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Thanks JPG, I appreciate it.

I've the SS for about a week and today the lock that stops the headstock from moving totally froze up which resulted in breaking the tightening handle from the threaded rod. I had to remove the headstock from the tubes and cut the rod in two. The question is, how in the world do I put the new ...

Thanks for all the info. As with any "new" piece of equipment, an overload of info can make this pretty intimidating. I will plod on and with you guys help become more and more comfortable with my SS. Thanks again.

"Remove the belt cover. With the speed set to fast(and NOT running) remove the motor belt from the motor pulley. Raise to vertical. Insert the table into the carriage from below/back side. This gives you a table below the headstock that you can use to rest the motor pan/motor on. Remove 5 screws ...

Thank you all for the help, I appreciate it, now at least I have a idea of what I have. My next job will to basically give it a good cleaning and then try to figure out how to get it oiled, maybe get a 3" or 31/4" hole saw to cut an opening under the back face plate which has already been removed by ...

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Newbie to the site. Have done some (not much) woodworking and I just got a 1955 Mark V in fairly decent shape from what I can tell, it runs well and the belts look OK to me, I've read several threads on oiling and generally checking the machine and have come up with some noob ?'s. On my SS there is ...