Duracraft Bench Bandsaw model 20412

[EVOLVO]

Couldn't find anything in search, sorry if I missed it. I bought the above mentioned saw at a GS yesterday for $5. Even though it's very light duty I got it cause it has variable speed. Might come in handy for small jobs? Anyway, I tested it at the GS and it ran fine but someone had twisted the speed control knob off so that function didn't work. I know that's the exact function I wanted but i figured it would be an easy fix, oops, my first wrong assumption, ever!!
So, Duracraft now belongs to Kaz and they don't recognize the model #. The speed control switch is made by Lucerne USA part # 10030 and I can't find that with Google either. The broken switch is kinda cool. It has a small rack and pinion. The pinion, my broken part, slides the rack back and forth across some contacts changing the resistance to the motor (I think, I'm no electrician!)
Any help will of course be greatly appreciated.
Alan

 

[TheGrooveking]

Couldn't find anything in search, sorry if I missed it. I bought the above mentioned saw at a GS yesterday for $5. Even though it's very light duty I got it cause it has variable speed. Might come in handy for small jobs? Anyway, I tested it at the GS and it ran fine but someone had twisted the speed control knob off so that function didn't work. I know that's the exact function I wanted but i figured it would be an easy fix, oops, my first wrong assumption, ever!!
So, Duracraft now belongs to Kaz and they don't recognize the model #. The speed control switch is made by Lucerne USA part # 10030 and I can't find that with Google either. The broken switch is kinda cool. It has a small rack and pinion. The pinion, my broken part, slides the rack back and forth across some contacts changing the resistance to the motor (I think, I'm no electrician!)
Any help will of course be greatly appreciated.
Alan

Post some pictures that'll help get more people to potentially help. But from what you list as the knob is twisted off, do you mean the shaft for the potentiometer is broken off / missing, including the knob?

TheGrooveking

 

[EVOLVO]

Groove,
I'll try and get pics up soon. Yes the pinion knob/shaft is broken off at the pinion gear. It's gone. This is all plastic stuff and the pinion gear itself is no more then 1/4" diameter. The broken shaft was probably only 1/8". Quite fragile and easy to see how some clumsy meat beaters would have broken it. Any leads to a replacement pot would be great.

 

[Ray-CA]

Would it be possible to just run the power through a rheostat (like a lamp dimmer?)

Not being an engineer I have no idea if this would work.

Ray

 

[EVOLVO]

Would it be possible to just run the power through a rheostat (like a lamp dimmer?)

Not being an engineer I have no idea if this would work.

Ray

I also don't know if this would work. Maybe someone who does will chime in.

 

[fordcragar]

Alan,

Is the motor an AC or DC motor?

Larry

 

[EVOLVO]

Alan,

Is the motor an AC or DC motor?

Larry

120V AC. I know that's usually difficult to do speed control on, you know how they did this?

Oh, hey Larry! How ya been?