Stand motor clicking

[Beave2012]

Update:

I took the motor apart again and decided to try and fix it one more time. So in this attempt I tried to slide the fan down the shaft using a board and some clamps so I could distribute the pressure better. After a good tug I didn't really see it slide any, maybe a tiny amount that I would need a caliper to measure.

Put the thing back together and gave it a whirl. Spun smooth as ice. Turned it on, and it is now running better than when I received it. Can barely tell its running.

So the original story with the motorized stand was I picked it up from craigslist for $100 with the jointer. The seller thought it was a stand alone jointer made by shopsmith. I was in the market for the jointer and was slightly unfamiliar with Shopsmith at the time, but saw how it came off the stand while looking at it. $100 bucks later I had a stand alone jointer, but never really figured out how the pulley ratios would work for other tools (didn't really think about it until I got a bandsaw and saw how much I used it compared to the jointer.

Now I have the bandsaw mounted on the smooth running motor. I am going to pick up the pulley's tomorrow (already got the new belt) and I am so very excited that I now have my SS 500 drill press, the bandsaw on a stand, my pro planer, and can leave my scroll saw on the SS 520. I pretty much have all I need to start my decent into insanity as mentioned on the wood working topic area.

On a side note: I originally got the SS to save space and have all the tools I needed in a small area. As I wrote that last paragraph, I think my SS turned into a wannabe full sized shop. And I still am looking on craigslist for a great deal on a 500 or 510 for a dedicated shorty sanding station. My name is Brian and I am a Shopsmith-a-holic, but at least now I have my stand-alone bandsaw!

[ERLover]

OH Beave, you did great on the motor!!!!!! Oh Beave now you have to come here for that addiction fix!!!! They are great machines, parts still available, easy to do yourself, and on CL a bargain in my area compared to a stand alone, and we have a variable speed drive!! Then the shorty option for dedicated things, Life is great!!!!!!!!

[Beave2012]

OH Beave, you did great on the motor!!!!!! Oh Beave now you have to come here for that addiction fix!!!! They are great machines, parts still available, easy to do yourself, and on CL a bargain in my area compared to a stand alone, and we have a variable speed drive!! Then the shorty option for dedicated things, Life is great!!!!!!!!

The question is... will my wife kill me for having a 3rd shopsmith in the garage... lol It may have to replace one of my work benches... wonder if I put a 3/4" sheet of MDF over the tables, if that would hold up as a table top... hmmm.. That would at least "hide" it from her.

[dusty]

I built my Shorty a piece at a time as I gathered parts from ebay etc. The parts were always is the open in the shop. As it got assembled, it was always right there in the midst of things.

Then, one day, long after the Shorty had been reported here on the forum as "up and running", she asks - "Hey, when did you buy that"? To this day, I do not believe she believes how it all came to be.

[cooch366]

On a side note: I originally got the SS to save space and have all the tools I needed in a small area. As I wrote that last paragraph, I think my SS turned into a wannabe full sized shop. And I still am looking on craigslist for a great deal on a 500 or 510 for a dedicated shorty sanding station. My name is Brian and I am a Shopsmith-a-holic, but at least now I have my stand-alone bandsaw!

Boy can I relate to this. I recently saw a 500 with a jointer in good shape on eBay. Bid was 100.00, I threw in one at 102.50 for the hell of it. Not needing it, nor plans for it, thinking there is NO way I'd win. Guess what. Winner.

Went to pick Shopsmith number 5 up, not only a jointer but bandsaw too. Going to start a little TLC on it and hope to find a good home for it.

I've got a problem

Ps: Artman60 check your PM's

Pss: great fix on the motor Beave