Flaming Chinese Power Tools

Re: Ancient Chinese Proverb:

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>Once cheapskate American let smoke out of Otool Dragon grinder, it ready for Shanghi five-finger S-can technique.

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Sounds like you blew a cap...

Peter Teubel

>...a capacitor, that is. Easily replacable.

Ha! That was funny ; )

Jennifer@Indy.USA

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Re: Flaming Chinese Power Tools

Barry Turner

>As a boat anchor? Or a paperweight?

Re: Flaming Chinese Power Tools

SilentBD

>Once you let the smoke out, its very hard to stuff it back in.

The saga continues...

steve antonucci

>So I decided to put it back together after it stopped smoking. Upon inspection, the only thing that looked wrong was one of the brushes on the motor was broken, so I replaced it with the spare.

A few screws later, I plugged it in. Came right on, no obvious problems. Still a lingering burnt plastic smell, but not much else. Go figure. Sometimes you get what you pay for, most times not.

Steve

You had a spare? How? Why?

Barry Irby

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Sounds like my Harbor Freight combo sander!

Don Thompson - Cutler Ridge, Florida

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Looking back in time...

steve antonucci

>I had a bunch of birthday money to spend, and the only thing I "needed" at the time was a router, so I went to the now defunct Woodworkers Warehouse to see what they had. Ended up with a Porter Cable, that remained in it's box for well over a year before I finally needed to use it.

As I'm checking out, the guy offers me the grinder for $20- last one in the store. Now, I'm well aware that it's not the best on the market, but considering that I recently toasted my much more pricey Craftsman, I figured why not.

He opens it up, and it has a diamond wheel, a cut-off wheel, and a few other things, including an extra set of motor brushes. For what I use it for (quick removal of metal for making boring bars, and other non precision applications)- it is the "perfect tool".

And absolutely the most bizarre thing is: it works again, even after bursting into flames in my hands (no exaggeration!).

Sometimes, a disposable "hobbyist" quality tool isn't such a bad thing. When it dies again, assuming that new brushes don't resolve the issue, I'll go get another...

Steve