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I replaced the bearings in that Franklin motor, found just what you said. I added it somewhere to this thread. I found removing the beating on the back end of the motor took some effort. It's in s blind hole. Of course I didn't have a blind hole bearing puller. There is a bit of space under the bear...

Oh, yes, 6202 5/8 bearings. I bought the wrong one the first time. Please double check the ones you say you are using now. I may just misunderstand what you wrote, and you may know this already, but the correct bearings are actually 6202-10-2RS (2rs for rubber sealed both sides, zz for metal shielde...

Welcome to the forum! If you haven't already, take a look at the sight threads of the maintainence section. You'll find a huge amount linked from there on fixing and running these things. And ask questions... I was clueless about Shopsmiths a year and a half or two years ago and the folk here have a...

In case it helps, I managed to open mine and remove a small piece of red plastic, a 1/4" rectangle or some such, and that allows the use without the key. It is an easily removed separate piece, as I recall. I think I had a little stress opening some part... whether the lock or the whole box I a...

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/tls/5117288531.html Rusty 10er but it has the speed changer and he only wants 45 for it. Ad reads only: "Going going gone Shopsmith $45 Will scrap next week" But has photos. I'm not near Sacramento but it shows up in the not quite nearby results. If I were ...

I'm pretty overwhelmed with the kind responses and encouragement here, thank you all. I'm looking at the bowl a little differently now since before I was mostly just seeing something that did not explode while I was turning it and instead made it into a bowl shape :) It was beginner's luck that it s...

Wow, thank you both! I just couldn't believe it didn't self destruct, though I sure was taking TINY cuts at the end ( ...if by end you mean final 80% of time spent!) I also didn't realize just how thin it was getting until I made some doubles calipers to measure, what with the protruding rim in the ...

A number of you gave me guidance on turning (many) months ago and I only now put it to use. Thank you for your help! Here's the result: (or at the bottom since I still don't understand the new forum's photo posting setup). Just measured it, exactly 4 inches diameter. Bowl no 1.jpg I had no idea what...

http://sacramento.craigslist.org/tls/5037696724.html

I know nothing beyond what the post says. Just thought I'd share the link.

Yeah, they have only been touched on here and there on the forums. Odd, maybe they decided they are awful and switched quickly? No idea here. I did turn it on and hear it run very very briefly when I brought it home. Curiosity made me. I'm glad I didn't run longer since it had a nearly severed wire ...