Just got a Powermatic 65

[Cameron Wood]

Attachment 519896I took the top loose to get a better look and it appears that there is no way to access the belts. They are totally enclosed by a housing. I don't see any way to remove them from the motor shaft.

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/655/837.pdf

For #66 but should be similar process.


Here's someone who replaced the contactor with a different switch.

http://vintagemachinery.org/photoind...l.aspx?id=6246

[Bill Dufour]

Link belt. Even horrible fright carries them.
Bill D

[George Speed]

Nice!. Wow, SW Wyoming. The older I get the more I wonder about people,places and things.

[Jack Frederick]

When I picked up my old Unisaw it was missing the motor cover and the lower front door. I knocked together a cover for the motor that was ventilated but not filtered. I cut the DC into the back/bottom of the saw and fashioned a tempered hardboard ramp from front down to the back and side ramps to funnel the duct down. I taped them in place. With a ventilated front cover it kinda carried the dust back. It worked out well as there was very little accumulation in the base.

[Tom Bender]

Nice score. That's an awesome manual. Matched belts are important and should be ordered from a belt supplier, not an auto parts store or big box store. If the existing ones are ok they will last a long time.

[Rick Breininger]

Is there a special size wrench to change the blade on the PM65 or PM 66 or did they just use an adjustable wrench?

[Bill Dufour]

Two Horsepower? One modern vee belt should be fine. They are much improved since 1930 when this was was designed, 96 years ago.
BillD