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I purchased several items from a retired machine tool scraper hand. One of the items was a blue Biax.
While testing the tool, with the seller, the power cord was bad and smoked the extension cord.
I replaced the power cord, plugged it in and it ran great!
Several years ago I attended one of Richard Kings classes. When we got to the stage of using power scrapers. I plugged it in and started scraping. About an hour in Boom! Zap! Poof! Large flame came out the side and a 20 amp circuit breaker popped. Everyone in the class had the same look on their face... : (
That was November 2014.
Today I finally decide it is time to look into what went wrong. Popped open the side panel, where the power cord goes in the rear of the tool.
There was an extra screw inside the case! The extra screw is burnt and black. No ones fault but mine. There are two screws that hold the power wire in place. When I installed the new cable. I lost a screw. Well... I found the screw. The burnt extra screw...
After looking at the brushes, still in good shape. I figure I have nothing to loose. Plug it in, dawn safety glasses, hit the switch.
Runs like a top!! Happy, happy, happy!!!
toolman_ar
While testing the tool, with the seller, the power cord was bad and smoked the extension cord.
I replaced the power cord, plugged it in and it ran great!
Several years ago I attended one of Richard Kings classes. When we got to the stage of using power scrapers. I plugged it in and started scraping. About an hour in Boom! Zap! Poof! Large flame came out the side and a 20 amp circuit breaker popped. Everyone in the class had the same look on their face... : (
That was November 2014.
Today I finally decide it is time to look into what went wrong. Popped open the side panel, where the power cord goes in the rear of the tool.
There was an extra screw inside the case! The extra screw is burnt and black. No ones fault but mine. There are two screws that hold the power wire in place. When I installed the new cable. I lost a screw. Well... I found the screw. The burnt extra screw...
After looking at the brushes, still in good shape. I figure I have nothing to loose. Plug it in, dawn safety glasses, hit the switch.
Runs like a top!! Happy, happy, happy!!!
toolman_ar
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