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I finally got it arranged in the garage and now I want to do some clean up and preventative maintenance, so I am looking for suggestions on what I need to do. I looked thru some of the sticky posts and a some of it doesnt make since to me. What are the sheaves? Also I am going to clean up the rust on the rods that the headstock rides on, should I wax these or use some other method to lube these or leave them alone after the clean up?
Thanks
James

This link is to the Sawdust Sessions, in here you will find some videos on restoring an old Mark 5 done by Nick Engler. They are packed with great information.

http://www.shopsmithacademy.com/Sawdust_Sessions.htm

Look at 21, 22, 23, and 24 under the SHOPSMITH reborn title

Also the book
Power Tool Woodworking for Everyone
is kind of considered the ShopSmith bible. It has tons of information in it but... Some revisions have things in them that others don't. Some jigs and practices and such that were shown in earlier revisions were later made by SHOPSMITH for sale or deemed unsafe or somthing and were dropped from the book.

There is an online version of the book available here.
http://www.shopsmith.com/academy/welcome.htm

There is also a series of lessons that teach the basic functions of the SHOPSMITH available. This is called the Self Study Course and is available here.

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/c...tudycourse.htm

Welcome to the forum.

poppy926 wrote:I finally got it arranged in the garage and now I want to do some clean up and preventative maintenance, so I am looking for suggestions on what I need to do. I looked thru some of the sticky posts and a some of it doesnt make since to me. What are the sheaves?
Thanks
James

There are no sheaves on the E and ER models.

wiredone wrote:There are no sheaves on the E and ER models.

The 10er most certainly uses 'sheaves'. Sheave and pulley are often a common description of the same thing. The term is often used within the industry.

brad_nalor wrote:The 10er most certainly uses 'sheaves'. Sheave and pulley are often a common description of the same thing. The term is often used within the industry.

Does the confusion here have anything to do with some pulleys being variable???

@beeg there was very little rust on the headstock poles but much more on the saw table poles. I was more interested in method to lube the poles. Thanks

To everyone else thanks for the help and the links. I am not going to completely refurb it, but it helps knowing how to.

James

poppy926 wrote: I was more interested in method to lube the poles.
James

Once ya got em cleaned up, just wax em.

dusty wrote:Does the confusion here have anything to do with some pulleys being variable???

A sheave - pulley could be of many type such as in a variable, fixed, torque converter, etc.. I guess talk like this is like when someone defines a bolt as a capscrew.

brad_nalor wrote:The 10er most certainly uses 'sheaves'. Sheave and pulley are often a common description of the same thing. The term is often used within the industry.

I'm quite aware of the term as I've been in the "industries" for going on 40 years.
You know darned well what he was talking about. He just got through with some sawdust sessions where they talked about cleaning the "sheaves".
Smart ass kids, sheeesh.