Manages to get a lot of things done today. I ordered bushing, shafting and all the related pieces to hinge the guard. Man, I really love McMaster Carr's online catalog. They make it so easy to find what you need. These should be here Monday.
I am waiting on a quote on a belt from Semcor, but I think I going to call Sikes Monday and just order one from them. After all how hard is it to give me price on a 93" x 4" belt?? It's not rocket science!
Today I cut down the blades myself. I thought I was going to have to take them to a machine shop or find someone that would let me spend some time on their mill. But turned out that I could just cut them with the angle grinder and a cut off wheel. That was much easier that I expected. It left them a bit rough but I guess it really doesn't matter. I rounded the edges so I didn't have any sharp corner to cut my hand on.
Once they were cut down I had plans to make a jig to sharpen them in my Makita Knife sharpener. To my surprise they fit just fine. So I sharpened both blades and they are ready to install. I think I will wait and do that last. Less change and cutting a finger on them.
Next job was to make new gaskets (which server as shims too) for the bearing caps. I had made these before but realized latter that what I did wasn't going to work. The shaft bearings rides on a film of oil. I had a left a rather larger gap when I made the gaskets and I could just see oil pouring out those gaps. So I scraped them and made a new set today. I had to take it apart to install the oil wicking felt in there anyway.
Then I shimmed and leveled the table. As it stands now, all I need is new enclosure for the motor controls. The box I have now doesn't have a lid and I think it would be to shallow if it did. I need the belt and to finish the guard. Probably no more than 4-5 hours. And of course some Debugging time. I am sure there will be some problems that crop up. Maybe by this weekend I will be making wood chips!
Oh, I REALLY need to paint that pulley. That Red Primer is ugly!!