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Cake day: August 14th, 2023

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  • I installed Gallium OS on an aging Chromebook that was no longer offered support from Google. I’ve been able to run FreeCAD on it with no problems.

    The little Acer I bought years ago is spill proof and designed to be fixable. I think it was initially intended for kindergarten classrooms.

    Initially I bought one for my dad because he was constantly getting his computer infected with viruses due to forwarding emails. This little Chromebook fixed 90% of those problems.

    I loved the Chromebook so much that I bought myself too. I was disheartened when Google stop supporting the hardware but then when I found out about putting that specific version of Lennox on them it gave them new life.







  • I am reluctantly ordering a single wave washer here for $9.76 if you include shipping:

    5140032-75 Washer, Curved, 10.1 X 17Mm - Dewalt®

    I checked all of my local hardware stores. I think Lowes usually has these, but they said their small parts vendor hasn’t come to restock anything in a long time and they weren’t sure when they would be coming back. All other hardware stores in my area didn’t have them or staff wasn’t very helpful.

    I will keep everyone updated. I hope this is the last part that I need to order online. I’ll try to do a summary video when I’m done because I haven’t found many that really get into this level of detail on repairing this specific issue online. I’m just glad I’m keeping this thing out of the dump and I hope to start using it soon so I can start to build and repair some stuff around the house. Super excited about building a French Cleat system in my shed.



  • Well, the screws were definitely over torqued, but it didn’t fix the issue. I tried multiple methods to get one of the screws out but had to use a grinder and a flathead screwdriver to get it out.

    Screw with head cut

    I think I may have an Idea what is causing the issue after looking at the gears after your advice.

    Since the clanky movement really only happens in one direction when the saw is on its side I figured it had something to do with the direction of the pressure being applied by the screw mechanism.

    When I put the table saw completely upside down and then tried to move the blade up and down it was very smooth.

    This led me to think that there might be some movement in the gears based on the pressure that’s being applied. Watch this video to see what I’m talking about and you’ll see a gap that closes when I go in one direction and opens back up in the other.

    You can see the movement of the gear at about the 1:04 mark in the video.

    https://youtu.be/4J7jqrm9Sn4?si=UAGNhSC3HjRo7LS8

    Any advice?