billmayo wrote:It is a right hand threaded screw. All the centrifugal weights on the Shopsmith motors use right handed screws. This screw can be difficult to unscrew. I normally use a nail punch to start the unscrewing of the screw and use it to set the screw when installing the screw.
Bill you're absolutely right it was tough! I wish I saw your advice before hand, but I got it off with a little bit of creativity:
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I'm using a sheave I broke and vice to get enough leverage on the other side of the shaft and was able to slowly apply enough pressure to break the screw without stripping the head. A bit on the crazy side, but I'm still proud of it, haha!
After getting this guy apart, I can see a lot of rust damage. I'm really unsure of whether the damage is enough to eventually destroy the windings and if this motor is worth fixing or not. It does run, I ran it to test it, but still apprehensive that the windings will corrode soon and bite the dust.
A little back story on this shopsmith was that the owner kept it well until last winter here in Boston, he left it out under a tarp to get some room for antoher project in his garage with his son and well, it got covered in 10-20 feet of snow. So all the very extensive rust damage is fairly recent, or not, I can only guess. What do you guys think?
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