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Rodger, will do. I had planned on taking some WD40 and 3 in 1 with me anyway. I will go educate/refresh on the oiling from the SS website ....beeg wrote:I haven't done any "upgrades" to it and don't really plan on it either. Just added STUFF to it.IF ya look at that one in post 25. Lube it up before ya try turning it on.
So far, the higher quality bearings (ABEC7) that I have been offering as upgraded blade guide tracking dual bearing kits has not shown any noise or other problems. I was using ABEC3 rated dual bearings for the bandsaw upgrade for the past few years without any reported noise problems. This past fall was when I found the latest bearings was available so I switched to them. The current bandsaw guide bearings are motor grade (ABEC0) rated bearings which may be why the noise will occur over time. Also this upgraded bandsaw dual bearing kit can be installed on the earlier versions Shopsmith bandsaws with the roller bushing guides. I include a shim and longer bolts and extra nut and washers for these models.dusty wrote:I have two Shopsmith band saws. They were purchased at different times but seem to be identical in vintage (version). They both work well but they are both unpredictably noisy. I can eliminate the noise by changing tracking and/or backup bearings but eventually the noise will return.
Nonetheless, I believe these are as good as you can get for the money. There are times when I wish they had greater capacity but that is seldom an issue for me.