Responses to Cast Saw Repair
Refahel Muskin
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Title:
Responses to Cast Saw Repair
Creator:
Refahel Muskin
Date:
7/20/2009
Text:
I received a number of great suggestions on repairing my Stryker cast saw, places that fix them and alternative cheaper cast saws. The following are the suggestions:
Cast Saw Repair:
Cords get twisted and break internally. Get a cheap volt ohm meter and check. Unless an armature winding burned through & they almost never do it's most likely the cord or plug. You did replace the springs & metal flat caps behind the brushes right? I do not mean the black Bakelite brush covers.
Check to see if the cord is good sometimes the wires break on the inside with no visible marks on the outside.
Most common issue with those are bearings. that's why you never draw with cast saw, but go up-down cutting. go to stryker website, they have list of spare parts for their cast saws, very inexpensive to buy. bearings are like 8 bucks each. not the motor ones, but ones in the gooseneck, there are 2 of those that go bad very fast from abuse. that's when saw starts making that whining noise...
Places that fix cast saws:
Atlas International 800.545.6287 or www.atlasortho.com < <URL Redacted>> .
O&P Enterprises for repair, 800-666-0356
Cast Cutter Repair Center,
2735 Terwood Road
Willow Grove, PA.19090
(877) 643-9300
Castcutters.com
SOUTHERN REWINDERS IS LOCATED IN TAMPA FLORIDA AND THE PERSON TO TALK TO IS LEO.
SPS, contact David Larson at ext:248
Med Repair in Michigan
Alternative cast saws:
A number of you recommended not to repair the Stryker cast saw but to purchase the following instead:
FEIN multimaster oscillating cast saw about $300 from Pel.
Harbor Freight Multi-Function tool, part no. ITEM 65700-9VGA at www.harborfreight.com < <URL Redacted>> about $40.
You can now get an inexpensive cast saw at one of the large home improvement stores being marketed as a craft saw for around $125!
Thanks for all the suggestions.
Refahel Muskin, CO
Cast Saw Repair:
Cords get twisted and break internally. Get a cheap volt ohm meter and check. Unless an armature winding burned through & they almost never do it's most likely the cord or plug. You did replace the springs & metal flat caps behind the brushes right? I do not mean the black Bakelite brush covers.
Check to see if the cord is good sometimes the wires break on the inside with no visible marks on the outside.
Most common issue with those are bearings. that's why you never draw with cast saw, but go up-down cutting. go to stryker website, they have list of spare parts for their cast saws, very inexpensive to buy. bearings are like 8 bucks each. not the motor ones, but ones in the gooseneck, there are 2 of those that go bad very fast from abuse. that's when saw starts making that whining noise...
Places that fix cast saws:
Atlas International 800.545.6287 or www.atlasortho.com < <URL Redacted>> .
O&P Enterprises for repair, 800-666-0356
Cast Cutter Repair Center,
2735 Terwood Road
Willow Grove, PA.19090
(877) 643-9300
Castcutters.com
SOUTHERN REWINDERS IS LOCATED IN TAMPA FLORIDA AND THE PERSON TO TALK TO IS LEO.
SPS, contact David Larson at ext:248
Med Repair in Michigan
Alternative cast saws:
A number of you recommended not to repair the Stryker cast saw but to purchase the following instead:
FEIN multimaster oscillating cast saw about $300 from Pel.
Harbor Freight Multi-Function tool, part no. ITEM 65700-9VGA at www.harborfreight.com < <URL Redacted>> about $40.
You can now get an inexpensive cast saw at one of the large home improvement stores being marketed as a craft saw for around $125!
Thanks for all the suggestions.
Refahel Muskin, CO
Citation
Refahel Muskin, “Responses to Cast Saw Repair,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/230554.
