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Title: Hi everybody
Post by: MR1001NIGHTS on October 12, 2019, 07:33:35 pm

My name is Jonathan. I live in San Francisco and about four years ago I bought a 1986 Hegner Polymax 3 in great shape for $700. It came with some extras too. The guy told me that it had been sitting in his garage for 25 years not doing anything. Anyway, I bolted it to a small sturdy table and it’s been a great useful thing to have for all kinds of projects. I did, of course, watch some of Steve’s videos and others to learn some of the basics. Anyway, the other day I hurt my big toe and I needed to minimize motion so I proceeded to cut myself some hard plastic insoles in the Scroll saw. Then something happened and the scroll saw stopped working. I now only hear a hum when I turn it on. I read somewhere that it’s probably the capacitor. So I have a few questions for anybody who could help me: where in the machine is the capacitor, what kind of capacitor is it and where can I buy it? Thank you

Title: Re: Hi everybody
Post by: spirithorse on October 12, 2019, 08:22:30 pm

Hi, Jonathan,
Here are some sources you can call and some that you can look at on the internet.
I think the last link does show the exact part you need but, if you can get the proper capacitor from a local electrical shop, I can't imagine the
price being near as much as this company is charging.

You can still call at least one of these sources and ask for the specs on the condenser/capacitor/solenoid

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1188/6562/files/hegnerbrochure2009small.pdf?3248921969229599006
https://www.advmachinery.com/pages/polymax-3

Parts diagram but, no identification with the numbers of the parts
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1188/6562/files/Hegner_Multimax_Polymax_p-3_Diagram.pdf?3248921969229599006

Look at the description here and it says, "110V AEG CONDENSER - Starting CONDENSER/Capacitor/Solenoid  "
https://advanced-machinery.myshopify.com/products/polymax-part-number-098-110v-aeg-condenser

You are welcome and God Bless! Spirithorse

Title: Re: Hi everybody
Post by: MR1001NIGHTS on October 14, 2019, 01:24:38 am

Thank you! God bless