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In this episode, Matthias Wandel cleans and re-greases a neighbor's Shopsmith Bandsaw to stop the squeal noise that is common with it.

What a great trick! And so simple.

As is typical for him, knows much but does not understand unusual things(especially if SS related).

JPG wrote: Sun Aug 08, 2021 1:19 pm As is typical for him, knows much but does not understand unusual things(especially if SS related).

Yeah, I agree. Had to ignore the 2nd half of the video because of his complaints on the Shopsmith bandsaw design. Of course, I always take his videos with a healthy portion of salt, but I thought his scrap wood method of cleaning and greasing a bearing was interesting...

RFGuy wrote: Sun Aug 08, 2021 1:27 pm I thought his scrap wood method of cleaning and greasing a bearing was interesting...

I agree.

I like the grease repacking he came up with. He must like adjusting tracking on Bandsaws over and over and over again more than I do.

chapmanruss wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 1:27 pm I like the grease repacking he came up with. He must like adjusting tracking on Bandsaws over and over and over again more than I do.

Agreed. Doesn't he sell plans for his homebrew bandsaws? I kind of figured any bias against the Shopsmith bandsaw is just because they are different from his design. He may not even be conscious of this bias...

RFGuy wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 1:50 pm

chapmanruss wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 1:27 pm I like the grease repacking he came up with. He must like adjusting tracking on Bandsaws over and over and over again more than I do.

Agreed. Doesn't he sell plans for his homebrew bandsaws? I kind of figured any bias against the Shopsmith bandsaw is just because they are different from his design. He may not even be conscious of this bias...

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