[TheForge] Re: Harbor Frieght

[Darrell]

I had been thinking of getting or making a lube system for my saw but then I 
found that good bi-metal vari tooth blades to be a much cleaner and in the 
long run cheaper solution.

Darrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Smith" <jerry_smith at anvilsandinkstudios.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 4:13 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Re: Harbor Frieght


>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       .~.
>> >
>>         /V\
>> > mspencer at tallships.ca
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