Yesterday I took the day off work so I could spend a full day scrolling and get lots done...everything was ready to go, patterns attached, holes drilled, things are going to happen today....did they ever.
At 7:20am I'm in the garage and what should have taken 10 min to cut (a simple ornament) was into 1/2 hr. (blades dulled fast, slipping, whatever it happened). Moved on to other projects, some went good some not. I sure wasn't getting as much done as I had hoped and at one point thought ' I should have went to work' - NOT! Anyhow, put the last blade in and no tension - took off the cover of the arms and sure enough - mechanism broke. Well nothing I can do right now, I'll call the dealer later as I have to keep cutting. Hauled out ol' yeller and that sure didn't go good (if the blade didn't slip from the top it slipped from the bottom which was a new one to me), so after cutting 2 ornaments I called it a day - did my finish sanding and closed shop frustrated in that I didn't get as much done as I had hoped and also that my saw quit. But at the same time I did get things done that I wouldn't have otherwise.
I remember reading in Sheila Landry's blog that she had had a saw problem and when I found the post sure enough same thing. As I was telling my husband what happened I got thinking maybe there was signs that things weren't right only didn't realize it at the time. The tension needed to be adjusted a lot (which isn't normal), the white lever flipped open once and that has never happened before. When that happened I just thought strange, put it back and kept going.
I sure am glad that Sheila posted about her "breakdown" as it gave me some info when I called the dealer. He wanted to know how I knew as much as I did, thought I had already talked to General! Thanks Sheila...
Now I wait to hear what they're going to do....
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