I got one of the $80 Harbor Freight mitresaws a year or two ago. Got it set up just as I wanted and it's been doing great. But a couple of days ago it stopped shutting off. Plugged it in, pulled the trigger, cut my wood, released the trigger, the motor speed decreased, but it did not shut off completely. Unplugged it until the blade stopped turning, plugged it in again, started up again by itself, not full speed. Pull the trigger and it revs up to full speed, release trigger, speed decreases, but still running. I've tried snapping the trigger, zip. At first I thought it might be the brushes, then decided if it was brushes it probably wouldn't be running at all. So now I'm thinking some problem with the trigger switch. It doesn't look like dust could get in, to hold it partially on, but I don't know.
So, has anyone here had a similar problem? And if so, how was it solved? Buying another mitre saw is NOT an option at this time, and hopefully I can resurrect this one so I don't have to buy one.
Yesterday my new angle grinder, from Agrisupply, died with a total of about three minutes total use. That one is no problem. I couldn't find the sales slip to turn it in, so opened it up to see if I could see any obvious problems. Couldn't, but it's now a source of a number of small springs and other neat stuff for some projects.
:eusa_danc
So, has anyone here had a similar problem? And if so, how was it solved? Buying another mitre saw is NOT an option at this time, and hopefully I can resurrect this one so I don't have to buy one.
Yesterday my new angle grinder, from Agrisupply, died with a total of about three minutes total use. That one is no problem. I couldn't find the sales slip to turn it in, so opened it up to see if I could see any obvious problems. Couldn't, but it's now a source of a number of small springs and other neat stuff for some projects.
:eusa_danc