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God bless you for trying to keep your mother at home. My wife is a retired Home Health Care Nurse, so I can understand the struggles involved. Does Wisconsin have County health care Assistance? I know that Iowa has such programs that have a wealth of help and information, but I don't know about ...

Well I was able to work on it again today and it is now running and tracking correctly.
THANK YOU JPG for all of your input and posts. The fact that you took the time to make the tune up post with pictures is truly invaluable. I HIGHLY recommend that any first time users read it until it becomes ...

Sorry JPG....I didn't see the final question until I posted my last reply. No, there were no needles missing.

Since this bandsaw is new to me, and I don't have any information on how well it has been maintained, I have been going on the assumption that ALL parts are original.

I think I am confused re what you are saying.






JPG...thank you for the info on "previous test" procedures. When I placed a straight edge against my upper wheel, it was flush with the top of my lower wheel. [? 1] I then pushed the top of the upper wheel to remove all play,the offset between ...

JPG...thank you for the info on "previous test" procedures. When I placed a straight edge against my upper wheel, it was flush with the top of my lower wheel. I then pushed the top of the upper wheel to remove all play,the offset between the two wheels was correct. SO.....I Removed and replaced the ...

Remember why the wheel is canted at all. It is canted in the Shopsmith band saw so as to force the blade to walk toward the back of the wheel. The guide bearings are intended to control how far.

There are those who will tell how much cant and I am one of them but all I believe can be said is that ...

Is the back of the blade drifting away from both the upper(rear) and the lower(front) guide bearings? When it bears against both guide bearings, how far from the back rim of the upper tire is the back of the blade?

If you do not understand the previous question(by Beeg), please say so. We will be ...

beeg wrote:What is the amount of cant?

It is "slightly" canted so that the top of the wheel is kicked back. I read quite a bit on the shopsmith bandsaw, but never found anything on the amount of cant...just that it needed to be canted.

I found a bandsaw at a garage sale and for ten dollars couldn't pass it up. It is a Magna model 630 from 1959. It is identical to the Shopsmith bandsaw, so I started cleaning it up and replacing parts. My question is as follows...After adjusting the auto track and upper and lower guide bearings I ...