David Winer
01-13-2011, 9:16 PM
Deep down in a recent lengthy thread, MM24 Mobility (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?156217-MM24-Mobility&p=1599715&highlight=Zambus#post1599715) 01-03-2011, Van Huskey offered a detailed method for installing Zambus casters on the MM16 (and larger) band saw. I definitely needed that. Following his instructions, while aware of the hazards of being pinned down by a large ferrous object as discussed in the thread, I managed to do the trick without assistance.
It took some planning and uses of wedges to raise the rear end for the second set of casters. First, there is no foot brake to attach the Johnson bar to. How to get a jack under this end? Think of this maneuver as a variant of Van's procedure. I used his concept of a board under the machine near the middle so that once the jack and safety boards were removed from the front end, the saw could be rocked over the board which acts as a teeter-totter fulcrum.
This geometry and nomenclature is hard to visualize. As we say in computers, a picture is worth 1024 words. I've attached a photo to show how the feat was accomplished. What this picture doesn't show is that I had to resort to wedges to raise the rear end high enough to get the jack under, then proceed as before at the front. (Glowing with success, I forgot to take that picture.)
The saw rolls easily now. Anyone want a free mobility kit that should properly be labeled an immobility kit?
It took some planning and uses of wedges to raise the rear end for the second set of casters. First, there is no foot brake to attach the Johnson bar to. How to get a jack under this end? Think of this maneuver as a variant of Van's procedure. I used his concept of a board under the machine near the middle so that once the jack and safety boards were removed from the front end, the saw could be rocked over the board which acts as a teeter-totter fulcrum.
This geometry and nomenclature is hard to visualize. As we say in computers, a picture is worth 1024 words. I've attached a photo to show how the feat was accomplished. What this picture doesn't show is that I had to resort to wedges to raise the rear end high enough to get the jack under, then proceed as before at the front. (Glowing with success, I forgot to take that picture.)
The saw rolls easily now. Anyone want a free mobility kit that should properly be labeled an immobility kit?