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Just wanted to follow-up...I can't believe it was way back in October when I acquired this machine. Many thanks to all for the advice; I watched the great maintenance videos and everything checked-out fine and seems to run great. It really is/was practically brand new with very little use, and ...

Many thanks for all of the great advice and insight. I've begun reviewing some of the maintenance stickys. Have a very busy weekend coming up, so I probably won't get a chance to really play with this until next week.

Put the 12" sanding disc on and rotate it by hand. If everything seems ok, adjust the speed control(while continuing to rotate the sanding disc). Adjust it towards fast first, then all the way down to slow. Again assuming all is well, plug it in and turn it on(be prepared to 'pull the plug' if ...

Hi all, newbie here. Great forum.

Today I brought home a practically new 1988 Mark V (Model 555510, SN 120888) that appears to have been used very, very little. In fact, the band saw was still in the original box, with its table box still stapled shut. The chuck doesn't appear to have ever been ...