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What is the best way to use the wire brush and how long does it last?
SMITH Cure-it wire steel brush assemblies consist of a specially designed twisted heavy-gauge hardened steel wire ganged to an arbor in various widths and diameters for their required machine type. The wire brush is designed to pick off flaking paints, curing compounds, caked dirt, grease and...
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I drive my car without a spare tire. Why do I need a wear parts kit with my scarifier?
Driving without a spare tire is risky... and so is working without spare parts for your scarifier.
It’s a common industry practice to stock one wear parts kit with an extra cutter drum assembly. Being on the job with spares eliminates downtime, saves money and avoids frustration.
There are...
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I remove carpet glues from bare concrete and then seal the surfaces using the equipment attached. I am looking for a faster process.
You can use a drum-style SMITH surface preparator with Strip-it carbide cutters to remove the glues and mastics faster than a rotary machine and leaving the surface much rougher, or create a terrazzo finish that can be finished smooth using a rotary diamond grinder.
If the surface is not level,...
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What is the benefit of shaving with a stacked diamond drum vs shaving or cutting with a spaced or gapped diamond drum?
Depending upon the surface you are working and the coatings you are shaving, you will have to gap your drum accordingly.
All SMITH Shaver drums can be set at narrow or wide gaps depending upon the materials you are removing. Softer coatings (urethanes, polyureas, epoxies) may be best removed...
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What is the best way to prepare new concrete surfaces for thermoplastic pavement markings?
New concrete surfaces must be cured and the curing compound removed prior to installing any coatings. Check the pH balance of the concrete to assure that it is ready to accept the coatings you will apply.
Prepare the surface using a drum-style scarifier, set up with Flail-it carbide cutters with...
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We are removing the old wood block ties and replacing it with a smaller concrete tie in an open pocket that is just 8” wide and 6” deep. What works best?
Achieving proper adhesion prior to installing a new concrete overlay on old concrete requires a scarification process to clean the concrete, leaving a CSP 6 - CSP 9 profile. Working in tight locations requires the SMITH FS050 with a Flail-it cutter drum assembly set up in a medium...
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We had a cutter head (drum) break using your CF2228 full-width carbide cutters set-up in an all-cutter/no-spacer "fine" pattern, after approximately 18 hours applying a lot of downward pressure.
Setting up a drum in a fine set-up without spacers takes a toll even on the new drums. Adding spacers would definitely help reduce the amount of pressure that the full-width CF2228 cutters apply to the drum assembly.
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We removed the front fixed casters on the EZOFF upcut carriage and it seems to cut better. Is there any risk?
Not much downside other than wear on the SPS10 wheels and a rather odd-looking setup. If the reason you removed them was due to any stability concerns, it is probably due to adjusting the height primarily with the controls on the cart and not the controls on the SPS10.
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On the X3, what is the replacement interval for replacing the rubber bushings on the cutter spindle?
We don't have a specific interval due to the varied nature of jobs in which the X3 may be engaged. I would however, expect at least 40+ hours out of a set, under normal circumstances; more frequently when aggressively planing vs. in the float position. We would be interested in seeing...
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Do we have to keep all the caster wheels on the ground on the X3 to get the finish we want?
Although it is ideal that all four casters of the outer frame would be equally planted during operation, it isn't necessarily required.In a lot of circumstances, if the skid steer or tractor doesn't have the outer frame sufficiently weighted it will raise one or two casters. This isn't necessarily...
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