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Went to a farm auction last Saturday and sitting in an old shed gathering dust and rust for maybe decades was an old Craftsman 3x6 horizontal band saw model 101.22922. $40 dollars and it's mine. Here's a picture from the auction website.
Got it home and promptly started tearing it apart. Forgot to take a before picture. Oops. Everything seemed to be working except for the feed cylinder. Just lots of dirt and surface rust. I oiled the bearings in the motor and it is purring like a warm kitten. Next I started cleaning the rust and dirt off of the stand. A few hours later and it got a coat of black rustoleum. Another coat tomorrow. This is a 50' paint job. Looks good from a distance. What can I say? It won't win any awards.
On to the feed cylinder. My first thought was that some of the O rings might need replacing because it was leaking fluid as I fiddled with it. Took it apart and cleaned everything inside and out. All of the O rings looked Ok. Back together, mounted on the saw and filled it up with fluid. No leaks and seems to be working property. That's it for today. Saw is just sitting on the stand for the pictures.
Got it home and promptly started tearing it apart. Forgot to take a before picture. Oops. Everything seemed to be working except for the feed cylinder. Just lots of dirt and surface rust. I oiled the bearings in the motor and it is purring like a warm kitten. Next I started cleaning the rust and dirt off of the stand. A few hours later and it got a coat of black rustoleum. Another coat tomorrow. This is a 50' paint job. Looks good from a distance. What can I say? It won't win any awards.
On to the feed cylinder. My first thought was that some of the O rings might need replacing because it was leaking fluid as I fiddled with it. Took it apart and cleaned everything inside and out. All of the O rings looked Ok. Back together, mounted on the saw and filled it up with fluid. No leaks and seems to be working property. That's it for today. Saw is just sitting on the stand for the pictures.