The elevation on my BT3100 was getting a bit tighter and making squealing noises.
My cardinal rule is never force anything on my BT3000.
Time for lubrication (or maybe a little past due).
Pulled the power cord. Removed the throat plate and ran the blade up and took it off
Used a shop vac and cleaned up some corners of the shroud that accumulated some sawdust and cut off bits that fell thru the throat plate and got caught. Found three very thin 3x3 cutoffs that fell thru the throat plate and lodged in the little shelf above the dust port.
My saw inside is generally quite clean and free of sawdust since I have the HF Dust cleaner permanently hooked with 2 four-inch hoses to the back port and the belly pan port I added.
Looked and made sure all the shims are there - could see the fold at the top holding it in place on both sides. Good!
Got my tin of Johnson's paste wax (JPW) and put a dollop on my fingers and spread it on the front and sides of the exposed ways at the bottom. Then did the same at the top after running the motor/arbor bracket all the way down. The I repeated on the backside of the ways as much as I could, then repeated the fronts and sides, top and bottom, running the bracket up and down. Much smoother but still squealing a bit.
I could feel the long elevation screw by reaching through the opening and to the right... I put a few dollops of JPW on my finger and applied it to the screw top and bottom turning it a bit as well.
Ran the whole thing up and down smoothly and quietly and its like new, maybe better.
Probably going to do some dadoes tomorrow.
My cardinal rule is never force anything on my BT3000.
Time for lubrication (or maybe a little past due).
Pulled the power cord. Removed the throat plate and ran the blade up and took it off
Used a shop vac and cleaned up some corners of the shroud that accumulated some sawdust and cut off bits that fell thru the throat plate and got caught. Found three very thin 3x3 cutoffs that fell thru the throat plate and lodged in the little shelf above the dust port.
My saw inside is generally quite clean and free of sawdust since I have the HF Dust cleaner permanently hooked with 2 four-inch hoses to the back port and the belly pan port I added.
Looked and made sure all the shims are there - could see the fold at the top holding it in place on both sides. Good!
Got my tin of Johnson's paste wax (JPW) and put a dollop on my fingers and spread it on the front and sides of the exposed ways at the bottom. Then did the same at the top after running the motor/arbor bracket all the way down. The I repeated on the backside of the ways as much as I could, then repeated the fronts and sides, top and bottom, running the bracket up and down. Much smoother but still squealing a bit.
I could feel the long elevation screw by reaching through the opening and to the right... I put a few dollops of JPW on my finger and applied it to the screw top and bottom turning it a bit as well.
Ran the whole thing up and down smoothly and quietly and its like new, maybe better.
Probably going to do some dadoes tomorrow.
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