SPT Leg Length

greasemonkey2275 · Post by **greasemonkey2275** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 9:37 am

I was looking at some of the recent SPT photos on some of the threads here and was trying to figure out how long the legs were. My band saw and jointer legs are about 6 1/2 inches long; is that the right length?

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:09 am

I assume you are referring to the 'external' length.

Now the criteria is the allow secure mounting and height positioning to the shafts.

The jointer 'legs' are quite short(much shorter than 6 1/2"). That reduces the height it must be raised over the mounts to insert them.

6 1/2" seems about right for the bandsaw.

Relying completely on memory here.

greasemonkey2275 · Post by **greasemonkey2275** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 6:14 pm

JPG wrote:I assume you are referring to the 'external' length.

Now the criteria is the allow secure mounting and height positioning to the shafts.

The jointer 'legs' are quite short(much shorter than 6 1/2"). That reduces the height it must be raised over the mounts to insert them.

6 1/2" seems about right for the bandsaw.

Relying completely on memory here.

That's interesting because the legs in the photo are from my jointer. How short should they be?

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Thu Mar 17, 2016 6:27 pm

Eccentric Tubes for Band Saw and Jointer Not the same.

Band Saw..5137779...$17.72 ea

Jointer...5020809...$15.02ea

greasemonkey2275 · Post by **greasemonkey2275** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 9:31 am

Thank you for the parts breakdown Dusty but what I am really looking for is to know how long the legs should be on the jointer? The band saw leg length makes sense it's just my jointer leg length that I think is a little excessive or do they need to be that long for support just like the band saw legs???

ERLover · Post by **ERLover** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:17 am

greasemonkey2275 wrote:Thank you for the parts breakdown Dusty but what I am really looking for is to know how long the legs should be on the jointer? The band saw leg length makes sense it's just my jointer leg length that I think is a little excessive or do they need to be that long for support just like the band saw legs???

From the 2 SS jointers I have dealt with those are longer, mine are about 3.5 inches, maybe some one at some time put the wrong ones on it.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 1:01 pm

It was my intention when I posted the two parts breakdowns to show that the two are not the same length.

The one for the band saw is 6 1/2" long ((total length). The one for the jointer is 3 1/2" long as previously reported).

There is still another one that is used on the strip sander that is even longer. I don't know how much longer as I do not own a strip sander.

reible · Post by **reible** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 1:38 pm

If someone wants the leg length of the strip sander, belt sander, old jig saw, and scroll saw I have all of those that I can measure.

I ended up loosing my legs for my strip sander, took it apart to refurbish and when it came time to put it back together the legs were no where to be found. I still have not found them but I did get a fresh new set from shopsmith. Another mystery that might involve the 8 dimension and worm holes.

Ed

greasemonkey2275 · Post by **greasemonkey2275** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 1:47 pm

[/quote]From the 2 SS jointers I have dealt with those are longer, mine are about 3.5 inches, maybe some one at some time put the wrong ones on it.[/quote]

That is what I was looking for! Thank you!!

greasemonkey2275 · Post by **greasemonkey2275** » Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:40 pm

What do you recommend cutting these down with? A pipe cutter or a metal cutting band saw blade?

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