New (old) Shop Smith owner

2centsworth · Post by **2centsworth** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:18 pm

I sent you a pm. Do you know how to get to them ?
Thanks

teacherman · Post by **teacherman** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:33 pm

2centsworth wrote:I sent you a pm. Do you know how to get to them ?
Thanks

They are on eBay. Scroll up on this thread to find the link.

teacherman · Post by **teacherman** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:42 pm

dusty wrote:You say that you are going to "tear into" your new machine. The only advise that I would give at this point is "don't fix it if it ain't broke".

Mostly what I intend to do is replace the old cord and switch wires, clean and wax everything, and check for lube points. It starts, but it blew the breaker on the power strip, so the wire is definitely old. Hope that is all. The belt feels like a v belt, so I don't know if it has been upgraded.

I tried to upload pics but they were too big, and my tech brain too small...

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:42 pm

teacherman wrote:They are on eBay. Scroll up on this thread to find the link.

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A pm is a private message sent within this forum site. Click on 'private messages near the upper right corner.

You may need to 'allow' them in your profile.

teacherman · Post by **teacherman** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:55 pm

OK. Maybe this attempt to post pics will work. Tried with tablet and phone, no dice. Medium size jpgs may do it. Looks like a GE motor with a decent condition belt not unlike a fan belt. However, the back of the belt touches the steel glide tube or whatever they call the two bars on which things glide back and forth.

It uses a lot of juice starting up no load, so definitely needs a new cord. I think I will go with 12 gauge after all.

I identified all the parts except the shaft in the last pic. Any idea what this is?

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 12:41 am

teacherman wrote:Mostly what I intend to do is replace the old cord and switch wires, clean and wax everything, and check for lube points. It starts, but it blew the breaker on the power strip, so the wire is definitely old. Hope that is all. The belt feels like a v belt, so I don't know if it has been upgraded.

I tried to upload pics but they were too big, and my tech brain too small...

Not surprising a power strip breaker tripped. The startup current will be large. Any resistance will increase the startup time(not a good thing). The wire has nothing to do with the breaker tripping.

All /Mark 5/V have a v-belt from the motor to the idler shaft. The 'different' belts are the gilmer or poly-v belt that connects the idler shaft to the main shaft.

The mystery part is something 'extra' that I do not think is a SS part.

The v-belt should not rub against the way tube unless the tension is 'loose'. That could be caused by a floating sheave being 'stickey'.

This site has a 800W x 600H limit(both must be less than those limits).

The 3/4hp motor does take time to startup if the speed control is set to a fast setting.

I assume you know to NOT adjust the speed control without the pulleys rotating.

2centsworth · Post by **2centsworth** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 7:13 am

I see you figured out how to post pics. Good job and a very nice Greenie. Nothing a complete cleaning won't take care of. Take your time and ask all the question you want, people here have forgotten more then you and I will ever know about these machines. The best part is you can't damage it if you go slow and follow the instructions. The DVD's should help a great deal. Thousands of these machines have been refurbed why not one by you

. Good luck and keep us posted on your progress. You CAN do this !

teacherman · Post by **teacherman** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:28 am

2centsworth wrote:I see you figured out how to post pics. Good job and a very nice Greenie. Nothing a complete cleaning won't take care of. Take your time and ask all the question you want, people here have forgotten more then you and I will ever know about these machines. The best part is you can't damage it if you go slow and follow the instructions. The DVD's should help a great deal. Thousands of these machines have been refurbed why not one by you . Good luck and keep us posted on your progress. You CAN do this !

Thanks, Jerry. I thought this machine looked to not have been used too much. It is 58 years old, and maybe by the time it is 60, I'll have all the accessories for it.

It looks to me that the plastic power coupler is used only for the jointer. Maybe there are some other tools that take off of that, like a bandsaw.

I had never thought of this, but having a router table could come in handy. At this point I don't see how to get the power head under the saw table, maybe there is an extra accessory. But I get way ahead of myself.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:52 am

teacherman wrote:Thanks, Jerry. I thought this machine looked to not have been used too much. It is 58 years old, and maybe by the time it is 60, I'll have all the accessories for it. An ambitious goal!!!!!

It looks to me that the plastic power coupler is used only for the jointer. Maybe there are some other tools that take off of that, like a bandsaw.

I had never thought of this, but having a router table could come in handy. At this point I don't see how to get the power head under the saw table, maybe there is an extra accessory. But I get way ahead of myself.

All the SPT's that are driven by the M5 headstock use that coupler.

Raise the table to its full height and the headstock will slip under it. This can be done by either moving the carriage(and table) or the headstock.

teacherman · Post by **teacherman** » Tue Mar 11, 2014 1:41 am

Well, the DVDs arrived today, so I will set about the process of cleaning, lubricating, rewiring, and adjusting whenever I get the chance.

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