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Thanks Russ, I think you're right and I will be looking for a replacement miter gauge. I checked and the nylon glide was sheared off on that side.

I did get the bandsaw wheels in proper alignment by first taking the blade off and then "gently" tapping on the center of the lower wheel. It inched ...

JPG wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:17 pm Hint: the pulley has 13 grooves. The belt has 9 ribs. Guess where the belt nominally goes.

Move it forward(towards the quill end) at least one groove.

Will do. Thanks

One more - That's a remarkable level of damage on the miter gauge. It looks like one of the nylon slides is probably gone.


It's pretty bad, not sure about the sliders but will check. I did file down some of the sharp points. The cuts are at 2 different angles and go a long way through the gauge ...

1) The upper wheel SHOULD be canted as shown! I.E the top leans 'in'.

2) The lower wheel is NOT installed correctly. It does stick out too far. That is causing the blade falling off the inner edge. The blade is NOT contacting the lower guide bearing that controls the positioning of the blade upon ...

The V-Belt position looks 'slower than slow' meaning riding higher in the idler sheaves than normal for the slowest position. Possible that this is caused by a slightly oversize V-Belt. IIRC Jacob A sells a slightly different V-belt, so it might be fine if this is his version. For a standard belt ...

I'm having trouble with the bandsaw. While waiting on parts for the headstock, I cleaned it up which included removing and cleaning the table, upper and lower guide blocks. When I hooked it up to the headstock, the blade came off of the tire on the lower wheel and rode on the inside of the wheel. I ...

The springy washer is reference #75 on the exploded parts diagram here on the website. It goes behind the quill lock on the front of the headstock. Looking at the pictures it appears the speed control dial is not positioned correctly if the speed is set at slow for the pictures. This can be ...

Hey guys, I wanted to give an update. After alot of scrubbing, cussing and online research, I've gotten the shopsmith back together and made successful trials of the table saw, jointer, horizontal drill press and lathe. I'm having trouble with the band saw as the wheels are way out of alignment ...

It's all torn apart now and I see can see that any hope of avoiding this was wishful thinking. The outside quill bearing was partially stuck. It will rotate now but is still tight or gives resistance at the one spot and will have to be replaced. I want to replace both bearings on this end of the ...

My son and I rode an hour south and picked up the 510 yesterday. I'd never seen one in person before and was pleased with the overall workmanship and sturdiness of the machine and tables when everything gets locked down. I've got nothing against inexpensive chinese made tools. They make it possible ...