The carriage that rides back and for the on the rails had a screw break off about 6 months ago and I put the machine on the shelf out of pure frustration with chronic breakdowns and errors.
I decided to again try it. I just got off the phone with hardware support and they told me “your machine is obsolete we no longer support those”
I remember when I bought this I was told I would have support for life. What happened to that? Its run for 8 hours and I worked on errors and breakdowns for well over 60 man hours with carvewight.
Wow certainly not commerce with morality I can tell you that
Any way, here I am trying to fix this thing. It has a screw that sheered off. Can anyone identify this. Probably metric.
I’m hoping that another owner has had a similar breakdown and as myself with carvewright they have you try and fix it yourself via email or phone conversations.
I just got off the phone with them they said I should send the part back as they don’t know what size screw this is. True story
Any help would be appreciated.
Be well
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One more The screws are two different sizes for what ever reason
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Can you just drill and tap for a fastener you can get locally?
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I think that might be something I have to do. I'm amazed they stopped supporting there oldeer machines. They've only been in business for a few years. So much for lifetime support. You had to hear the semantics from the tech supervisor
My local Lowes has a board in the hardware section that has threaded tubes in all manner of metric and imperial sizes. You could determine the thread size by finding the one that accepts your broken item. I imagine other sources of fasteners have similar matching facilities.
Do you have a micrometer or digital calipers? If so measure the outside dia of the threaded section. This will tell you if its metric or other. Next is thread pitch and this will depend on the diameter. Easy way is to try and fit the thread "teeth" together with a known thread. Lowes has metric screws in there bits drawers.
Is there still some broken screw in the part to be removed?
If so you could try to cut a slot with a drimel blade and unscrew it. Drilling out will be tricky because the part is often softer than the screw.
Are you able to take it to a machinist? He or she can drill out the part and retap it. Chances are they will be able to suggest ways to make improvements.
Bill
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