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Hello All, I have made a tea box out of "Roasted" Maple and I am just ready to put on a finish. I have not worked with roasted maple before and am looking to find out if anyone found a nice finishing process which preserves it rich color? Any help would be much appreciated. FYI-As most peo...

Hello, I have an old Magna Jointer which came with an old greenie I picked up. I am in the process of trying to manufacture a fence for it as it did not come with one. Has anyone ever tried this? I am still at the early planning stages so any suggestions would be great. I will get pics up once I hav...

Thank you so much for all your help everyone. I am always amazed by how knowledgeable you guys are! Well here are a couple answers for you: -The floating sheave is sticky to say the least. Moving it is very difficult. -I lubricated as per the owners manual before disassembling the speed control. -Ju...

Thanks for the advice and I just tried to run it back down to slow it stopped and felt like it was binding somewhere. I did not want to force it down any further for fear of breaking something. The best way to describe it is the speed control handle only turned about 1 full revolution (toward slow) ...

Hello, I spent a good half in hour scratching my head and staring at my old 1955 "greenie" last night. I had taken the speed control apart and when I tried to put the belt back on to the floating sheave after reassembling the speed control the belt was incredibly loose. I did not notice wh...

Thank you for your advice on this one. I ended up doing a bit of a make shift piece to fit into the space. I cut a washer to fill in the broken part and attached it a full size washer on the back side for support. Seems to do the job but I fear it is no permanent solution. Thanks again for the input...

Thanks for the advice. I had adjusted the screw set and that did not solve the problem the Control Sheave kept slipping out towards the speed control assembly. I eventually fixed it by adjusting the speed control assembly before pulling the belt back over the lower stationary sheave. the extra press...

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I am looking for everyones advice here on repair techniques to repair a crack in the casing to the headstock. The mounting for the speed control is broken and I need to rebuild it so the speed control mounts properly. Any and all suggestiosn are encouraged!

Jesse

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I am in the process of a refurbish on an old machine I came across. When I attempt to replace the speed control bracket it is hitting the control sleave. Is there an adjustment I can make so they do not touch?

Jesse

Thanks for all the help and suggestions. I am sure through out the process of getting this SS up and running I will be looking for more assistance. It is great to have so much knowledge available. If I have to pay a little extra for the parts so be it as I only paid $40 for the actual Mark V.