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   From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 8/25/2024 4:45 PM, OldManRT wrote:   
   > I bought a 7 x 12 Emerson new in 1982, and still run it.  The first 10   
   > years or so, I ran water soluble oil, or water based synthetic.  Had to   
   > replace all the guide bearing about once a year.  Then I cleaned it all   
   > up, and switched over to sulfurized cutting oil, and have only replaced   
   > bearings one time since.  ---  Once, had to remove the driver band   
   > wheel, and slightly recut it in the lathe, because the band kept popping   
   > off.   Great machine.   
   >   
      
   I honestly don't think you can screw up one of any of these old band   
   saws unless you are downright abusive.  I've had a 7x12 from Harbor   
   Freight I've been using for years, and before that I had a Harbor   
   freight 4 x 6 I modified to cut 4 x 8 that I used for years before it   
   stripped a gear.  I fixed the smaller one and I still use both of them   
   every week.  The 7x12 just about every day.  Sometimes I find myself   
   using them both at the same time.  I use the little one mostly for   
   stainless and the bigger one for mild steel and aluminum.   
      
   Only problem I have anymore is I don't clean the chips off often enough,   
   and when the build up to a certain point the saw won't swing down all   
   the way.  LOL.   
      
   Nice zombie thread by the way.   
      
      
      
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