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Posted by stryped on April 14, 2008, 5:24 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Agree totally with first reply. =A0 Take a close look at the edge of the
> wheel. =A0I'll bet it is rounded or of a veee shape instead of nice and
> square (straight across).
> =A0 =A0In my experience this condition can be caused by cutting very wide
> stock, let's say anything over about 1/2" thick by about 3 or 4 inches
> wide with the stock laying down in the vise on it's wide side. =A0The
> wheel does not like to be contacting a lot of stock at any one time.
> =A0 =A0Once I make several cuts in a 1" thick by 5 inch wide bar. =A0I fin=
ally
> gave up and used my old reciprocating power hack saw.
> =A0 =A0Another thing that can cause this problem is if you are forcing the=
> wheel into the work crooked. =A0This causes wear on the SIDES of the
> wheel, so it has to cut more and more material as it goes down through
> the work as the sides contact the unremoved metal. =A0In this case, toss
> the wheel and start all over, making sure alignment is correct and that
> nothing is loose under the wheel.
>
> Pete Stanaitis
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> stryped wrote:
> > I have a 6 year old or so Delta chop saw. It does not seem to cut as
> > well as it once did and seems to loose power or spin slower than
> > normal while cutting.
>
> > Are there brushes or somethign that should be replaced in it?- Hide quot=
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But I have bought a new abraisve wheel and it still cuts bad. (It is
meant to be a chop saw by the way. It is not a miter saw.)
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>well as it once did and seems to loose power or spin slower than
>normal while cutting.
>
>Are there brushes or somethign that should be replaced in it?