It’s funny when we take something apart with the intention of putting it back together that no matter what we do there are always left over pieces. With that being said we were able to get the table saw back in working order with only a small pile of washers left over. We were sure to put all the bolts and screws to use even if we weren’t sure which hole they came from. For a week or so the saw ran great, easy starts, straight cuts, smooth as butter. Then the other day we were cutting a board to width when we went to turn the saw off and no dice. The saw kept running like a Kenyan in a marathon. We flicked the switch to both positions multiple times but the blade kept spinning. We’re guessing the extra washers somehow had something to do with this problem. We decided to give the saw a good dusting and cleaning hoping that would appease the tool gods and the switch would start working. We even thought about sacrificing a smaller less used tool as a gift to the gods but we decided that would not help either. So we put a band aid on it. We plugged the saw into an extra surge protector we had lying around and attached it to the saw side and poof, new on/off switch. Sadly this is not the first tool we have had to use this fix on, but it does work. Maybe the skills to make do with what we have on hand and to rig up our tools isn’t a dying trait. It just needs a reason to come out.
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