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Well, there is an easier solution. Find your serial number and determine the year of your machine. I believe I read somewhere on this forum that the access hole was added in 1955 -- call customer service and they can tell you for sure. Mine doesn't have anything even wildly resembling a place to pr...

Thanks for the info; it sounds like I ought to dig into the headstock and see what I've got. I do know that there is an oil hole in the floating sheave (the one on the motor shaft) so I oiled it. Not having an access hole will make checking the speed control and oiling the control sheave a real chor...

I picked up an old "greenie" recently (s/n <310000) so I've been trying to do some cleanup, alignment and oiling. It all seems pretty straightforward except that I've read a caution about trying to remove the SS emblem on the back side of the headstock to get to the access hole for the spe...