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I found a pretty good tutorial on bearing replacement here http://reproductionwoodworks.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-replace-bearings-in-porter-cable.html I DID NOT remove the brushes or mess with any...

That's the third time this month I bought woodworking stuff a week before the price went down! Amazon collects sales tax from me so it would have been $275 and change so I only lost about $10.00 this...

As a side note, over the last two days I've been surfacing a very warped walnut slab that's 30" at it's widest by 10' long. I took from 1/2" to 3/4" off of it in no more than .08" passes with a 1.5"...

The motor I just put in has relatively low hours on it as it's been in a traditional router table with little use. I have a brand new one on the way to replace it and act as backup for the CNC, which...

Thanks everyone. I found a video and got the brushes out, they're obviously worn. The top end has a lot of slop in it, but odd it doesn't seem to be the bearing itself, but the bearing is loose in...

My ShopBot was 10 years old when I bought it 5.5 years ago. I don't know if the router motor (3.25 hp Porter Cable 75128) was 10 years old or not, but I've used it regularly for the last 5.5 years....

Call customer support and they'll talk you through it. My A channel lasted about two months and then it blew. Most likely there was an underlying problem like a short in the wiring that caused it....

I realize this is a long shot, but you never know. I have a 2000 model PRT Standard 48x96 and the Z control went out on it last week. Customer support (thanks Frank) got me back up and running by...

I guess I should have mentioned the paint I'm planning to use. Nothing fancy, whatever comes to hand in a spray can. I know that's not the "right" way to do a professional sign, but that's not what...

Thanks for all the information. I know doing it right and doing it cheap aren't the same. That's why I'm avoiding the shelf vinyl (which is what I tried before, although I said "contact paper"...

Thanks, but no thanks. Without getting too political let me just say that I will not have any interaction with the TSA, or support an industry which acquiesces to that kind of control. Besides, with...

Thanks. I've tried contact paper in the past and had trouble with the residue. I prefer to use the proper material and do it right.

Just a couple of quick questions about vinyl paint mask. I've mostly done 2D parts for the last year and a half and now want to get into some lettering (just upgraded my software). I believe I...

I received the e-mail about the FL camp and it sounded like I could really benefit from it, both days, but the distance is more than I have time for. I'm definitely up for a similar camp in the...

Never mind. I learned that with a router you sometimes have to ground the bit directly because you don't get a good connection through the brushes. Simple enough.

Very cool. I came to this forum to ask about making a zero plate (I just bought an older machine and it doesn't have one) but obviously this is even better. The only thing I'm not completely clear on...

I recently bought an older machine that came with PartsWizard2. I primarily cut nested parts out of plywood and I need to be able to add and edit tabs between parts. PartsWizard doesn't have this...

Okay, now it's a software question. I'm using Parts Wizard 2 because that's what came with the machine. I've imported a .dxf file and created a tool path. I've saved it as a .sbp and got it to run on...

Thanks again. I found the settings file and the numbers in it are the same as in the control software already.

Thanks. I was in that screen and saw those, but they didn't make any sense to me. Currently they are x)733.386, y)733.386, z)916.7324.

I don't even know my exact set up. :D

One reason I went...

Maybe this belongs in the troubleshooting forum, but this seems to be the general question forum.

First some background. I make and sell gun racks online. The more intricate parts are cut from...