Back tracked a bit to do some tidying up before making a proper table for the saw.
The bearing flange blocks still need to be glued so took the wheels off to do that and then screwed them back on with the same orientation as before. With the wheels off washed the inside of the 'truck inner tube' tyres.
All the electrical wiring and motor start capacitor is now housed in the base of the saw.
Made a base for the saw and redesigned the motor mount assembly which can now bee easily adjusted for pulley alignment and belt tension adjustment.
The motor assembly can slide left or right for belt tension and move front to back for pulley alignment.
As previously posted the wheels now have larger bearings pressed into flange blocks. The wheels are now mounted on larger 10mm shafts – runs nice and smooth.
The 608 skateboard bearings could not handle the load.
Having upgraded the bearings from Skateboard 608's to 6200 2RS (30/10mm) I also now need to upsize the upper wheel mount block. As it turned out I ended up completely redesigning the upper wheel mount.
Having completed the upper wheel, we now need to dismantled some stuff around the bottom of the saw to gain access and remove the lower wheel.
When I removed the lower wheel I noticed the bearings, like the upper lot...were completely stuffed.
