Boggs Posted June 10, 2004 Report Share Posted June 10, 2004 Both padauk tops and backs for both guitars are now roughed out... Pictured here is the really cool old coping saw Tim has with he and I using it on our tops and backs... Also pictured is the padauk cut to shape sitting on Tim's guitar... Is that thing cool or what?!! Boggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 the belt on the saw looks a little loose to me!!! nice contrasting woods btw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted June 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 The belt is loose, but it doesn't seem to slip at all. Actually, I think it would be better to have the belt slip a bit than to bind up such a fine blade and have it break on ya... That could get painful! The padauk darkens and richens like crazy when it is finished... Really spectacular stuff! We put a thin layer of maple between the padauk and the mahogany to enhance the contrast. When the sides are rounded, this should look spectacular with the padauk being framed by the maple which is in turn being framed by the mahogany... Boggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 yeah, i noticed the maple still id have the belt tighter! i dont like the idea of fingers going into it and being crushed by the pulley! *shudders!* Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boggs Posted June 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 What I would do (and may as a "Thank You" to Tim) is make a guard to go over the entire belt and pulley and have an idler pulley come off of the top of it on the slack side to take up excess slack. The trick would be in that the motor has low start-up torque as the cap is a run cap, not a start cap. You have to pull the belt upon turning on the motor to get it started... What do you want for $2 for the motor and $15 for the saw?! Boggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Hey Boggs. I worked with motors for a few years, and I think that the starting switch is the one that is bad(theres a centrifugal starting switch in every motor with caps on top, ...at least usualy). It doesn't look like a running cap motor since this ones used to have the cap by itself on the outside in order to allow you to invert the direction by switching the leads. Check eighter of the end caps to see if you can see the switch in the inside... if there is one the only thing you need to do is replace it or file the contacts clean, use a file and then a 1500 sand paper to "polish" it in order to prolong the life a little bit. If it doesn't have one (starting switch), then like you said, keep spinning the belt until the motor don't run again. this is a starting cap, and this is how the running cap looks like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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