SS Bandsaw Shrieker

[Ed in Tampa]

Eric, I have cool blocks installed on mine. I'm going to take some of my own advice and go visit my tool guy and buy some bearing loob. He brags on it for routers, so it HAS to be easier on bandsaw bearings than on router, right??

I'm also going to make sure that I have good, positive contact with my tension bearings and those back of the blade bearings, just in case...

More when I know more.

I have isolated the guide bearings and I also have cool blocks installed. It seems to be the lower bearings and only with tension. Like I said I want to play around a little bit before I begin tearing into them. I had myself totally convinced it was the upper guide but after lubing it I don't see how it is possible.

Last thing I did was laid the bandsaw on it side with the drive shaft pointing up and ran miracle oil around the bearing. For those not familar with miracle oil let me just say I used one drop in our wall clock and 6 months later I realized the sewing machine sitting under it had been totally lubed. ;) Seriously it is a very thin oil that migrates like pentrating oil only it is an excellent lubricant.
I will try the saw in a few days and see if the oil migrating into the bearing changed anything.
Ed

[ericolson]

Dean;

I ordered the cool blocks a couple of days ago, along with the bandsaw offset tubes. My power is back on, so I want to get busy in the shop. However, my yard is still trashed and that needs to get cleaned up first. Mind you, my yard is about 1 acre in front and 2 acres in back. Doesn't include the 10 acres behind the yard. Uh-uh, no way.

Ed;

Let us know how it goes. I second your opinion on the Miracle Oil (Marvel Mystery Oil). Great lubricant! But I learned the hard way to be reeeaaalllll careful how much I applied to various moving parts.

[a1gutterman]

Regarding the Marvel Mystery Oil: I too have used it, but be careful if you are using it on pneumatic tools. I was told by two differant sources that that particular oil is harmful to some components in the air tools. My first source was a repair shop that was repairing my air nailer:o . My second source was a friend of mine that works in the automotive/industrial tool distributorship business.

Tim