I have a offer from my local secondary school of pillar drills and scroll saws as well as metal working vices and other item if we are interested. Donation to school of £10-50 per item.
Will add pictures tonight.
Please let me know asap.
There are now two scroll saws in the Makerspace. £30 each. Other equipment had already reserved by the time I could get there, except possiblly one scroll saw left.
Andrew - the larger one, I untangled all the cables from it and got the motor out - inspected it’s windings - one of the windings is gone/dangerous state - it’s burned out/melted the wire guides does not look healthy at all unfortunately. (this is the one described as smoking) - It’s been cleaned out we thought maybe it’s just saw dust that was causing the smoke - it’s more fundamental than that
Burnt out motor isn’t the end of the world - we can find a replacement, retrofit an appropriate motor, or rewind the winding. Got any part numbers/size data on the existing motor and a picture of the winding?