I would be liberal with the compressed air including removing the adjustment
bolts for depth and angle adjustment and around the blade guard just so that
dust does not continue to abrade surfaces. You can get yourself into a lot of
trouble stripping things like that down because the manufacture process doesn't
really intend that you should. The bearings around the ends of the motor are
the biggest concern but mostly you can't do much about them anyway.
I have been using an older circ saw that I never got around to discarding for
cement cutting for exactly those reasons. My new good little Porter Cable
preserved for the accurate clean stuff.
Mostly the internals are kept pretty good by the cooling fan. blowing.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Rossi
To: Blind Handyman List
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 11:50 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Care and feeding of my circ saw.
I have completed building the retaining wall for my basement door project.
I did a lot of cutting of cement landscaping blocks and my poor saw is
pretty badly dusted up. Just how far do I go with ripping it down to
clean it up? Or do I just blow it out with compressed air and wipe down
the surfaces with a damp cloth. Or should I actually partially
disassemble it and blow it out then lube anything that looks like it was
supposed to move.
Thanks.
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Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Tel: (412) 268-9081
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