Delta 14" bandsaw perk up.

tiredofspam wrote:
> I had to take apart my bandsaw to replace the lower thrust bearing.
> While at it, I had to do something about the stupid latch that Delta
> put right in the way of removing the blades. They always get caught
> on the spring latch.
>
> So I moved the latch over and it really makes it easier.
>
>
> Original Location: http://i.imgur.com/jFUOL.jpg
> New Location: http://i.imgur.com/xIqil.jpg
> Handle Moved too: http://i.imgur.com/pFfLT.jpg
>
> Minor work, major benefit. I hate spending a lot of time switching
> stuff around.
>
> Hope this helps.

You ever use that thing?
There ain't a speck of sawdust on that damn thing<g>

Yea, well what do you call the cleaning.. to me it's preventitive
maintenance....


I had to take the wheels off too to check the bearings and also the
wheel tilt mechanism. It was binding up when I released the slack... I
thought it might have been bent. But it was fine. I had tilted the
wheel too much. Not sure why since it is running fine coplanar. Maybe I
did it for a smaller blade... more finicky.

Anyway this little fix saves about a minute or 2 of screwing around that
stupid little catch..

On 4/23/2012 8:38 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
> tiredofspam wrote:
>
>> Well, like I said I was replacing the bearing. So I cleaned the whole
>> thing down. Vacd, blew it out, including the lower stand and motor.
>> To me once I have to service it. I PM it...
>
> A man after my own heart. I can be quite the slob sometimes, and the
> clutter that is commonplace in my workshop bay of my garage is proof of
> that, but like you if I have to tear something down for repair, I detail it
> before putting it back together - unless I'm right in the middle of
> something that requires that tool. PM - hell I haven't done that in
> decades...
>
>

tiredofspam wrote:

> Well, like I said I was replacing the bearing. So I cleaned the whole
> thing down. Vacd, blew it out, including the lower stand and motor.
> To me once I have to service it. I PM it...

A man after my own heart. I can be quite the slob sometimes, and the
clutter that is commonplace in my workshop bay of my garage is proof of
that, but like you if I have to tear something down for repair, I detail it
before putting it back together - unless I'm right in the middle of
something that requires that tool. PM - hell I haven't done that in
decades...


--

-Mike-
[email protected]

Well, like I said I was replacing the bearing. So I cleaned the whole
thing down. Vacd, blew it out, including the lower stand and motor.
To me once I have to service it. I PM it...

I'll assume you keep your toys nice and dirty so everyone knows that you
do work. 8>)

On 4/23/2012 6:36 PM, ChairMan wrote:
> tiredofspam wrote:
>> I had to take apart my bandsaw to replace the lower thrust bearing.
>> While at it, I had to do something about the stupid latch that Delta
>> put right in the way of removing the blades. They always get caught
>> on the spring latch.
>>
>> So I moved the latch over and it really makes it easier.
>>
>>
>> Original Location: http://i.imgur.com/jFUOL.jpg
>> New Location: http://i.imgur.com/xIqil.jpg
>> Handle Moved too: http://i.imgur.com/pFfLT.jpg
>>
>> Minor work, major benefit. I hate spending a lot of time switching
>> stuff around.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>
> You ever use that thing?
> There ain't a speck of sawdust on that damn thing<g>
>
>

tiredofspam wrote:
> Well, like I said I was replacing the bearing. So I cleaned the whole
> thing down. Vacd, blew it out, including the lower stand and motor.
> To me once I have to service it. I PM it...
>
> I'll assume you keep your toys nice and dirty so everyone knows that
> you do work. 8>)
>


of course I do, there is no time for cleaning when sitting on the porch
with a cold beer<g>