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I sent a copy of the video to the local dewalt service centre and received this response...

The saw itself cuts very well - though I've seen a lot of negative reviews for it this is the first 'issue' for me with it. I have searched for others with similar sparking issues and found this on another site - So all could be normal after all, though I'm not a fan of seeing sparks in the...

Thanks, it was intentionally formed - when I started to plane it I noticed a badly positioned split, rather than cut it flat I decided to make it into a feature of the piece.

Thanks I just had another read through and think I've checked most things, when I discussed it with a friend they suggested it could be a design feature - electric brake to slow the blade quicker than it would if left to spin freely.

I replaced the brushes and gave everything a clean, sadly it's still sparking especially when I turn it off. Someone suggested that it could be normal like this but it doesn't look right to me.

Small memory box out of Tiger Striped Oak and Beech for the sides.

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

I've had a Dewalt DWE7485 for a couple of years now, today I noticed the motor was sparking when I start and stop the saw (it's worse when I stop it). I blasted the motor with some air in case something was stuck in there but I'm wondering if it's the brushes? Any thoughts?

I was given a Wadkin MJ3435 Bandsaw last year, it had a known fault in that it wouldn't always start up, I changed the capacitor and the bandsaw has worked okay for a few months and now when I press the start button it just struggles to start moving and essentially just turns over slowly. I'm...

I bought a #4 Faithful a few years ago then didn’t get chance to use it for a year or two as I moved house and workshop. When I came to use it I discovered it was needing a lot of fettling, luckily I’d just read Schwartz’s book on hand planes https://amzn.to/3SSj8k4 so I spent a day flattening...

I take my smart watch off before I go the workshop as I don't want the distraction, it's always on when I'm not in there though. Besides, from past experience I tend to damage watches quite quickly in the workshop which isn't something I want to do with a few hundred pounds worth of watch ;)

I have a Tend Airshield Pro which I've used on and off for over a year, today the ear defenders kept popping off whenever I adjusted them which became very annoying. Has anyone had this happen to them, the clip on the ear defenders which click into the headpiece look quite weak, I could glue...

From my experience the quality control at Clifton isn't what it used to be. I purchased a #4 plane earlier this year and needed to use it straight away but it took a fair bit of fettling, when I mention this to Clifton's customer support they essentially said I wasn't in a position to say that...

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Thanks, we think the wood is oak, I was offered five pieces of it many years ago and for a while they formed a playground in the chicken run before I found a use for them. I sanded them smooth but did nothing else to them but they work well as speaker stands around the room.