Recent content by slowburner

David, thank you very much for that. You are spot on about the lubrication of the half moon bracket - I presume that over the years the weight of the motor pulls the rise and fall assembly tighter and tighter to the panel resulting in increased friction/resistance.

Hey CroppyBoy, I had me eye on that saw! I'm sure you've checked already but just in case - your blade's not warped, is it? Might talk to you some time back in the other place!

The rise and fall mechanism on my ts 2500 (it's 8 years old or so) was gradually getting stiffer and stiffer until eventually the threads on the spindle nut stripped. Needless to say, this happened while I was in the middle of a staircase build. Not having a replacement part and not having the...