Was cruising through the local weekly classifieds paper and came across an ad for a Jet JWBS-14 bandsaw for $150.00. Thought it might be a beat up and worn out production shop saw, but went to take a look at it anyways.
Older model Jet (but I can't find any differences between it and the newer white one except the belt housing cover), that was pretty much immaculate on first look.
Then the guy says -- "the motor is burnt out though". I started to back away, but then couldn't help myslf and bought it.
Got it home and in looking it over, the bulk of the saw is in amazingly good shape. Only damage I found other than the motor missing was the thrust bearings had grooves cut in them.
The fella I bought it from said it was used to resaw a bunch of 6" cedar when the motor gave out. From the looks of the thrust bearings -- I'd say they were feed at a rate extremely more than should have been used. Enough to jam the thrust bearing and then the back of the blade cut the grooves into the bearing.
A local Farm & Ranch store helped me out with a Dayton "Farm Duty" 1HP motor and 2-1/2" pully (this after the appreciated assistance of Thom2, both in the chat room and on the phone today).
Got that installed and replaced the upper and lower thrust bearings, here it sits all ready to go to work.
I set up my 'quick-n-dirty' fence and ran some 6" thick Red Oak through for a resaw test using the 1/2" blade that came with it. Fed it much fast than I normally would to see how the motor handled it.... amazing! I am grinning.....
Older model Jet (but I can't find any differences between it and the newer white one except the belt housing cover), that was pretty much immaculate on first look.
Then the guy says -- "the motor is burnt out though". I started to back away, but then couldn't help myslf and bought it.
Got it home and in looking it over, the bulk of the saw is in amazingly good shape. Only damage I found other than the motor missing was the thrust bearings had grooves cut in them.
The fella I bought it from said it was used to resaw a bunch of 6" cedar when the motor gave out. From the looks of the thrust bearings -- I'd say they were feed at a rate extremely more than should have been used. Enough to jam the thrust bearing and then the back of the blade cut the grooves into the bearing.
A local Farm & Ranch store helped me out with a Dayton "Farm Duty" 1HP motor and 2-1/2" pully (this after the appreciated assistance of Thom2, both in the chat room and on the phone today).
Got that installed and replaced the upper and lower thrust bearings, here it sits all ready to go to work.
I set up my 'quick-n-dirty' fence and ran some 6" thick Red Oak through for a resaw test using the 1/2" blade that came with it. Fed it much fast than I normally would to see how the motor handled it.... amazing! I am grinning.....
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