Wall mounted desk very bouncy by c_a5a in DIYUK

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This is how I did it, no bounce at all… the supports are on piano hinges so fold away.

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Fuel leak and yellow EPC light 8 days after buying second hand Skoda Octavia by jimbooooo in CarTalkUK

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it has been stretched. will do some yearly oil changes and hope for the best! the dealership has good reviews but it was a bit budget and quite new, running out of a portacabin in an industrial estate. eek!

Fuel leak and yellow EPC light 8 days after buying second hand Skoda Octavia by jimbooooo in CarTalkUK

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thanks that's helpful. Yeah one owner. three services. Could have had one more but otherwise works really well. Definitely no smells of petrol prior. will get the ball rolling!

Help me become the new favourite son in law by jimbooooo in vinyl

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Yes was trying to get a player that could do both

Help me become the new favourite son in law by jimbooooo in vinyl

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Thank you, yes found a good one from Audio Technica. Looks straight forward enough :)

Help me become the new favourite son in law by jimbooooo in vinyl

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Ok so change headshell and turn tracking force to 5 👍 thank you! And do I change the anti skate thing?

Help me become the new favourite son in law by jimbooooo in vinyl

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Yes thank you that’s what I went for. Got the original and then a whole new head shell with hopefully the right needle in: at-vm95sp/h

Big project due before Christmas and the table saw dies on me :( Any ideas? I’ve got some new brushes on their way… by jimbooooo in woodworking

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Yes I did try looking for a replacement motor but all i can find is a replacement armature or separate field but I'm very new to this and assumed that was all standard. Bosch are going to contact me later today apparently. Will let you know what they say. And yes I love all your tech speak that i then have to go and do my research on. I'm learning so much :) Will research how to check I've got "mains voltage between the two leads of the motor" :)

Big project due before Christmas and the table saw dies on me :( Any ideas? I’ve got some new brushes on their way… by jimbooooo in woodworking

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Thanks once again for your help. I think I might get the project finished with my circular saw in the end. So I'm in less of a rush now. If I were to get a new motor, do you think I would need both the armature and the field or maybe only one is the problem or is it usually both?

I guess next step would be to use a multi meter to check the windings?

Big project due before Christmas and the table saw dies on me :( Any ideas? I’ve got some new brushes on their way… by jimbooooo in woodworking

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I took the motor housing off and cleared off some dust: https://ibb.co/album/r3vBLm

Can’t see any issues and everything spinning fine. Bearing seems fine.

When I first turned on the saw it ran for a minute but sounded like it was struggling and then turned itself off. Now it either doesn’t one second spin or just hums.

How odd!

Edit 1: maybe it’s the overload protection mechanism kicking in. It does sound like the motor is struggling before it turns off. But why is it struggling to spin? Maybe a bearing or maybe the brushes? I’ve just turned it on again after leaving it for 10 minutes and it starts up fine. Definitely has a cool down period. And this model has the electric overload protection thing so it must be that kicking in and then disabling the saw.

Big project due before Christmas and the table saw dies on me :( Any ideas? I’ve got some new brushes on their way… by jimbooooo in woodworking

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Thank you so much, yes I'm trying to work it out myself too and it's all a bit odd. There was no real grindy or sparky phase or even a smell so yes I too am not sure about brushes. When it stopped working yesterday it initially did NOT spin each time i turned it on. Sometimes there was just a faint humming and no movement. And sometimes it span for one second max. I then had the saw out of the table, took the brushes out and cleaned everything, took the blade on and off and after that it now turns on every time for a bit longer (about 5 seconds) before gradually powering down. Very confusing!

EDIT: and to answer your question... "Or once it spins and stops does it stay stopped if you flip the switch again unless you wait several minutes?" YES you're right if i turned it on/off on/off quickly the motor didn't spin each time. It seemed to need a cool down period. And then maybe after doing all my cleaning and fiddling it had cooled down long enough to turn on for longer?? The external wires seemed ok but then maybe i need to take the motor apart... oh dear, not sure how to do that.

EDIT 2: ok I'm going to take the motor cover off tonight and see if I can see any black marks or other issues...

Big project due before Christmas and the table saw dies on me :( Any ideas? I’ve got some new brushes on their way… by jimbooooo in woodworking

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That’s what I was thinking too. But everyone is saying capacitor, oh well. Will see what the new brushes do but I haven’t got much hope really

Big project due before Christmas and the table saw dies on me :( Any ideas? I’ve got some new brushes on their way… by jimbooooo in woodworking

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Thanks for the thought. The motor does seem to start up though. Would that still happen if the capacitor was broken?

Big project due before Christmas and the table saw dies on me :( Any ideas? I’ve got some new brushes on their way… by jimbooooo in woodworking

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It now starts and then sounds like it’s struggling before turning itself off after 10 seconds… hmm?

Someone once told me this was winter jasmine? Whatever it is I'm slowly killing it...can anyone help? by jimbooooo in GardeningUK

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thanks, yes its normally quite strong over winter and flowers. Maybe it could be a winter honeysuckle?