault" light because the sensors are constantly getting covered in dust!? First time it happened, a quick call to Felder instructed me to just clean the sensors. That definitely is the fix but is anyone aware of any mods or advice that can help to avoid this from occurring? I take rather good care of this machine with regular cleaning/maintenance and am rather displeased with what I feel is a bad design on Felder's part. This seems to happen way more often than I would expect especially considering regular cleaning. It just seems rather silly to use an optical sensor in a place where it can so easily get covered by dust and then be such a pain to crawl under the machine and have to clean or change the belts through that small door.??
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I'm coming up on two years of ownership on this machine and constantly find myself a bit frustrated with a few things I had noticed during recent servicing including loose switches on the control panel and parts of the slide table locking mechanism coming loose. I also had the blade height mechanism lock at max height once and not react at all to any of the control switches. After speaking with tech support, they advised me to disconnect the motor from the terminal strips and power it with a 20v drill battery to make it move off it's limit. After a brief move with the drill batt and then reconnecting it, I've never had it occur again but seriously? They knew enough to know it happens and immediately offer a "fix" but no explanation as to why it occurred or how to make an adjustment? Just seemed a bit odd.
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Is anyone else displeased with the build quality of these tools? I feel for the most part everything is fine but there are just some things I am noticing that makes me question their quality and longevity when comparing to other major manufacturers such as Martin or Altendorf.?
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I would love to hear some opinions as I will soon be planning a new shop build, had considered purchasing other machines they offer but don't know if that seems like the best idea after these experiences.?
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