Dewalt Help! - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

AKAkopa · 01-28-2008, 07:07 PM

Finally got back in the garage to do a bit of cutting. Started out okay, made a couple cuts, shut down to start another cut in an internal hole and my saw took a crap on me. Won't run at all. Seems to be switch related. Any ideas on how I clean the switch? Tried sucking and blowing with my shop vac to no avail. Any advice from fellow scrollers would be appreciated.

Thanks Pat

Forester21 · 01-28-2008, 07:16 PM

There are 4 screw type things that hold the black plastic piece where the switch is. Not for screw drivers, but for allen wrenches (I think! I know them when I see them

) Remove the plastic and that lets you to the area you need. Sometimes just removing the dust in here helps. You may need to tighten the attachments.
Theresa

AKAkopa · 01-28-2008, 07:26 PM

Just tried that. Don't ya know my owners manual is already packed away. I have an idea where that box is but that box is buried as I have everything stacked and packed in the garage waiting for my truck. It is somewhere in the middle of a stack 8 ft. by 15 ft x 7 ft high. I think maybe my cutting may need to wait a bit as I already have my back-up saw packed in there somewhere too!

Janette · 01-28-2008, 07:33 PM

The connection between the on / off switch is a plug in type (under the red on/off button). When that happened to me, I took the red one off and just plugged the two connections together tighter. I think some vibration shook them apart.

Forester21 · 01-28-2008, 07:40 PM

You can get the owners manual off the DeWalt website if I remember correctly.
Theresa

morsewk · 01-28-2008, 08:00 PM

I've had sucess using a spray electronic contact cleaner. Available at Radio Shack.

AKAkopa · 01-28-2008, 08:04 PM

Said the heck with it---looked up Dewalt factory repair shop and will take it in. They say should be a one day turn-around. LMAO had to call Woodcrafts first to have them look up the purchase as of course my warrenty is in the same place my manual is. Be glad when this move is over and done with!

I did try pulling it apart at the switch and disconnected/reconnected and nothing happened. Hopefully it is something simple that this simpleton overlooked.

Thanks for the help!

Forester21 · 01-28-2008, 09:01 PM

Good Luck! and you are lucky it is only a one day turn around. When I took mine in, it was a couple weeks if I remember right! And then when I picked it up he told me nothing was wrong with it. I was having the same problems as you - ended up fixing it myself.
Theresa

oops99 · 01-28-2008, 09:06 PM

See if this might help

http://www.toolpartsdirect.com/cgi-b...t/DW788_TYPE_1

oops99

lucky788scroller · 01-30-2008, 03:37 AM

I assume you checked the fuse? Dale

01-28-2008, 07:07 PM	#1
AKAkopa Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 254	Dewalt Help! Finally got back in the garage to do a bit of cutting. Started out okay, made a couple cuts, shut down to start another cut in an internal hole and my saw took a crap on me. Won't run at all. Seems to be switch related. Any ideas on how I clean the switch? Tried sucking and blowing with my shop vac to no avail. Any advice from fellow scrollers would be appreciated. Thanks Pat

01-28-2008, 07:16 PM	#2
Forester21 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,282	There are 4 screw type things that hold the black plastic piece where the switch is. Not for screw drivers, but for allen wrenches (I think! I know them when I see them ) Remove the plastic and that lets you to the area you need. Sometimes just removing the dust in here helps. You may need to tighten the attachments. Theresa __________________ Theresa http://WoodNGoods.etsy.com http://woodngoods.blogspot.com

01-28-2008, 07:33 PM	#4
Janette Intarsia Moderator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 2,108 Blog Entries: 4	The connection between the on / off switch is a plug in type (under the red on/off button). When that happened to me, I took the red one off and just plugged the two connections together tighter. I think some vibration shook them apart. __________________ Janette www.square-designs.com

01-28-2008, 07:40 PM	#5
Forester21 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,282	You can get the owners manual off the DeWalt website if I remember correctly. Theresa __________________ Theresa http://WoodNGoods.etsy.com http://woodngoods.blogspot.com

01-28-2008, 09:01 PM	#8
Forester21 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,282	Good Luck! and you are lucky it is only a one day turn around. When I took mine in, it was a couple weeks if I remember right! And then when I picked it up he told me nothing was wrong with it. I was having the same problems as you - ended up fixing it myself. Theresa __________________ Theresa http://WoodNGoods.etsy.com http://woodngoods.blogspot.com

01-28-2008, 07:26 PM	#3
AKAkopa Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 254	Just tried that. Don't ya know my owners manual is already packed away. I have an idea where that box is but that box is buried as I have everything stacked and packed in the garage waiting for my truck. It is somewhere in the middle of a stack 8 ft. by 15 ft x 7 ft high. I think maybe my cutting may need to wait a bit as I already have my back-up saw packed in there somewhere too!

01-28-2008, 08:00 PM	#6
morsewk Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Crete, Illinois Posts: 41	I've had sucess using a spray electronic contact cleaner. Available at Radio Shack.

01-28-2008, 08:04 PM	#7
AKAkopa Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 254	Said the heck with it---looked up Dewalt factory repair shop and will take it in. They say should be a one day turn-around. LMAO had to call Woodcrafts first to have them look up the purchase as of course my warrenty is in the same place my manual is. Be glad when this move is over and done with! I did try pulling it apart at the switch and disconnected/reconnected and nothing happened. Hopefully it is something simple that this simpleton overlooked. Thanks for the help!

01-28-2008, 09:06 PM	#9
oops99 Tom B. Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New York Posts: 526	See if this might help http://www.toolpartsdirect.com/cgi-b...t/DW788_TYPE_1 oops99 __________________ oops99 KEEP THE PIECE Glue it back on, they'll never notice. DW788

01-30-2008, 03:37 AM	#10
lucky788scroller Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 6,260	I assume you checked the fuse? Dale

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