Table saw issues EB PKF255

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Mcluma

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I took yesterday evening some time out from other pressing work to set up my cabinet saw in the new garage.

The saw -Elektra Beckum PKF255- had been in storage for around a year, and up to now I managed quite well with the Bosch GTS-10 – but its nice to have the bigger table and sliding table to use, especially when cutting large sheets – yes the Mafell track saw is good, but to get solid 90% cuts, you cannot beat a table saw – and the Bosch table is just a little bit to small to balance big boards.

So after dragging the machine out of storage, having it cleaned and full set-up (fully levelled the 2m sliding table) I noticed that the rise and fall wasn’t working properly, and on the next turn, it completely seized. Well to be precise, I could keep turning the handle without the blade coming up or going down.
This was not how I had put it into storage – a quick inspection showed that the spindle was turning but the pull bolt wasn’t

I noticed that the pull bolt is made out of brass, so I presume that all the thread has disappeared from inside that bolt


That stopped me for the evening. I have ordered a new pull bolt from Powertool Spares – (£6, - plus shipping) but noticed that the expected dispatch date is 1st of Feb. – Great!!!

I hope all these breakdowns will stop now (I only put a new capacitor and drive belt on it last year)

Now I have to get the Bosch down from the top floor
 
I thought to take the Sunday morning to fit the part, but what seemed to be a very quick job, became a full days work.

To replace this part


IMG_0356 by mcluma, on Flickr

As seen here


photo by mcluma, on Flickr

I had to take the saw completely apart. Which also gave me the opportunity as to investigate in more detail as to why it had seized? I thought it had to do with an earlier incorrectly executed repair but now I could clearly see as to why it had broken.

The machine has a very wired pivoting mechanism, which can be seen below


photo by mcluma, on Flickr

The motor hangs on a ring, with a little flange of 5mm which is just 1mm proud of the metal fixing plate

Well it’s very easy to get a lot of saw dust in there which over time will just stop any movement.

So after cleaning it I could finally start to re-assemble the machine.

The movement is now very smooth; it will now be on the list of items to watch out for


photo by mcluma, on Flickr


photo by mcluma, on Flickr
 
Pleased to see you are up and running, it seems a strange way of doing things for a quality saw.

James
 
Hi

Thinking about buying one of these but the guy selling doesn't know a lot. Could you tell me if the saw will run off a standard 13A socket? Hows it with cutting say 50mm walnut/cherry? Cheers
 
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