Mitchell Andrus
03-08-2010, 7:07 PM
I'm planning on picking one of these up once I'm in the new shop and something caught my eye in the manual. Every 50 or so hours of use you're supposed to check for sawdust collecting in the brake cartridge. Sawdust may keep the brake from functioning properly or at all according to the manual. (on-line PCS manual, p. 86)
Those of you with Sawstops, can you have a look and let us know whether there's a collection of dust in the brake cartridge and about how many hours has it been in use? Have you even checked this before now? If you find sawdust in the cartridge, do you plan to toss it and buy a new one?
This is potentially an important item to be aware of. I run my saw 10 to 15 hours a week. This can get expensive really fast.
Those of you with Sawstops, can you have a look and let us know whether there's a collection of dust in the brake cartridge and about how many hours has it been in use? Have you even checked this before now? If you find sawdust in the cartridge, do you plan to toss it and buy a new one?
This is potentially an important item to be aware of. I run my saw 10 to 15 hours a week. This can get expensive really fast.