Shopsmith Forums

Does Shopsmith sell tune up kits for the Mark 5 Bandsaw? I can't keep the blade from travelling out of the guide rollers.

artd33 wrote:Does Shopsmith sell tune up kits for the Mark 5 Bandsaw? I can't keep the blade from travelling out of the guide rollers.

I do not believe they sell a "tune up kit" but if you need parts those will be available.

In order for anyone on the forum to help, you will need to better describe the problem. You have stated that the blade travels out of the guide rollers.

Does this image depict what you have?
https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=16431&highlight=carter#post16431

If it does, there are people here on the forum that have the same guides. You will find the help you need.

If this does not look similar to your configuration, can you provide photo images?

Do yours look anything like those depicted in this thread (post #4). These are mine.
https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=1945&highlight=bandsaw+bearings

Also go the the 2004 July-Aug issue of Hands On and read Ask Smithy where he tells what will usually fix this problem http://www.shopsmithhandson.com/archive ... smitty.htm

If you click on the link to printer friendly .pdf format, the measurement is wrong. The correct measurement is 1/8" as given in the article.