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Yes, pictures would help. If there is any rust accumulation, I'd suggest gently removing it from the quill shaft ("spindle") and also from the inside of the arbor - nothing too aggressive that would actually remove metal and hence make a less perfect fit as noted above. Once cleaned up, apply a small amount of paste wax (Minwax or Johnsons paste wax) and buff it off - this will give you all the lube and corrosion protection you'll need. BTW, this same waxing procedure should be done regularly to your bench and way tubes (the big horizontal tubes that are the backbone to your shopsmith), as well as the various tubes on your tables, extension table and any specialty tools you may have (known as "SPTs" and include things like the jointer, bandsaw, belt sander, scroll saw, jig saw, strip sander etc.). Your main and auxiliary tables should be cleaned and wax applied and buffed off as well regularly. This will keep everything gliding smoothly and reduce corrosion and oxidation in the future.

If you're still having trouble getting the arbor/saw on the quill, first take the saw blade off the arbor. Then you can mess with it all you want, safely.

For checking inner arbor or external quill for roughness/burrs, etc., use cotton Q-Tips or (medical grade) cotton balls (even better, the front of your best silk shirt).
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[quote="keakap"]For checking inner arbor or external quill for roughness/burrs, etc., use cotton Q-Tips or (medical grade) cotton balls (even better, the front of your best silk shirt).
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Why knot the cotton from a new bottle of ibuprofen?

beeg wrote:Why knot the cotton from a new bottle of ibuprofen?

Seems to me if you want to find something that will easily and ruinously snag, what does that best is something that you ordinarily don't want to snag.
So you got 1) Q-Tips, 2) sterile (medical) cotton swabs {more expensive the better}, 3) a very visible part of your best silk shirt, or 4) [this is a last resort] your wife's favorite silk blouse.

Cotton? Something wrong with yer eyeballs? Or your little finger?

Shine a light in der hole and if you see non-shiney red/brown stuff, it has rust. If it is a dark colored rough feeling surface, it is cruddy.

Fill up the hole with evaporust over night and wipe it off in the AM.

Roll up a piece of kraft paper(grocery bag) and run it in/out/through to very gently 'scrub' it.

Is the set screw backed out enough?

cincinnati wrote:Is the set screw backed out enough?

See post #2 this thread!;)

I posted the cotton/q-tip idea some time ago. If you have a small burr the cotton catches on it and you can find it then file it off. This is an old machine shop trick, might have pre-dated q-tips for all I know.

Ed

reible wrote:I posted the cotton/q-tip idea some time ago. ...Ed

Aha! So that'swhere I saw it. Figured it was from the fori somewhere.
And yes indeed, a Q-Tip will do wonders that fading eyesight and gnarly pinkies pass right by.

[But I'll claim credit for the "wife's best silk blouse" idea. Until she catches you at it, that is.]