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I have obtained the above item and wondering what psi it produces? May not be very adequate as they do not sell them any longer. Anyone have any information about them? Thanks, Tom You may be able to get up to 50 PSI in a static environment. 30-40 PSI working pressure for use with a spray gun. I fo...

I highly recommend the Blue Max band saw tires. I have installed at least 12 sets of these Blue Max tires to where I can install a tire in around 1 minute using the enclosed tool. I do not glue these tires. No negative feedback for any of the installations. From the Ebay listing: Blue Max band saw t...

I found that the current start relay (3ARR1) is the problem on almost all of the 3/4 HP non-operational (buzzing) motors. The Mark VII 1 1/8 HP motors used this same current start relay. The only way I found to test these relays is to have an operational motor and then swap the current relays onto t...

Here is a link to the Jigsaw manual http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=10571 and here is a link to the manual for the Pro Planer, similar but different somehow. http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=15239 This is the original 10 page jig saw manual. Email Me bill.mayo@verizon...

Lots of small branches, limbs and twigs along with green pine cones came down, mostly during Friday night when the hurricane center was a few hundred miles north of us. No trees this time. Any standing water was all dried up by today. I am more inland then ED so no major flooding occurred and no pow...

Interesting! I wonder how much more wear, a little or a lot? Of course not a problem on a A pulley set up because the edges never touch the pulley. Don G I believe the wear is minimal as he continues to use them and I believe he started using them in 2010... Bill, is that correct? Cheers, John It w...

I remember Bill stating the link belts cause more wear to the aluminum sheeves. Still true, or is my memory faulty? Very true that the link belt does cause more wear on the sheaves than the V-belt. However, I found it to acceptable and it keeps the sheave vanes clean and shiny. The wear seems to mo...

Not to steal your topic. I have been using the link belts for many years in my personal Mark V headstocks. It was 35 links with the Power Twist Plus belts. Yes, It keeps the sheave vane surfaces clean with very little wear. The Mark V headstock does run quieter with less vibration using the link bel...

Finally got to open the box of legs and the box of tubes. I'm really pleased with the tubes. Just a couple of small touch ups needed and not worth the effort of spinning them, they are that nice. The legs on the other hand are a bit worse off then I hoped for. I'll have to do some wire brushing and...

The floating sheave should be easy sliding over the full length. Check that the vanes are not binding and causing your difficulty. This can happen if either sheave has been replaced. You may have to remove the floating sheave to determine why it is binding when closed. The belt and sheave dust is pu...