se7enthdevil

thanks for the advice guys, sounds like i need to work out how to replace this gadget then... i usually leave this stuff alone but it sounds like an easy enough thing to swap...

it was making a clunking sound and juddered before it started so does that sound like the capacitor then?

here is what the motor and other bits looks like on my saw. .

fairly sure it's not a burn out as i'd smell it wouldn't i??? eggs, the capacitor is next to the black box not inside it and looks exactly like the link you posted. how can i differentiate between the switch failing and the capacitor?

can't get to it tonight but i'll try to tomorrow and post the pic. am i looking for anything?

all things considered it seems to be the switch as there is no obvious motor problems (as if i'd be able to recognise one anyway) and it is not the micro switches on the doors. my hope is that it's just the switch as like you say it's a cheap fix but thought i'd get some expert knowledge from here first.

hi guys, my bandsaw has decided to stop working and i wondered if anyone could help me diagnose what the problem is??? i have an old SIP 14" BANDSAW http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SIP-01444-14-PROFESSIONAL-WOOD-BANDSAW-BAND-SAW-/401268533486?epid=1104302265&hash=item5d6d77e8ee:g:UmgAAMXQydtTLG87 and it has one of these as the switch. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Start-Stop-No-Volt-Release-Switch-NVR-Common-to-many-workshop-machines-4pin-/263133354988?hash=item3d43f85bec:g:6fcAAOSwoBtW2YYZ yesterday it was struggling on start up and needed me to hold the start switch for 1-2 seconds to start it. does that mean it's just the NVR switch that has gone? any help would be greatly appreciated as i know nothing of electrics. if anyone could pop round and help out i would also be greatly indebted. i'm in maidenhead. thanks in advance

make sure it is not an american red oak as that will be useless as far as durability is concerned. do you have pictures of leaves, acorns and bark???

i'd love to know how many UK timbers will sink when fresh??? the use of heavy timbers is not usually down to their weight but other properties like abrasion resistance, durability or fire resistance. they just happen to be heavy too. lots are used in civil engineering applications like lock gates (the weight helps with that) jetties, piers, pilings, bridges, wharfs, industrial decking on piers, exterior stairs, bollards, street furniture and harbour fenders.

going back to the original purpose of this thread i have made a few wedges from hard heavy woods and the one i made from beefwood was hard and worked but a chunk flew off after a poor impact with my 14lb sledge hammer. i've also hit my movingui wedge badly but that has not broken up and will easily float as it is not a really heavy species and is naturally oily so friction is not a major issue but i'm only using it to peel off some 2x4" from a large 6x6" beam that has 5" long nails every 4 inches. http://www.wood-database.com/bulletwood/ also known as beefwood as it's the colour of raw steak when freshly cut. http://www.wood-database.com/movingui/

is it the oriental beech??? i thought that was supposed to have a coarser bark than our native?

the fruits are often known as horse apple (i guess horses eat them?) and the tree is indeed an osage orange which i wish grew in this country on a wide scale as the timber is stunning... you can see some info on the wood here. http://www.wood-database.com/osage-orange/ here is what the wood looks like.

boxwood is on the cusp of sinking and so is lilac but i'm not sure that there are any proper trees that are in the UK that will sink. holm oak is a possibility i suppose. you're bound to get some dense heartwood from that which could sink. to sink a wood needs to be heavier than 62.4lbs ft3 and a dry wood is considered to have a 12% moisture content and laburnum, hornbeam, blue gum (E, globulus), hawthorn, apple, plum, robinia and a few obscure prunus species like cherry laurel and similar are about the heaviest of uk grown woods and they are only in the low 50's tops. there will always be a few exceptions to this and i can think of a few really heavy bits of oak, ash, beech and elm that i've turned in my time but unless someone is growing a really exotic species in their backyard then it's unlikely that you will find any.

good memory mate, i did have the idea to do this to prevent any staining as i'd seen it on an american youtube video but the problem was that i could not find what they had used for sale over here. it was basically a really thick walled hard tube at about 1/4" -3/8" wall thickness but the tube was only 1 1/4" or 1 1/2" overall diameter and you split it on the bandsaw to give you two sticks from one pipe but i could not find a source that sold it. in the video it was sold in every american hardware store. i have used dry sycamore for stickers and they have been fine.

any wood heavier than water when seasoned... i won't go into a list (unless people really want me to) but i reckon with a bit of research there would easily be over 100 of the more common timbers and i'm sure that if enough time was spent looking i could find over 1000 or at least very close.

the timber from the redwood is very similar. http://www.wood-database.com/redwood/ http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/redwood.htm

i've just cut some splitting wedges for myself and they work great. depends what timber you use though. i've used some timbers that won't float as they are incredibly hard but one that i made out of a bit of movingui is holding up remarkably well.

just as i've done one lovely big shield trophy i had another three little ones to do for a local sports club. something called "Real Tennis" which is the granddaddy of what most of us know as tennis. the bases are ash and the bowls and joining column are robinia. about 7-8" across by about 6" tall. these are fun to do and i've another three to do for next september. .

a set of hardwood skittle balls for a kids fun farm in oxford. made of an african hardwood called okan which is usually used in civil engineering and these actually used to be old bollards but the wood is still perfect underneath. they are about 5 1/4" and weigh 1.2kg each. .

here are a lovely set of walnut bowls nested from the same block of wood but photos were taken in different light. the ones taken on the pine side board are most accurate. the last one is taken in direct sunlight which really brings out the colour. .

thanks mate...

i used a grid of paper to help with that mick. here are the happy recipients. .

this one is just as bad. he's only selling 24 feet of timber. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AFROMOSIA-TIMBER-RECLAIMED-10-X-2-24-RUNNING-FEET-VARIOUS-LENGTHS-/222602976278?hash=item33d42bdc16:g:2poAAOSwqOtZhJkD

for a 9 year old they are bloody brilliant. tell her to keep it up mate...

thank you very much.