Wednesday night the Neutron failed during our second service. The output dropped way down for a while, then it totally shut down and gave an error code. I was expecting this would happen soon. I got a substitute abrazor tool from Tulsa Scenic this morning, a spiral tooth scroll saw blade. Keith at TS said that's what he uses every time their Neutron comes back from a rental, and they've not had a problem with it in three years. I ended up using a dental pick to start the cleaning, as the saw blade would not start into the hole. After twenty minutes of scraping, sawing, and a smidgen of buffing with sand paper, the Neutron is back in service!
So, lesson learned. I'll begin
regular cleaning of the machine, not just waiting until it's hours away from failure.
(Also picked up a roll of
Apollo Foil, a half dozen sheets of Roscolux, and a sheet of Apollo "Fatherless Amber". I think. It didn't have a number on it. Meh, it's for an amber front wash - I'm not picky. One sheet of Roscolux is "Congo Blue", my first time with this color. I like shopping!)