TIG - Broken electrode sharpener broken

Metal Shop
#1

I came in today to do a bit of TIG welding. I went to sharpen the my TIG electrode and it will not turn on . There are only two controls and I checked them both. One is the on/off switch and the other is the speed control just above it the on/off switch.

I even plugged the sharpener into three different outlets and still it will not turn on.

David Stanton

#2

@Team_Metal_Shop

#3

There is already an issue opened here. Someone needs to take a look at it.

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#4

Where is the grinder located so I can sharpen the tips? I have searched high and low.
Thanks

David Stanton

#5

It’s only the pencil sharpener thing nowadays. Which, sadly, is busted. And it was nigh-on to brand new!

#6

Is it under warranty?

#7

Better be given we’ve only had it a few months. Real question is what has made it fail so fast

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#8

:dms: FTW

Aw. That doesn’t work in messages? :sob: (I need the Snoopy cry here…)

#9

what I guess matters more to me is why it’s an elegant failure rather than an graceful degradation. A tool like this I would have expected some indication of more wear or operational problems.

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