Tim Rinehart
08-13-2012, 1:58 PM
Ok...I'm working on a green piece of wood making a bowl this weekend and I have a remote switch from PM for my 3520, the little red/yellow remote units. I notice the wood is starting to move a bit...so gotta finish soon. I stopped the lathe to check the piece and then restart...and the lathe won't start!!:confused:
I tried cycling all power and then when that didn't work, killed power and opened the remote switch, suspecting it first. Bingo:D. In hindsight, I could easily have been able to check the spare set of contacts on the back where the two wires from the lathe plug in, but decided to see if I could open the contacts up and clean them anyway. After all, if the one set went...the other wasn't far even it did work temporarily. The switch pops out of the faceplate, and then has some very easy to move prongs that allow opening the switch up. Pieces of copper holding the contact immediately fall out, but it's a no-brainer on putting back together to line up the contacts and such. Really, anyone would figure it out, litterally just 2 identical contact bars is all that comes loose easily. The contacts had some dust and gunk in them, and after cleaning and reassembling in about 5 minutes...back in action.:cool:
Ok...same bowl, about a half hour later....
I have a dust collector that is set into a corner of my shop with wall panels around it for noise deadening, a few screws holding covers in place, etc...and a remote PSI dust collector starter that has been flawless for 3 years, which is good, as it takes some getting to access the plug on the dust collector or it's switch. I pushed the button to start the DC and nothing:(. Checked power of battery...good.
It took about 10 minutes to get to the 'receiver' end of the unit and re-performed the instructions on it for re-establishing the connection between the receiver and the transmitter (the remote part). Voila!:D
Just about as goofy a day as I could imagine...ok, I guess had the lights gone out over the lathe...that would spell some kind of paranormal activity. :eek: For now...I'll just consider it an odd coincidence!
I tried cycling all power and then when that didn't work, killed power and opened the remote switch, suspecting it first. Bingo:D. In hindsight, I could easily have been able to check the spare set of contacts on the back where the two wires from the lathe plug in, but decided to see if I could open the contacts up and clean them anyway. After all, if the one set went...the other wasn't far even it did work temporarily. The switch pops out of the faceplate, and then has some very easy to move prongs that allow opening the switch up. Pieces of copper holding the contact immediately fall out, but it's a no-brainer on putting back together to line up the contacts and such. Really, anyone would figure it out, litterally just 2 identical contact bars is all that comes loose easily. The contacts had some dust and gunk in them, and after cleaning and reassembling in about 5 minutes...back in action.:cool:
Ok...same bowl, about a half hour later....
I have a dust collector that is set into a corner of my shop with wall panels around it for noise deadening, a few screws holding covers in place, etc...and a remote PSI dust collector starter that has been flawless for 3 years, which is good, as it takes some getting to access the plug on the dust collector or it's switch. I pushed the button to start the DC and nothing:(. Checked power of battery...good.
It took about 10 minutes to get to the 'receiver' end of the unit and re-performed the instructions on it for re-establishing the connection between the receiver and the transmitter (the remote part). Voila!:D
Just about as goofy a day as I could imagine...ok, I guess had the lights gone out over the lathe...that would spell some kind of paranormal activity. :eek: For now...I'll just consider it an odd coincidence!