saw blades where to purchase?

[timmydabull]

you were right $155 for complete downfeed assy. new

cant beat that.

[DareBee]

Glad to hear it.

[rowbare]

Originally Posted by timmydabull you were right $155 for complete downfeed assy. new cant beat that.

Especially since you won't have to monkey around with it to make it work. Sounds like you are a production shop, so time not spent fixing machines is time doing billable work.

bob

[DareBee]

Doesn't seem to me that Timmy is production, but either way that is money well spent considering a hack job would still cost the same in parts + a day or two labour.

[timmydabull]

14 days later a $29 flow control valve shows up with a $176 bill,guy at hyd mech says send us photos of the cylinder,i say they were sent 2 weeks ago,then states i dont know if we can get you a cylinder or not,he say send photos so our engineer can get you what you need,i say i can give you the specs on the phone,guy behind the counter says it dont work that way it is very complicated engineering stuff to see if it will work and we need photos,i say so you tell me your engineer is going to derive all info neccessary to engineer manufacture and send me what i need off a photo? and i hear yes,so i say so why dont i have the cylinder i ordered and payed for 2 weeks ago?

the bad thing i had an employee ruin $400 worth of material 2 blades and 2 capacitors last week on this saw(more employees fault then saw he is fired by the way).

i did install the flow control valve today and it seem to make a big difference but i can see the cylinder is worn out.

[timmydabull]

i engineer,design and manufacture components that i retail to the general public,not entirely production especially given the small machin i have but i have more work than i can get done in the next 2 months,so i run 18 hours a day 7 days a week.

hopefully one day i can get a bigger mill and also get a cnc lathe.

[timmydabull]

wel i get a call back from hyd mech,they want $2000 usd for what they call a retrofit kit,and an additional $800 for the hydraulic cylinder.

guess i have now choice but to make my own now.

just wanted to keep everyone updated fyi

cheers.

[DareBee]

Hey Tim

Sorry to hear about the BS you are getting.

I would bet that you are capable of rebuilding the cylinder (or having it done).

Otherwise, the retrofit shouldn't be too bad, the mechanics of the saw aren't complicated (as you well know).

[timmydabull]

Darebee,yes i believe the rebuild is going to be the way to go.

thanks
tim