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Reminds me of my Delonghi coffee maker faulty on off switch, a screwdriver and Torx bit to fix. Cost zero pennies the 20 minutes of my time spent was well worth it for the learning experience alone and my coffee machine still works. Beat the cost of living crisis and fix shit rather than throwing it away 😁
mending bits of kit is half the fun! However maintenance is a good starting point too. When buying new electrical tools i look for brushless these days. However, i do have electric drills/planers/sanders/jigsawsthat must be at least 30 years old and still going strong and even a couple of bits i inherited from my dear old dad (a keen DIYer) that must be 50 years old!
I purchased this Triton sander from Screwfix recently. After careful assembly I started it up only to find that that the sanding belt kept slipping down and chewing up on the bottom edge. I tightened the belt as much as I could with the left hand upper nurled nut but to no avail the belt kept slipping down - possibly the spring tensioning device was inadequate. After half a dozen attempts without success I repacked the machine, called Screwfix and arranged to send it back. A joiner mate advised buying Aldi's belt sander which is IMO a better machine at less than half the price.
On top of the belt sanding attachment I a knob that you turn to adjust the position of the belt, depending which way you will turn that knob the belt will go up or down. It's not for tightening anything it for adjust the position of the belt... it's that simple. It will remain in the correct place when you adjust it.
@@CasualDIY Thank you for your advice but whatever adjustment I made the belt kept slipping. Not for me I'm afraid I have neither the time or inclination to faff about with a badly designed product.
Generally my first instinct when power tools have broken down on me, has been to lob them in a corner assuming they're gone forever. Now i'm venturing into larger woodworking machines, I get the feeling repairs will at some point be on my agenda, and seeing how simple it was to replace the brushes on this was truly an eye opener, as i've had spare brushes for various things over the years, without a clue of what to do with them. So cheers for this, its very informative especially as I have the triton spindle sander....lol, out of curiosity where did you buy the brushes from, are they easy to source?
Yes that was my approach but cash is scares for new tools so I need to be able to fix my tools 😂 just a general website with parts. I just googled parts for triton sander and went with the first website 👍
Thank you for this, bookmarked. My knowledge in things like this is very limited, but is it normal that there is such an extreme usage difference between the 2 pieces?
This was so helpful! I've only had mine 2 weeks but the exact issue happened with me. I did a full clean etc to no avail but watched you video and checked the bushings. Luckily mine were in tact and didn't need replacing but after re assembly it worked prefect! Thanks again
Interesting ... one brush fully worn, the other still almost as new. If hardly used, check again after a little use and see if the replaced one shows more signs of wear. Three reasons possible .... brush material consistency, spring pressure or a too loose brush housing.
Great stuff. I wish more people would just disassemble "broken" stuff more often. When I help people I always tell them "you probably can't make it worse, so try it yourself first". Then I make them take it apart themselves and tell me what they see so they learn to troubleshoot basic issues. Most often it's a wire come loose from a solderjoint - go figure :) Of course, if they pay me I'll gladly do it myself, usually ends up being a handsome hourly pay :D
Ha, Ha, Ha, always the way Thomas. Soon as you say something is good, it brakes down. But it was good to see how easy it was to fix. Also, at the end of the day, needing to change a set of brushes isn't really a major breakdown, as brushes wear out and need replacing. All the best to you and thanks for posting.
I have the single spindle one of these and its just started to produce a rattle noise. I only used it abluut 5- 6 times any one with any advice does it require maintenance ??
It didn't break down- the brushes reached the end of their life. Brushes on universal motors are a consumable item, wear is inevitable. You are correct- it is the first thing to check, especially with those symptoms.
Has your sander ever made a noise as though it is hitting something at the bottom of the down stroke? Mine has started to, when set up as a belt sander
This happened on my palm router.The last thing i checked was the brushes lol and hey presto works properly again now.Just a dodgy spring,gr8 intutruitive video
Did you ever experience the sanding belt moving on this machine. On mine it either wants to rise or fall and the belt gets chopped up at the bottom. It doesn't seem to stay where it is put. Especially during sanding. Am I missing something?
You can adjust the height of the belts. But if you secured the belt with the leaver at the top my only thought would be the belt is a tad too big or you are using too much force during sanding and pushing the piece onto the belt too hard.
I have this machine and have started to experience a problem. Sometimes the up and down motion judders, and even stops moving up and down altogether. It gets stuck at the bottom, although the sanding belt is still rotating. When this juddering happens, it also makes a clunking sound too. It's still under it's 3 year warranty but has anyone experienced this before? I guess I should take a look to see if any debris is interfering with it first.
I think there may be a build up of dust or something got stuck. If you won't find anything obvious then use the warranty. No point in wasting time and try to fix it on your own
@@CasualDIY what I have just noticed is that when I remove the belt sander head and then run the machine, it doesn't have the problem. I have videoed it happening anyway. I'm now just giving it a good clean before a do anything else.
Unless you use that machine a lot it seems like premature wear on that one brush compared to the other one or am I missing something. By the way, in all my years of woodworking I have never had to replace a brush...but maybe I have been lucky.
I just subsribed! A very recognizable problem.Thanks for sharing. More than five years ago I had a similar problem with my miter saw. (a "C" brand), which I bought 45 km away from the small town I live in. Since I'm not very technical, I didn't recognize the problem. So I brought it to a local seller of woodworking machines with the question if he would be so kind and have a look at it. (In that shop I don't buy power tools because they only sell expensive A brands, which I can't afford. But I do buy all kinds of other things there.because they have a great collection of everything (no wood though, unfortunately) A few days later they called me and said that the miter saw was working again. I went there to pick it up and asked what was wrong with it. "We only repaired the brushes", was the answer. This late summer I had the same problem. By reading the instruction manual I found out where the brushes are and what I should do to replace them. In fact, a piece of cake. The only problem was, that in that instruction manual wasn't written the type (number) of the brushes, nor its dimensions. So I went to the same shop again as I did 5 years ago. But they didn't have a very clever system of keeping/registering the brushes they sell. Everything in one box (of course each pair packed separately) with some number on not, but no specs for what tool it was meant, nor any dimensions. But I had the left-overs of the old brushes with my so I could at least compare the dimensions (length is not important) One pair seemed OK to me so I bought them. Unfortunately, I didn't fit! . Back to the shop. There they told me that it's easy to make them smaller, just by rubbing it over a piece of sandpaper. And that worked perfectly. But I was too much in a hurry and didn't brush of enough. So they got stuck and in the end I had to drill them out. Back to the shop again for buying new one. Now I took my time and they slid in without a problem. The miter saw is working as new again (just before the problem with the brushes started I had my saw blade replaced after 11 years. I straight ordered new brushes which can arrive any moment now.
Hehe well that was a hell of a ride mate. But we all live and learn. You are a bit of specialist in this field now mate. Good job you didn't just give up. And in the end all that effort and you managed to solve the problem. I admire people like you👍
I am so glad that I came across this video a few days ago.guess what happened to my machine today,new brushes ordered and should be delivered tomorrow along with the nylon connector that Dotson the spindle and drives the belt sander.The content use of the 1/2" sleeve has woren it away. KEEP the videos coming.
What makes this a great video is that we can hear how a motor sounds with worn out brushes, so when we sooner or later hear the same thing we can be pretty confident in knowing what's wrong. Keep it up, great stuff!
Good video - by the way, carbon brushes are considered a "consumable" by basically every manufacturer, and are expected to be replaced periodically (just like the oil in your car engine or brake pads :)
