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General Category => Swap Shop => Topic started by: Chachi on February 27, 2011, 04:32:55 pm
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A Craftsman 16" veriable(SP?) speed Switch from the model number 137.216020 I need the whole part from switch back to wireing harness if any one has one please let me know
TIA
Chachi
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Chachi
Just in case you are unable to find the correct part, contact your local Electric parts store. We have one in Grants Pass, OR by the name of Grovers, they carry nearly everything electrical. Lowes or Home Depot might help too. You might be able to get by with a variable switch meant for fans or lights. It probably wouldn't fit your saw but you could mount it anywhere and run the wires to the saw.
Gabby
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Thanks Gabby that is what I was thinking I might do if I couldn't find one..
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Tried the new switch idea it didn't even come on so anyone wanna buy a Slightly used Craftsman scroll saw 16 inch needs work 75 dollars plus shipping lol
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Are you sure it's connected properly?
Gabby
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No not really because It has 3 different colored wires so today I am going to move them round while I have the power on I am thinking I may have it wired wrong (fingers crossed I do).
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This may be of help to you. It is a router speed control.
Hope you get it running again.
Gabby
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001NIK6PC/ref=pe_58050_19042780_pe_vfe_t5
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THanks Gabby But after I tore it all apart following the wires to rewire it I found that the board is burned out and it would be cheaper to just buy a new one then to have this one repaired. So I will be parting this one out and puuting it on E-bay or something.
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OK Chachi, It's time to buy a DeWalt or an Excalibur! Don't delay, do it NOW!!! ;D
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Bummer!
Gabby
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OK Chachi, It's time to buy a DeWalt or an Excalibur! Don't delay, do it NOW!!! ;D
And if you buy today, Dan will throw in a free set of Ginsu knives!! :D
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yes DAn Trust me I know Everytime I walk past the Dewalt display with the wife I always say you know here is some good points I learned about the Dewalt788 like Steve Good uses and she always says the same thing back after the Uhhuh and I'm sure it does/is I always get NO! it's to expensive so it will have to wait but I am wearing her down though. I now get one day we will be able to buy it for you. YES SCORE!!!
For now I am looking at the Ryobi (Sp?) one they have at Home depot I will never buy another toll from sears thats for sure well not any with a cord anyways (I still like the hand tools).
And I would love to have them Knives Dan so what kind of a deal can you give me on those?.......
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Be sure and check out the reviews on the Ryobi before buying. I found very little good said about it. They are a dime a dozen on Craig's list.
The Craftsman had much better reviews. I also found a source where it sells for around $80.00 new. Let me know if you want the link. I posted it in one of the other threads but don't recall which one.
Steve also did a video review of the Craftsman.
Gabby
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Yeah I know about Steves video that's why I went with the Craftsman SS but now I find out that so many others are having dang near the same problems as I am if I already took one back and the guy gave me aditude about bringing it back so instead I figured I could fix this one on my own (I am pretty handy) but everything I did nothing worked oh well lesson learned for now and until the wife caves and allows me to buy the Dewalt 788 or an EX here I sit looking at the reviews of the other saws I don't really want.
Just for the record I can buy what I want when I want just big ticket items like that we both have to agree on that is our rule..
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OK Chachi, Tell your wife that WE won't let you play here with us any more until you get the saw you want!
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Just for the record I can buy what I want when I want just big ticket items like that we both have to agree on that is our rule..
With ya on that one Chachi! Same rule here. Neither of us spends more than $200 without conferring with the other. I will say, that the Porter Cable saw was a nice little upgrade from my Craftsman saw. Might be an option for you if you can bear to wait on the 788. I'd like a 788 as well, but with one getting ready to graduate HS and start college in the fall, we've got to keep a firm handle on the extra spending! :-\
OK Chachi, Tell your wife that WE won't let you play here with us any more until you get the saw you want!
Dan, if I tried that one, I'd get told "You'll just have to tell your friends you can't come out and play!" :P
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MY wife is a quilter. What does that mean? She spends more money than me on fabric than I do on wood! In fact she spends more on quilting stuff than I do on wood working stuff!
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Just for the record I can buy what I want when I want just big ticket items like that we both have to agree on that is our rule..
With ya on that one Chachi! Same rule here. Neither of us spends more than $200 without conferring with the other. I will say, that the Porter Cable saw was a nice little upgrade from my Craftsman saw. Might be an option for you if you can bear to wait on the 788. I'd like a 788 as well, but with one getting ready to graduate HS and start college in the fall, we've got to keep a firm handle on the extra spending! :-\
OK Chachi, Tell your wife that WE won't let you play here with us any more until you get the saw you want!
Dan, if I tried that one, I'd get told "You'll just have to tell your friends you can't come out and play!" :P
Yeah I am looking at that one to I just don't know Which would be best for me at this time It is getting harder and harder to wait for the 788 but I am doing it Hey after all I did quit smoking 2 years ago so I think I can handle this........Dan My wife would say the same thing lol
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Chachi : I got over 8 years out of my old Craftsman saw before the jaws wore out , and I still use it for detail sanding jobs on my ornaments . So the Craftsman scrollsaw is a good saw , but since I've brought my Dewalt 788 I've never looked back ....never knew it was such a great production saw ....good luck on the switch........
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Well Marshall that must have been before they started making shotty at best Products, If you read the reviews most of them have the same problems as I have so I just gave up. At this time in my life I can't afford the 788 but I am waiting and saving for it. so I hope to have it by next year some time lol.