I am the proud owner of?

warningintruder · Post by **warningintruder** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:04 am

Well I had some time last night after work to pull some maintenance on my SS when I took the logo cover off the inside was very clean almost a unused look but on the worm gear and teeth of the speed control was caked with sawdust and some unknown substance almost looked like peanut butter I took my brush to clean it off and it was like concrete I did not want to try to scrape it off in fear of breaking something and did not want to pull the hole speed control assembly so this is what I did took small rag and put it under it to catch this super concrete peanut butter stuff fired up my heat gun on the lowest setting and starting to heat this thing up to my amazement in less than a minute it fell off all of it in one clump!:D I was a happy camper! so I put some powdered graphite on the gear and teeth oiled my sheaves with thirty weight non detergent oil and fired her up ran the speed control up and down and it works great:) And as always I want to thank all of you for your help.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:32 am

Congratulations new proud owner. I also want to congratulate for your solution. I know what you mean about that super dried peanut butter. Others may have used heat before but I don't recall ever hearing about that method.

One suggestion. The next time you lubricate the speed control gears (often referred to as the pork chop) I would suggest using Topcote. Be careful with the Topcote though. Be very careful not to spray it onto the belts.

Have you gotten a copy of Rick Davis' video, The Shopsmith Journals? If you haven't, I would suggest that you do. It is a super DVD that details maiontenance on the Shopsmith.

Also, you what to view the videos at Shopsmith.com, the Sawdust Sessions.

Go do a wax job, finish the alignment and make sawdust. Congratulations.

warningintruder · Post by **warningintruder** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:46 am

Thank you Dusty and I will order some Topcoat and the Rick Davis DVD,I have watched a few of the videos at Sawdust Sessions and they have been a big help to,today I'm going to do the wax job and get ready to build my new shop cabinets

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:52 am

Polish her up good - it will make her proud.

Then:

GO MAKE SAWDUST SAFELY

Your shop may never be clean again.

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:52 am

Hi warning intruder,

warningintruder wrote:Well I had some time last night after work to pull some maintenance on my SS when I took the logo cover off the inside was very clean almost a unused look but on the worm gear and teeth of the speed control was caked with sawdust and some unknown substance almost looked like peanut butter I took my brush to clean it off and it was like concrete I did not want to try to scrape it off in fear of breaking something and did not want to pull the hole speed control assembly so this is what I did took small rag and put it under it to catch this super concrete peanut butter stuff fired up my heat gun on the lowest setting and starting to heat this thing up to my amazement in less than a minute it fell off all of it in one clump!:D I was a happy camper! so I put some powdered graphite on the gear and teeth oiled my sheaves with thirty weight non detergent oil and fired her up ran the speed control up and down and it works great:) And as always I want to thank all of you for your help.

Regarding that unknown substance: Could it have been beeswax? That is what is recommended by SS for lubricating that spot. See the 4th post of this thread: https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=1127&highlight=ring
Even if it was beeswax, the way you describe it, there was too much. It should probably be cleaned off and replaced once in awhile;) .

warningintruder · Post by **warningintruder** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:40 am

I think you have figured out what the peanut butter concrete stuff was I took the clump that fell off and put it in can and then on my camp stove it took about two minutes for it to melt into something unknown after it cooled down it was not hard like concrete but pliable like wax, I talked to my father in law about it he said he never did maintenance on the the SS and only did the upgrades to it before he became ill so that wax could have been put on in the late eighties:eek: I think the mystery is solved:)

And as always I want to thank all of you for your help.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:36 pm

Sounds like good stuff!! Lasts a long time! Thinking of switching to beeswax.

Maybe! Wheel bearing grease works good - beeswax lasts a long time - haven't read a report on the long term lubrication of Topcoat.

The grease is easy to clean and re-new - Does anyone know about the ease of renewing beeswax?

mtobey · Post by **mtobey** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:15 pm

I post to recognize your comment on a sometimes confusing site for SS. However, a call to them will connect you with people who are cheerful, helpful and understand the fine reputation and regard for their product. I usually ask for Jan Whitacre, but if she is not around, I still get service from a "friend."mt

solicitr · Post by **solicitr** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:02 pm

I usually ask for Jan Whitacre

That must be the Jan whom I spoke with last week. My 520 kit had arrived missing one of the rubber feet from the telescoping legs, and Jan after looking it up realized that the foot had no separate part number. No problem "I'll just go down to returns, pull a foot off a leg there and drop it in an envelope for ya." Boy, I thought service like that was long gone.

warningintruder · Post by **warningintruder** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:11 am

Thank you for the reply I think I will call them next time on another note I received my first order from ShopSmith a 5/8 arbor and fence mounted feather board well the package looked like it went thru a tumbler:( the feather board studs were sticking thru the sides of the box and the arbor was no longer in its original package the parts are ok but wow does Fed-X play soccer with these packages or what?

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