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Thanks for the detailed instruction, I have a squeaky head stock lock on the same machine, I suppose I will be following Mickey mouse to the solution.

Thank you, it's back on! (I had to rock it while jiggling the handle, neither of which had occurred to me until you replied.) thanks!

Hi there, another silly question I'm sure... One of my shopsmiths is a green(greenie?) base but the table that came with it looks like the mkv 500 table as far as I can tell. I removed the table to try my hand at the lathe, and now I can't get it back on, the teeth just don't grab on the gear. The h...

Ok thanks, I was following the instructions in the woodworking with power tools or whatever that came with it, and it had stated to tap both sides in separately before mounting. Thanks again!

Hi all, I decided to try out the lathe for the first time yesterday on a scrap piece of fir I had, and it was a little too much fun. The only thing was the dead center that came with my machine gets really hot (I used bees wax on it). Anyway, I ordered a nova live center kit, and my question is, do ...

Don't I know it! Two years ago I was a travelling sales rep with some small amount of time for hobbies. Now we live entirely off grid and oh the things I have had to learn, simply because nobody else will do it for me. Tractor work, hydroelectric mainenance, logging... Motors and engines always scar...

The sheave movement looked good, so I put the saw back on and tried again, and it works! It is a bit smoother now too. Thanks for all the help everyone!

Ok, so I removed the table saw and took the cover off to try and figure this out. I decided to try re oiling it first because there was a third oil point mentioned above that I missed. I also don't think I applied enough to either of the other two points. So I fired up the machine and all the drive ...

Thanks for the suggestions and information, I hope to find some time this afternoon to take a closer look inside and see what needs to be done. I'll let you all know what I find.
Regards,
Robert

Hi,thanks for the reply. Ok, so I went through that entire thread again, am I missing something? As stated in my original post I had done all the maintenance from the manual, including oiling the sheaves, unless I am completely misunderstanding that section of the manual (I put 3 in 1 in two places ...