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Message: <blockquote data-quote="broadsman" data-source="post: 1547450" data-attributes="member: 38652">Hi all. I'm new to this site and found it looking for solutions to this problem. I'm very impressed at how helpful the contributors are!I agree with many contributors that, in the past, Record Power machines have been let down by inferior materials and flawed engineering / manufacturing. The BS300E is a shining example, a great value-for-money package 'value engineered' down to a price. Being an engineer myself, I see many of the faults would have cost very little or nothing to design out. Add to that the dismissive attitude of the manufacturer after-sales team and I'm left with a rather bad taste, not just on this machine it has to be said. For instance, the blade tension lead screw thread stripped. This is a common fault and the part is clearly not fit for purpose. It would have cost a few pence to fit one which was.My latest gripe is I can't use it any more because I can't adjust the tracking sufficiently. I suspect the root cause is attempting to fit a 3/4 blade, which the manual says is OK. I couldn't get it to track and eventually gave up. Since then , I've found it increasingly difficult to set up  even a 1/2" blade, until yesterday when that also proved impossible. The attached photo screams at me that the wheel carrier has distorted, which would explain a lot! Can anyone offer a view on that?[ATTACH=full]127620[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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