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I like the conventional headstock. I like the old nomenclature for the headstock. I like that I can repair the conventional headstock. I am just smart enough to appreciate the engineering marvel that the conventional headstock is.

The Smart Motor nomenclature doesn’t resonate with me.

Here is video on repairing the bandsaw by Jacob Anderson (this is a complete tear down and rebuild) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFBeGfdiIak And here is one by Scott Markwood/ mygrowthrings where he showing some basic maintenance on the bandsaw. The bandsaw he is working on has the eclip (reassem...

Here is a video by Scott Markwood / mygrowthrings on oiling a shopsmith without the holes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQSGbudXUWk You might find some of the headstock tear down videos by Jacob Anderson helpful should you choose to remove the sheave and add a lubrication hole. These videos are s...

I believe the phot showing the second lubrication point was taken by dusty


Here is a video showing how to lubricate the Shopsmith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPOfNdYM8j0

From Jacob Andersons web site:
https://jacobvb.wordpress.com/maintenance-tips/

I too have been a little frustrated with the broken links in this forum. The wealth of knowledge here is amazing and it is sad to see so many links on any given subject no longer working. Hopefully this can be fixed.

Thank you!

I saw this on YouTube. Looked like an interesting solution.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCV_8Obbt2s

benmcn, I printed out copies of the monthly SPT's serial numbers several years ago when they were still accessible on the website. I have been recreating them on spreadsheets to make PDF's of them. The same as I did for the Mark 5/V including the one I call the lost numbers of 1962 through 1977. I ...

larryhrockisland wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 2:27 pm https://web.archive.org/web/20230903122 ... andsaw.htm

This should get you there by way of the web crawler on internet archive.

Thanks, that is what I was looking for!