Category: Tear Downs
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Jet JPT-260 Planer Thicknesser Chain Replacement
For a while now I’ve been having a problem with the outfeed roller on my planer thicknesser. While thicknessing the machine will make a loud banging sound and the wood will fail to emerge from the machine. For a while I couldn’t figure out what was going wrong as everything visible seemed to be working…
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Draper Hand Powered Shredder Tear Down
We bought this shredder a few years ago now and although it’s broken it’s done all right considering we only paid a few pounds for it. It seems at least Amazon still sell this item but I don’t remember paying that much for it. As shredders go it’s not really up to much, it’s a…
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Makita Drill Driver Repair – Part 2
In part one I opened the drill and took the innards out. In this article I’ll open the motor and make the repair.
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Makita Drill Driver Repair – Part 1
My electric drill decided to start shooting fire and smoke at me the other day so I thought that it was time to take it apart and see what was inside. My experience of taking apart modern tools led me to believe that it was probably going to be a bin job but I was…