Headstock Rebuild

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:50 am

instructions on DVD by Jacob Anderson are very good for anyone who needs to tear down and rebuild their headstock. It contains a lot of valuable information that would help anyone to understand how the headstock works. I am very satisfied with the video.

However, IMO it does very little, if anything, to help one learn how to perform routine maintenance on the Shopsmith. The information contained in the Sawdust Sessions on this subject are much superior.

Nick's presentation, in Sawdust Session #11 "Cleaning and Lubricating the Mark V", provide the necessary detail to perform all routine maintenance tasks. This session also provides insight into inner workings of the headstock. Session #4, "Replacing and Tensioning the Poly-V/Gilmer Belt, also provides information that is valuable for any Shopsmith user interested in maintaining peak performance.

The two videos, "The Shopsmith Journals by Rick Davis" and the "Repair Your Shopsmith Mark V Headstock" by Jacob Anderson should (IMHO) be in every serious Shopsmith owners library.

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/cata ... gnment.htm

http://www.shopsmithacademy.com/SS_Arch ... enance.htm

http://www.shopsmithacademy.com/SS_Arch ... _Belts.htm

ryanbp01 · Post by **ryanbp01** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:17 am

dusty wrote:instructions on DVD by Jacob Anderson are very good for anyone who needs to tear down and rebuild their headstock. It contains a lot of valuable information that would help anyone to understand how the headstock works. I am very satisfied with the video.

However, IMO it does very little, if anything, to help one learn how to perform routine maintenance on the Shopsmith. The information contained in the Sawdust Sessions on this subject are much superior.

Nick's presentation, in Sawdust Session #11 "Cleaning and Lubricating the Mark V", provide the necessary detail to perform all routine maintenance tasks. This session also provides insight into inner workings of the headstock. Session #4, "Replacing and Tensioning the Poly-V/Gilmer Belt, also provides information that is valuable for any Shopsmith user interested in maintaining peak performance.

The two videos, "The Shopsmith Journals by Rick Davis" and the "Repair Your Shopsmith Mark V Headstock" by Jacob Anderson should (IMHO) be in every serious Shopsmith owners library.

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/cata ... gnment.htm

http://www.shopsmithacademy.com/SS_Arch ... enance.htm

http://www.shopsmithacademy.com/SS_Arch ... _Belts.htm

Dusty-

I have a question for you: what dvd by Jacob Anderson? I accessed the three links you provided and nothing came up for that resource.

BPR

nuhobby · Post by **nuhobby** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:42 pm

I've seen reference to the Jacob Anderson DVD on Ebay (or Ebay Express); it may not necessarily be connected to Shopsmith company offerings.

Best Regards,

leightym · Post by **leightym** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 12:47 pm

Greetings Everyone and Happy Holidays-
I live in the Seattle Washington area (Auburn to be exact) and have an old 1955 era Mark V that has finally stopped working

I replaced the motor a few years back and bought the 2 bearing quill in prep to do the conversion but didn't know (at the time) that I also needed to upgrade to the poly-v belt system so I have yet to complete it. A couple of months ago the bearings locked up. I really don't want to give up on my Mark V as I have thousands in accessories but really don't have the time to mess with rebuilding it so I'm looking for someone in my area that may be able to do the job for me. I would like to avoid the shipping if at all possible. Does anyone know of or can do an upgrade like this and restore my headstock to perfect working order? Thanks to anyone that can help.

BigSky · Post by **BigSky** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:27 pm

ryanbp01 wrote:Dusty-

I have a question for you: what dvd by Jacob Anderson? I accessed the three links you provided and nothing came up for that resource.

BPR

BPR,

This was not my question but - Is this the DVD you asked about?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Tuneup-repair-your- ... 1|294%3A50

8iowa · Post by **8iowa** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:39 pm

leightym:

I have shipped my '83 headstock to Shopsmith in Dayton. They replaced several bearings that were worn out. You can certainly be confident in their repairs.

I have also shipped a headstock to Bill Mayo in Tampa. For the older headstocks, Bill cuts an access hole in the side opposite the switch, and installs the std Shopsmith cover. This greatly facilitates future maintenance.

The worse part of the shipping process is in making a box. Once I had procured a box large enough, I cut sheets of cardboard to size and glued them to the inside, thus making a hefty double cardboard box. With lots of paper packing around the headstock, this worked well.

leightym · Post by **leightym** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:49 pm

Thanks for the reply. If all else fails I'd send it into Shopsmith as I'm sure they would do it right :-) I'd like to try a local option first and if that fails then off to Shopsmith it will go.

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:04 pm

leightym!
It is too bad, that I will knot be able to help you, being that Federal Way is my stompin' grounds. Like you, I do knot have the time to work on someone else's stuff! SWMBO wood probably divorce me, as I have so much other stuff that does knot get done. Besides, I have never had to do any major work on my Mark V yet, and it wood be all new to me too. Are you sure you do knot want to tackle this yourself? After reading about all of the procedures/problems/solutions on this web site, it does knot look that difficult. You also have several helpful Sawdust Session segments that wood help you in this project. And if you ask a specific question here, you are sure to get an answer. If you try, and it becomes too much for you, you can always send it in for repair then.

leightym · Post by **leightym** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:38 pm

Hey - good to hear from a local!

It is very much in my abilities but not time plus I need to get more parts to finish the job. Just thought it would be faster to get someone who has done the conversion before to do it. What would help is if Shopsmith sold a kit for the conversion. I'll check out the info you mentioned but still hoping someone local will step up. In case I wasn't clear I am willing to pay for the work.

Michael

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:29 pm

leightym wrote: What would help is if Shopsmith sold a kit for the conversion.
Michael

I'd say call SS and see if they do have a kit. You could also inquire about the cost for them to do it at that time.

Stolen from Sandyj's post elsewhere.

"Still working with the 3/4 horse motor but that is handling everything I am throwing at it.
After buying the two bearing quill I changed the gimler to polly V system and I had to get the :-
518145 Drive Sleeve Assembly:
515616 Eccentric Bushing Assembly
504177 Idler Shaft Assembly and a couple of belts.

The exercise was a great learning curve and taking it slowly and reading the instructions supplied I had no difficulties in getting it all together.

Nick's Videos were a godsend - I watched them first.!!"