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Haddon Carryer
02-26-2008, 5:52 PM
I bought an old Crescent bandsaw with 20 inch wheels. One of the repair areas I need to address is the Babbitt bearings. They're pretty well shot and I need an experienced recommendation on who should repour them.

Any actual experience with this will be welcome.

Adam Grills
02-26-2008, 6:15 PM
For oler machines and very much babbitt machines you should read through www.owwm.com (http://www.owwm.com) Loads of info on babbitts there and lots of knowledgable people on older machines.
Adam

Loren Hedahl
02-26-2008, 6:27 PM
If it were mine, I would investigate having a machine shop convert it to modern ball or roller bearings.