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Was there a suspected "bent motor housing" somewhere associated with this Mark V or am I loosing it? :) No Dusty your not loosing it. That was My other machine..A 56 Greenie. I replaced some worn items on it. It is the one with the close belt/ way tube clearance. It however still has that...

Everything went well on re-assembly. Machine runs wonderful! Here are the pix I promised. If anything looks amiss please let me know. I'm closing the chapter on this project. Thank you JPG for hanging in there with me. Hope my questions, and posted pix may help future shopsmithers that may have simi...

You mean to tell me after all these years there isn't one? I'll post some pictures of my installed parts tomorrow. Just about ready to fire it up!

Yup..I agree. It is already disassembled. Well all that needs to be for the poly v belt replacement. Pretty sure mine gets the three notch placement. There is no set screw on mine, and belts came today. So I'm ready. Gotta figure that idler bearing goes flush. All the parts n bearings seem really go...

JPG wrote:I gotta ask what the idler shaft looks like with the belt cover off. The vent plate pix looks like the bearing is sticking out the rear too far.

Thanks for confirming that for me JPG. Just waiting on belts before reassembly.

Ron

Thanks for the link JPG..very helpful. Question; in dis-assembling the 510 I noticed the key falling out of the keyway soon as I removed the quadrant assembly, along with the control sheave. What is supposed to keep it in? is this a typical key? FWIW my machine has the split type eccentric bushing. ...

When I first lifted the belt cover (machine was in vertical position) the belt was so tight against the headstock the motor would not turn. It would try, then blow the circuit breaker at the home of the seller. I dis connected the main drive belt then turned on again. The motor seem to run fine at t...

jsburger wrote:
Just remember, the Sawdust Sessions were made a long time ago. They were the best at the time.

Nobody has redone them somewhere?

I can't believe the poor resolution quality of those videos! Is that normal, or something wrong with my System set-up? It is only allowing 240 p max. I can't see anything clearly. Question: when I loosen only the large Allan screw holding the idler shaft, and eccentric bearing, with the loop & r...