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JPG40504 wrote:Glad to hear our 'wishful thinking' prevailed.

There is no vacuum that will get the dust out of the motor as effectively as compressed air blowing through the motor.

When you get a break, take the motor out and clear it. Truth be known, taking it apart is the only really effective way to get it all out.

Taking the motor out to clean it looks like a pretty big job? And I have a lot of wood working that I need the tool for. I am in the process of rebuilding a 1905 farm house and trying to sheetrock all the rooms and I am custom cutting all the baseboards, window casings and molding, corner blocks window sills, shelving and everything else. And I can't afford the time to work on the machinery. Besides regularly blowing it out and sharpening tools and lubrication. I am not really a "collector" like a lot of you guys are. Although it seems like I have collected a bunch of ShopSmith stuff to use to get the job done. But none of it is "restored". These are working tools for me. But I do enjoy looking at all the pictures of everybody's restored ShopSmiths here. Trouble is I keep needing more ShopSmith tools to do more of those odd jobs on the house. Is there anyone in Mid-Missouri that has a lathe duplicator they would lend me? Or rent to me? Or taking on a job of reproducing stair bannister spindles to match the ones already in the house?

mountain4don wrote:Taking the motor out to clean it looks like a pretty big job? And I have a lot of wood working that I need the tool for. I am in the process of rebuilding a 1905 farm house and trying to sheetrock all the rooms and I am custom cutting all the baseboards, window casings and molding, corner blocks window sills, shelving and everything else. And I can't afford the time to work on the machinery. Besides regularly blowing it out and sharpening tools and lubrication. I am not really a "collector" like a lot of you guys are. Although it seems like I have collected a bunch of ShopSmith stuff to use to get the job done. But none of it is "restored". These are working tools for me. But I do enjoy looking at all the pictures of everybody's restored ShopSmiths here. Trouble is I keep needing more ShopSmith tools to do more of those odd jobs on the house. Is there anyone in Mid-Missouri that has a lathe duplicator they would lend me? Or rent to me? Or taking on a job of reproducing stair bannister spindles to match the ones already in the house?

Which is why I mentioned 'a break'.

Those who have been down the used stuff road realize the need for clearing the equipment from PO's accumulation of debris within the tools.

It amazes me how well some of it performs even though it is choked off.

That said, if ye be working under heat stressed conditions, all that becomes more relevant.



The last thing you need is a total motor failure! I am sure after today you have a good understanding of how much consternation that would cause.

As a 'check', feel the air exiting the vent louver in the bottom of the motor pan and make sure there is airflow and it is not excessively hot. If you have air flow, you can probably delay cleaning out the motor(actually it only takes about an hour at most).