Re: Bainbridge blade guides
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Dang, I was REALLY hoping that wasn't the case. Wanna bet these are funky dimensions? Time to get out the calipers. Thanks Bill!? Happy Thanksgiving to all that celebrate it tomorrow! :) Darren
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Those appear to be eccentric cam followers.
You don¡¯t replace just the bearing, you replace the bearing, stud & all.
Bill
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[Attachment(s) from Darren McCarley included below]
The resurrection of the Bainbridge bandsaw continues. I've refinished the stand and base. Moving on to replacing all the bearings I find myself a bit bewildered. Attached you'll find images of the guide bearings. I believe the bearings
are captured by the concentrics. However, one bearing shows signs of a previous owner trying to press the bearings out, and failed. So, I don't think I'll be attempting that route. I doubt the images show it, but I believe I see threads under the concentrics.
However, the bolt is pretty soft and I don't want to screw up the flat head.?
So, my query to this group, how the heck do I go about getting these trashed bearings off????
I've considered they may be reverse threaded. However, I come to the same conclusion, regardless of the direction, I don't want to scar the concentrics. They are about as thick as a Sharpie pen and rather thin walled.?
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