Getting ready for next year

Timbuck · Dec 27, 2012

Now that Xmas is behind me....I've just finished refurbishing the thickness sander, greased all the slides and bearings and fitted a new sanding belt

...And next i'll start on the bandsaw and then the spindle sander and any other machinary that needs adjustment...then I'll start making a fresh supply of kerfed linings and neck and heel blocks etc: for next year....Oh! yes I forgot, the motor on my small lathe is acting up making sparks and running rough..so i'll sort that as well.

Dominator · Dec 28, 2012

I've overhauled the thickness sander and installed new knives and tuned up the jointer. I have a radial arm saw that I use for crosscuts only that needs tweaking which is up next.

Rick Turner · Dec 28, 2012

When you guys are done, come on over and help me rebuild my entire shop! Stairway to the mezzanine, shelving up for all long term storage, put the potter's wheel sander up on legs and make a dust hood for it, redo most of the other dust collection stuff, build 40 feet worth of new benches, get all the router's sorted out and repaired, put doors on the router bit cabinet, etc., etc.!

Dominator · Dec 28, 2012

Rick Turner said:
When you guys are done, come on over and help me rebuild my entire shop! Stairway to the mezzanine, shelving up for all long term storage, put the potter's wheel sander up on legs and make a dust hood for it, redo most of the other dust collection stuff, build 40 feet worth of new benches, get all the router's sorted out and repaired, put doors on the router bit cabinet, etc., etc.!

Good luck Rick. Looks like you've got a lot going on there.

Timbuck · Dec 28, 2012

Started on the Bandsaw..It's in a bad condition sawdust gets every where..seized bearings split drive belt and the electrics are dodgy....I cleaned out the stop/start switch (that wasn't too bad)...and then the safety micro switches on the guard doors..Here's a couple of before and after pics of the sawdust in these micro switches (a potential fire hazard)

also a pic of one of the seized bearings.
Before cleaning

Afterwards

Seized Spool Bearing

Doug · Dec 28, 2012

Are you going to replace those with sealed bearings Ken? I need to do the same to mine.

Timbuck · Dec 28, 2012

Doug said:
Are you going to replace those with sealed bearings Ken? I need to do the same to mine.

These are sealed bearings..I replaced all the standard zz metal sealed bearings with these rubber sealed type 2 years ago..the dust still gets in eventually

tinguitar · Dec 30, 2012

I think I'll spend a few hours sharpening my plane irons...

mjgreenwood · Jan 11, 2013

This thread caused me to go out and grab new cooling guide blocks for my band saw... When I was putting them in I found a seized lower thrust bearing and a sear blown out the back of the upper one.
Winter in Chicago is a good time to rip this stuff apart, next is squaring up my thickness sander.

thistle3585 · Jan 12, 2013

I was hauling my drum sander to the repair shop due to either a bad bearing or a bent shaft. As I rounded a corner, the strap came loose and the sander rolled right off the trailer and through the intersection. A bit more of a repair than I had originally anticipated.

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