Does anyone know of a company or individual that performs maintenance on table saws, band saws, dust collection systems and other woodworking equipment? Due to physical limitations, I'm unable to do some of these tasks myself and require some professional assistance.
May want to check with a retail store that caters to wood workers or a large seller of equipment similar to what you have. I am sure they have or know someone that can take care of warranty issues that come up.
There's not much out there that I know of. I always do my own.
You can try calling "Tool Services" (702-734-9161) they might be able to recommend someone.
I'll ask around and see if I can find somebody for you.
Nevada Carbide (702-366-0967) is a blade sharpening company, but they also do repairs,
although the owner is getting ready to retire he might be worth the call, maybe can give you a lead.
Another I have never used is
Nano Machinery Repairs (702-530-6266)
I've only met one guy that did something like that. I think he used to hire out to a school district when they still had a woodshop so you might want to inquire in those circles.
One option is to check in your local area, find who services the warranties for Powermatic, Grizzly, Laguna, etc, etc, etc.
If you're lucky, one or more of those companies will be able to help you out.
IME - Best source for equipment maintenance depends on many factors?
- If all you need is help with a few small hobby shop sized WW tools, then ask local wood working club or your equipment sellers if they know of anyone who services hobby tools. Have helped a couple of different folks with WW machine troubleshooting and repair over the years after a WW club meeting request.
If you want commercial level services for a large shop full of tools, then keep reading.
- Tools less than 5-7 years old, your local mfg distributor/representative selling into the commercial market will have warranty and non-warranty service available. Can contact Powermatic, Jet, SCM, etc; to get name of number of local suppliers offering service. For some brands, Grainger maintains tool repair depot for both warranty and non-warranty service work. As mentioned above, Fastenal is another franchise that has tool repair depot and on-site service in larger cities.
- Tools more than 7-10 years old are considered antiques in commercial world. Not many mfg or their dealers will support older tools. The best sources then become the used tool brokers, or component distributors that offer machine repair, and/or rebuild. Folks like Global Industrial or Purvis Industries have offices nationwide, and most have service tech's that make shop calls. Applied Industrial offers OEM motor/control/conveyor servicing for all major brands, regardless of what WW tool it might be attached to.
The used tool brokers generally don't offer service per say, but they always have a list of independent contractors or experts they call when a used machine needs repair before sale. MX Machinery in LV as one example you can call.
+1 Members from my woodworking club would be there the next day to help out anyone in that situation. And since woodworking tends to be an old man hobby, we usually help out grieving families get reasonable prices for woodworking tools in estate sales.
Asking for assistance on this forum should stir up a few responses by wood hobbyist's like yourself in your area who maintain their own consumer grade equipment. Older machines of professional grade may need a professional or at least someone who has experience with that type of equipment. A good way to make a woodworking friend. Since you do custom wood working, trading of services is (shop use vs tool maintenance) a good exchange.
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