Excitement in the shop...

[herveus]

So there I was cutting some wood on the bandsaw. There was an occasional odd rumble-ish act from the blade, but nothing obvious. Then there was a loud bang, followed by dead silence. I cut the motor and examined the machine.

The first thing I noticed was that the top wheel was potruding above the top shell. That's very bad.

While I was pulling the covers, my boys came down to check on the noise. Loud bangs from the shop can be a very bad thing. Behind the bottom cover, I found the problem. The axle for the bottom wheel had snapped clean off. I suspect that the rumble was the crack progressing and the wheel wobbling a tiny bit.

I think it can be repaired; I'm talking with Grizzly customer service about it.

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[herveus.livejournal.com]

I got a reply this morning from customer service with suitable words of sympathy and a PDF of the parts list for the bandsaw. It appears that I can simply get a replacement shaft (and a replacement for the blade guard that got busted along the way).

[pedropadrao.livejournal.com]

Were those parts still under warranty? What's the pain?

[herveus.livejournal.com]

No warranty...

I haven't priced the parts, and I'll need to add a nut to the list, since I had to remove it destructively to get the stub of the shaft out of the bearings...but it's apart now.