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Thanks chuck-I figured that out this am. What i haven't figured out is how to determine how much belt tension there should be at the motor. when I attempted to do the tension balancing at the eccentric bushing, the idler shaft wants to drop down the hole when you try to turn the eccentric. With belt ...

I am waiting for responses from teknatool and from shopsmith.I started by taking off the lower motor cover from the headstock after i took off the dust cover from the front of the machine. When run-you can distinctly hear noise from the drive sleeve bearing at the eccentric, and a whirring sound ...

gotta say-that drill press idea is way cool!

I have all of the docs and that is where i was planning to start, but what about the motor pulley? Somehow it looks out of round as it rotates and I was wondering if that part might be defective and make vibration? The previous owners(two) called shopsmith about it and shopsmiths' suggestion was to ...

I bought a used power pro upgrade headstock. It runs and operates as it should,except that it makes some slight noise. I took dust cover off and ran the machine and listened-can't tell much about where noise originates. Belts look plenty tight and in good condition. the only visible concern is that ...