Has anyone broke a carvex?

[Bigchasbroon]

The reason I ask is I've broken mine for the second time and I also broke a PSB 400 before that. Each time the motor runs but the blade doesn't go up and down. If it's not a common problem then I must be doing something wrong. Admittedly I'm not a gentle type  :

 

[Birdhunter]

What wood are you cutting?

 

[tjbnwi]

The reason I ask is I've broken mine for the second time and I also broke a PSB 400 before that. Each time the motor runs but the blade doesn't go up and down. If it's not a common problem then I must be doing something wrong. Admittedly I'm not a gentle type  :

It's probably grandmas fault.

Tom

 

[peter halle]

I've had a Carvex longer than the majority of people in the US and I haven't broken mine.

Peter

 

[MrMac]

mines not broke, but its really difficult to put blades in.

 

[Bigchasbroon]

I cut all sorts of timber. I think it may be caused by cutting through floors and carrying on right through the joist. My old Bosch managed that.

 

[Nippychippy]

Your just a rough fiffer [big grin] [tongue]

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

mines not broke, but its really difficult to put blades in.

Are you using the Trion blades by chance? Those are slightly too thick for the Carvex.

 

[Bigchasbroon]

Your just a rough fiffer [big grin] [tongue]

When I was 16 I got a j

 

[Bigchasbroon]

Oops pressed post by mistake. Fat thumbs.
I got a job picking broccoli at that time most of the people doing it were Dundonian women that they bussed over. Now they were rough. I learned some new words from them. The thing is now I'm married to a Fintry lass.