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JPG The plastic piece has two through holes at 90 degrees to each other. One rides in a bar across the yoke and is free moving on my jigsaw, as are the bearings, but the other hole rides on a pin on the crank and grips the pin tightly. I think it might have shrunk during the years since Magna made i...

When I went to mount the jigsaw I recently bought for my Shopsmith Mark V 510, the drive shaft did not line up with the headstock drive by about 1/4 inch horizontally. A look at the owner's manual revealed that I was supposed to use a pair of eccentric mounting tubes. I tried to get a pair quickly, ...

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The 4x6 refers to the 4"x6" size that type of saw can cut. It is the common term for those cheap (around $200) metal cutting bandsaws.
Peter in Dartmouth NS

Thanks for your comments. Bill, the plastic is 0.20 inches thick. It was cut out of a plastic shelf that was originally part of a store display. It cuts without chipping on the bandsaw using a fine blade and drills like cheese; sorry I don't know the type of plastic. I used 0.625 inch diameter by 0....

I was concerned about oil level in my jigsaw because it has some slight leaks so I applied an idea I first saw in the 4x6 metal cutting bandsaw Yahoo group, namely, to install a plastic window in place of the cast metal drive cover. Works great. Using a led flashlight, I can see the oil fill bolt in...

Your second chuck looks like a "Precision Chuck" as sold by Craft Supplies in UK. Perhaps Googling that will turn up some info.