Sedgwick TA315 got dropped...

[jetsetwilly]

Calling @deema and any other Sedgwick gurus...

I saw a great condition Sedgwick TA315 online and decided to risk a pallet courier. Bad call as it turned out - they let it tip over getting it off the tail lift. I didn't see the actual fall but it fell on its right side. The tilt handwheel is smashed, but not sure what else - that's all I could see through the wrap before they took it away again (dunno why, it's my saw, but I couldn't stop them).

I'm going to get it back so I can examine it properly - what should I look for? Will the tilt mechanism survive an axial whack? The rip fence support bar wasn't on it. My hope is that the saw is basically fine and I can just stick a new handwheel on (and claim from them for it) but is that wishful thinking?

Grrrrr.....

 

[deema]

The Sedgwick is built very robustly, I can’t imagine that anything will have been affected by the fall. Everything is hung off large bolts to the cast iron top rather than bolted to the sheet metal base. The only thing that might have also been affected is the cast iron top which although very thick and robust may and have cracked or a lump broken off of it caught something like a rock or curb. If that’s nit the case I’m fairly sure that it’s just a new plastic handle that you need. That’s an easy fix.