Rotex 150 Discharge

[underused]

Well, I've had the pad off, and the pad brake.
There is no visible sign of wear/chewing :-\
Umm... the mystery continues 
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Is it possible, that it's coming from the brushes/ motor ???

 

[monte]

now that you have it completely open, have you tried to thoroughly blow it out ?

perhaps something got in there at some point.

 

[underused]

As monte suggested, this morning before work, I opened up the front and back, took the pad and pad brake off, and had a gander.
As you can see from the pictures, a lot of fluff and dust had gathered around the vent exits around the back of the rotex.
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( I didn't expect to see the amount of electronics in there too ).
I gave it a gently blow out, and brush. There was quite a lot of fluff in there
I've given it a short run, and there doesn't seem to be any more discharge! ;D
To anyone that uses their Rotex very regulary, I reckon it's worth giving it a careful clean out now and then.
Thanks for the help sorting this out. :-* I need my sander's running everyday
I'm glad it wasn't anything serious.
Cheers!

 

[dltflt]

I had some black particles when I was using my RO125 late one night. Couldn't figure out why. It also wasn't being as aggressive as usual. That's when I noticed that I hadn't put the sandpaper on the hook and loop pad!  Come on - I know I'm not the only one to have done this!  Turns out the the h&l is remarkably durable stuff...

I've that a couple of times myself.  Thanks for making my day.

 

[underused]

Just to update on this,

Since keeping the vents clear of fluff and dust build up, the discharge has totally stopped.
Therefore this was absolutely the cause
  I now clean out my Rotex on a regular basis to prevent future build up occurring.
Cheers!

 

[robtonya]

I could't believe all that fit inside there. It looked like a robot arm from a sci-fi movie or something.

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Good Afternoon,
Anyone know what happened to the original content?
Matthew

 

[monte]

Good Afternoon,
Anyone know what happened to the original content?
Matthew

Matthew,

I actually noticed that the other day, when I believe DD was looking for a members name from Japan.

When I went poking around,(because I had remembered that underused had a starwars empire outfit up for a picture) his photo was gone & so was his content.

So I figured he bailed and took his content with him. If you look at the date he originally posted his posts compared to the last time he logged in, there is a consistency to the pull out

times. Didn't think much of it at the time. Now if there is other content from other members missing, then I would be concerned. What's the equivalent of an cyber gopher?

Roger

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Good Morning,
I have been in contact with Underused, and he explained that he wanted to remove his content from the forum.  That's all I know.

To everyone: you own the material you post to the forum.  However, it is bad forum manners to remove the content of your original post after it has turned into a discussion and several people have spent time thinking about the subject and composing their own material in response.  To make matters worse, the original poster in this case also deleted most of the subject, making what's left of the discussion nearly illegible.

So, yes, you own your material, but you also have a responsibility to the community when you engage publicly, especially when you start a discussion.  I have written to Underused and told him the same thing.

To date, this is the ony occasion when this has happened, but I thought it appropriate to discuss it here, given the context.

Thanks,
Matthew

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Good Afternoon,
Does anyone recall what the original question of this discussion was?  Some good information was included in this discussion, so I don't want to lose the thread.
Thanks,
Matthew

 

[Forrest Anderson]

Does anyone recall what the original question of this discussion was?  Some good information was included in this discussion, so I don't want to lose the thread.

Underused was complaining about small black particles which appeared on the workpiece when he used his Rotex RO150.

The original thread was entitled "Rotex 150 Discharge", and I have resurrected the title in this reply.

Although it's not immediately apparent, underused also made four replies within the thread in addition to his original post. He was able to delete them in their entirety, but since an author can't remove an original post in a thread, he was only able to delete the contents of that one. In his last reply, on 5 June, he stated that the discharge of particles had stopped after he cleaned out his Rotex and kept the vents clear of "fluff and dust build up". He seemed to think this was the solution to the problem.

Forrest

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Forrest,
Thanks for putting that together!  You spent some time helping the original poster, and the information is useful to other members who may experience the same issues.  This will help reconstruct the discussion again.

I've re-posted the original topic, so it will show up again on search.

Thanks again,
Matthew