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Post by orrum on May 4, 2015 19:31:47 GMT -5
So on my trip thru the west I aquired a little bitty blue plastic 4 inch trim saw. No table but hitech diamond has one plus a blade guard . Problem arrives with the blades I found in my travels I got the old rusted blade off today and it's a 1/2 inch arbor. My blades are 3/4 inch arbor. The bushing adapts 1/2 to 5/8. Alas no joy with my saw today. So where do I get a bushing? Thanks all!
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Post by broseph82 on May 4, 2015 19:34:19 GMT -5
Any of the lapidary places that sell blades and such. Rockshed, Kingsley North, etc...
Ah fu..... Bushing for a trim saw blade? Not sure.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on May 4, 2015 19:37:30 GMT -5
I bought some from Kingsley North-great prices for a package of mixed sizes...
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Post by orrum on May 4, 2015 20:22:07 GMT -5
Thanks Fossilman but I have a digital retard rating with finding stuff on line. I just looked all over Kingsley and found so many things I just don't see how to live without!!! But no bushing. Maybe it's in the catalog but not online?
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Post by deb193redux on May 5, 2015 8:35:40 GMT -5
small parts often are in catalogs and not websites. also try the local hardware. 1/2 to 3/4 is a fairly common size. get brass at about the same thickness as your blade.
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Post by orrum on May 5, 2015 10:46:08 GMT -5
Hey thanks Deb!
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Post by orrum on May 5, 2015 10:46:59 GMT -5
I can't remember your name Deb. Maybe Dave?
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Post by orrum on May 9, 2015 9:55:48 GMT -5
Ok update time!
Went to hardware store and got a brass 3/4 to 1/2 bushing. No joy hole is slightly bigger than 3/4! Darn them Canadian numbers the Chinese must be using Canadian math!!! So I needed parts from Hi Tech Diamond and I added a 4 inch blade that comes a adapter bushing. Got the order yesterday.
Headline at Trails End Farm.... Cowboy turned lapadariest goes crazy over little Itty bitty saw. This thing is a old Dura-Bull Bull made by Hi Tech Diamond. It's a really cool saw and totally portable. The arbor sticks out into the sump and you put the adapter on then the blade then this bolt with a knob on it snd a cupped washer to hold everything together. I am 6 foot 2 inches of Hillbilly cowboy, big fingers, yall starting to get the picture right?
Gets worse, the cuppa washer does not contact the adapter so there is nothing to hold the adapter on. Hold evert hinges perfect as you can, carefully tighten flange bolt. Spin blade by hand. Blades goes whooping whoopidy! Not centered, adapter slipped off.
Yall remember Original Lay's Potato chips? Very crispy, very THIN chips. This blade and adapter is thinner.
Reminded of Winston Churchill. He said something like....Sucess is the ably to fail over and over but continuing to try. I am a results success oriented guy.
Tried for a hour, never got it right. The original blade has a half inch hole. Tried gummy it up with Vaseline to hold it in place. Hey Vaseline does wondrous things in certain circumstances right? LOL
No joy so tried tape with a hole cut in it to hold the adapter in place. No joy.
Ate supper, started thiss right after lunch, but took breaks for sanity and slab saw feeding.
Approached this from a demented engineer designed this thing angle... Took arbor off motor shaft. Turned it straight up and correctly installed blade on the first try!!! It was a bitter success this since these potato chip blades won't last long.
Sob must find blades with little bitty hole.
Sometimes we must rethink why we love rocks. This problem needs coffee ice cream, lots of it!!!
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liz
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Post by liz on May 9, 2015 10:52:14 GMT -5
Publix has my favorite coffee ice cream Cappochino fudge blitz. I hope you can find the blades and parts you need.
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Post by jakesrocks on May 9, 2015 11:17:04 GMT -5
LOL, consider yourself lucky. At least you stand a pretty good chance of finding the correct parts for your saw. I have one that takes a 3" blade with 1/2" arbor hole. Try finding a 3" replacement blade for one of those.
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Post by Rockoonz on May 9, 2015 12:00:59 GMT -5
With my Tiny Trim I cut washers from bubble packaging and used them as shims inside the saw washer recesses to keep the adaptor centered on the blade. I may turn some adapter washers on the lathe at work if finding correctly drilled blades becomes an issue.
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Post by johnjsgems on May 9, 2015 12:42:06 GMT -5
It is hard to keep bushings in thin blades. If the bushing fits tight you can try dimpling where the bushing contacts blade hole with a center punch or nail. Tricky on paper thin blades though. Another thing you could try is buy shims that have 1/2" center hole and fit blade washer recess. Or buy 1/2" blades from me next time instead of metric blades. Or buy metric blades from suppliers that provide adapters.
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Post by orrum on May 9, 2015 13:11:45 GMT -5
I knew you would weigh in John. I need a couple of 4 in c h blades please with a half inch hole. Can I get a thick one and a thin one? The thin ones I used at Quartzsite club were good for opal and turquoise but when trimmimg hard rocks they bend too easy. Also gotta check to see if I have a spare 6, 10, 14, and 16 blade. I am reconditioning a maybe 14 or 12 inch saw I found in Quartzsite. It's locked up from neglect. It has a 12 inch blade in it but there is room for a 14. I can't remember what name it is. Maybe Tony will see this because he knew it. I will PM him.
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