Day: January 28, 2015

I have made a new flange block and pressed in the 6205 bearing.

Purchased this hole saw set from the local Sunday market for $25 bucks and for the outlay it’s surprisingly decent quality. The bearings I’m using are 6205’s (52OD/25ID) and the closest hole saw size in this set is 51mm so after drilling the hole and careful clean-up with my improvised drill press drum sander to achieve a nice press fit into the block using a bench vice.

I have removed the lower shaft from the saw because I’ll need it to mount the new flange onto the wheel – more to come on this.

The saw looks a bit sad with no lower wheel.

The table, supports and lower blade guard box (old kitchen drawer).

A closing pic of the bearing guides.

While using the beast today noticed a strange creaking noise emanating from down below underneath the cutting table? Stopped the saw and removed the lower blade guard box to have a look and noticed that the front bearing was separating itself from it’s wooden flange which has cracked/split on one side.But wait…the front bearing can’t move forward because it’s secured with a hose clamp on the 25mm bearing shaft? Had a look around the back of the wheel and no hose clamp to secure the rear bearing – my bad. So…except for the front bearing everything else (wheel and rear bearing flange) has been slowly working it’s way along the shaft to the rear exposing the front bearing – good thing I stopped to investigate!

The bearing should be flush with the flange – which has split!