Which ShopSmith model do you use in your shop

[dusty]

I don't grease anything. Light weight oil and/or wax are the only things I apply to the Shopsmith.

As for the pork chop, I put nothing on mine. Anything that you would put there will attract the saw dust and cake.

Keep everything else oiled and clean and the potential problems are greatly diminished.

[Plaiter208]

That is a good point. I haven’t “finished” cleaning it yet so I’m not ready to start lubricating. The quill is a bit stiff and doesn’t return on its own so I still have that to figure out.

[JPG]

There should not be a 'pork chop' inside a Mark VII.

The speed control knob rotates a cam which moves the control sheave.

Perhaps a pix is in order.

[Plaiter208]

I might be able to get a picture later tonight. It may not be a “pork chop” but more like a snail shell.

[Plaiter208]

From the google drive documents in the repairs section:
#17 is the piece that fell off and #16 (second image) that I called a pork chop or snail shell.

[JPG]

IIUC the #17 that 'fell off' is the cam follower that resides in the 'snout' of the control sheave. Check the 'snout' for cracks. It should not be loose enough to 'fall off'.

It may have done so while loose if the speed was increased too quickly. The cam would have pulled it out.

The control sheave and follower are unique to the MVII, so take good care of it! The cam(snail shell) is also both unique and rare.

[Plaiter208]

Ok, how do I upload pictures and stop getting the “exceeds 2 mb error”?

I took pictures of the cam and sheaves and I can’t get them to upload so y’all can see what I’m talking about.

[dusty]

Ok, how do I upload pictures and stop getting the “exceeds 2 mb error”?

I took pictures of the cam and sheaves and I can’t get them to upload so y’all can see what I’m talking about.

Down size your pictures (lower resolution).

How does one do that?

Hard to say. What camera are you using?

or

employ a "resize" software package.

[robinson46176]

I find a lot of useful applications for a bottle of powdered graphite in the shops. It works well on stuff like the pork-chop where you don't want dust caking. Of course you don't want to use it anywhere it can track onto your wood of a project but that is easy to do.
I use it on the door latch of my wood/coal furnace to keep it working freely. If you use oil it burns and cakes up. If it's bare it binds a little. I apply graphite and use a bit of WD-40 to carry it in around the shaft.
I sometimes use a little of it on casters.


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[JPG]

I find a lot of useful applications for a bottle of powdered graphite in the shops. It works well on stuff like the pork-chop where you don't want dust caking. Of course you don't want to use it anywhere it can track onto your wood of a project but that is easy to do.
I use it on the door latch of my wood/coal furnace to keep it working freely. If you use oil it burns and cakes up. If it's bare it binds a little. I apply graphite and use a bit of WD-40 to carry it in around the shaft.
I sometimes use a little of it on casters.


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