Bandsaw shaft diameter?

[Mike907]

Blades C & D are 0.014" thick, and blades G & H are 0.025" thick. This is from the blade packages.

Mike

[dusty]

Well, I heated the lovejoy couple up longer on the stove, and it slid right on. I didn't have the set screw lined up right though, and now it is a tight interference fit on the shaft, so I'm just leaving the set screw off.

Now the problem I have is that the shafts don't line up horizontally. They are off by 1/16" horizontally. I looked at the manual from shopsmith website and it says to rotate the eccentric tubes. I don't know if only the newer bandsaw comes with these, but mine (with cast iron table) has just straight tubes.

Does anyone have some of these eccentric tubes for sale? I guess otherwise I can cut the original tubes in half and weld them to a plate of steel. Or am I missing something about how to align the older bandsaw?

I see the safety issue of having that lovejoy coupler on the end of the shopsmith all the time, so I'll just have to remove it when not in use.

As far as being a "torque fuse", did Shopsmith ever state this was the reason for their coupling? I seriously suspect it was more user safety to have a coupling on the headstock that didn't present such a risk to users when nothing was attached to it.

When I get a proper shop set up I plan to make stands for the SPTs I have (bandsaw and jointer) and connect them with pulleys to individual motors.

I think these are what you want.

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/item ... em=5137779