[TheForge] Re: Harbor Frieght

[Jerry Smith]

I have found that whether it be Busy Bee or Harbor
Freight, there are groups or followings that have some
help to lots of help. They both sell things that need
some help.

I have used the 7 X 1x lathe, the Mill Drill and
bought stuff from both places and have made
adjustments from several pieces of advice. I am think
of buying one of the band saws for metal cutting, but
will probably buy the one with lube system.

Jerry

--- Grover Richardson
<grover.richardson at gtri.gatech.edu> wrote:

> If the "wheels" are just sliding and have no real
> ball or roller bearings,
> they may have worn sufficiently to wobble, which
> would throw the blade off.
> Remove the blade and see if the wheels wobble.  If
> they do, then either the
> wheels or the spindle they roll on needs to be
> replaced.  The new ones need
> oiling, I would suspect frequently<G>.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf
> Of Riverbend Blacksmiths
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 3:36 PM
> To: Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Harbor Frieght
> 
> Unfortunately, there isn't any flange on either of
> the wheels, which  
> is probably why the blade keeps slipping off. I'll
> look to see if the  
> wheels can be tilted or adjusted the way you
> explained, but even the  
> wheels themselves don't have an obvious angle to
> them, which most  
> likely would have helped the blade stay on.
> On Nov 21, 2006, at 3:27 PM, Mike wrote:
> 
> >
> >> ...Busy Bee and the metal blade keeps coming off
> or slipping off the
> >> 2 metal guide wheels, even if I crank on it to
> tighten them,...
> >
> > There should be some means of tilting the axle of
> the idle wheel.
> > Look for an adjusting screw or bolt, possibly with
> a lock nut or
> > similar, on the piece that  moves when you tighten
> the blade.
> >
> > Tilting the wheel one way will make it track to
> one side, tilting the
> > other will make it track to the other side.  I
> assume that the wheels
> > have a bit of a flange that keeps the blade from
> slipping off toward
> > the back.  If you can safely adjust tilt while
> running (otherwise,
> > while turning by hand),  you should be able to
> crank the adjuster
> > until the blade just begins to kiss the flange. 
> Lock it there.  You
> > don't want the blade grinding hard against the
> flange all the time.
> >
> > Free advice from limited experience, may be worth
> exactly waht you
> > paid for it. :-)
> >
> >
> > - Mike
> >
> > -- 
> > Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia,
> Canada       .~.
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