JPG gave you a link to a thread in this forum that contains lots of good info on maintaining and refurbishing an older machine. Post #5 in that thread contains a link to Shopsmith"s Sawdust Sessions. These sessions contain lots of good projects and ideas. Five of these sessions contain outstanding videos of maintaining and refurbishing SSs. Look at sessions 11, 21, 22, 23 and 24. They are not just ten minute shots but lengthy discussions and demonstrations.
Also, search this forum for ideas as to what cleaners, lubers, and penetrators are really helpful for getting your SS back to working order and enhancing its operation.
Welome aboard. i just joined and have spent hours reading fabulous info. It's kept me out of lots of bars.
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Welcome, Dave!!
You've found the right place. In fact, if you're like most of us you will rapidly come to think of this as home.
JPG's right. Start with the newowner's thread and do all the maintenance and setup and that alone will keep you out of trouble for awhile. If you run into a glitch, the gang is here to fix things.
Going thru the unit and "restoring" it is a great way to get to know the machine and how it works. The plus is that when you've got everything lubed and dialed in, she'll be ready to make serious sawdust.
Have fun (the rest of us do!)
ben
You've found the right place. In fact, if you're like most of us you will rapidly come to think of this as home.
JPG's right. Start with the newowner's thread and do all the maintenance and setup and that alone will keep you out of trouble for awhile. If you run into a glitch, the gang is here to fix things.
Going thru the unit and "restoring" it is a great way to get to know the machine and how it works. The plus is that when you've got everything lubed and dialed in, she'll be ready to make serious sawdust.
Have fun (the rest of us do!)
ben
'55 Greenie #292284 (Mar-55), '89 SS 510 #020989, Mark VII #408551 (sold 10/14/12), SS Band Saw, (SS 500 #36063 (May-79) now gone to son-in-law as of 11-11), Magna bandsaw, Magna jointer 16185 (May-54), Magna belt sander SS28712 (Dec-82), Magna jigsaw SS4397 (Dec-78), SS biscuit joiner, Zyliss (knockoff) vise, 20+ hand planes, 60s Craftsman tablesaw, CarbaTec mini-lathe, and the usual pile of tools. Hermit of the Hills Woodworks, a hillbilly in the foothills of the Ozarks, scraping by.