Table Assembly - Shopsmith 11” Manual

SHOPSMITH 11" BANDSAW
PREPARE THE BANDSAW AND

TABLE ASSEMBLY

8. Inspect the inside of the Bandsaw and
wipe away any dirt of foreign material.
Use a clean shop rag and mineral spirits or
turpentine, but be careful around the blade.
It's sharp!
9. When the table is clean, wax the top sur-
face and the miter gauge slots with paste
floor wax or paste furniture wax. Apply
wax sparingly, then buff it thoroughly. A
good coat of wax improves the machine's
operation by helping the wood slide
smoothly over the table and the miter
gauge slide easily in the table slot.
NOTE
Don't use car wax or spray furniture polish
on the Bandsaw. Car wax offers good protec-
tion for metal, but it's extremely hard and has
little value as a lubricant. Furniture polish
isn't hard enough. Paste floor wax or furni-
ture wax protects and lubricates.
10. Loosen the tilt lock (44) and lubricate the
trunnions (37) with powdered graphite,
rocking them back and forth as you apply
the graphite, as seen in Fig. 12. (You will
do this periodically, as discussed in the
Maintenance Schedule, on page 34.)
Fig. 12
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11. Apply graphite to lubricate the blade
tensioning screw (23), upper blade guide
post (71), and the threads of the upper and
lower blade guide adjusting knobs
(82,104).
We recommend powdered graphite for lubri-
cating the Bandsaw because it's dry and
doesn't attract sawdust. On some parts, oil
will mix with sawdust and form a gummy
substance that prevents these parts from op-
erating smoothly. However, if you can't get
graphite, you can apply a light 10-wt. ma-
chine oil (such as sewing machine oil) spar-
ingly. Use only 1-2 drops. Apply oil to all the
parts that need lubrication, with the excep-
tion of the trunnions. If you don't dust the
trunnions with graphite, you should wax them.
INSTALL THE TABLE
12. Position the trunnions (37) at approxi-
mately 25 degrees and lock them. Fig. 13
shows the exposed trunnions. Hold the
table (87) perpendicular to the blade, and
mount the table on the Bandsaw, as dem-
onstrated in Fig. 14. Make sure the table
leveling bolt (89) and the table insert (95)
are removed.
Fig. 13
13. Insert a thin shim washer (48) between the
table (87) and each trunnion bracket.
14. Attach the table to the Bandsaw with bolts
(35) and thick washers (34), as shown in
Fig. 15. Finger tighten only.
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Fig. 14