Thread: Bought a Meber bandsaw - need a back guide roller for it

Buying from O/S might be the cheapest option. Laguna used to sell rebadged Meber, and the GL456 is listed as a Laguna thrust bearing so you could try Gregory machinery for one.

Thanks, Richmond68 - but the problem with Gregorys website is, they only have an "enquiry form" for spare parts. Then they want machine model, serial number, year, etc, etc.
Not much use to me, I have nothing on the machine, apart from the model decal.

I ended up biting the bullet and buying a new GL456 roller from Pommyland, it cost me 30 quid, and they even sent it post-free.
I've managed to disassemble all the other rollers, and free them up and lube them, so now I'm just waiting on Mr Postman.

Even though Mebers bronzed-bush roller idea is a bit primitive, they seem to be durable enough, although the drag is obviously quite a bit more than a ball bearing.
I'm quite pleased at how the machine performs, it has a heap of grunt, and shows minimal wear.
The table insert was missing, so I had to get a mate to turn up a couple of inserts out of HDPE - once again, they were unobtainium, and an oddball size - 45mm.

I'm just looking at a little reinforcement of the upper support - the entire upper saw guide assembly flexes too easily, and I can see that their cutout in the upper assembly for blade insertion, is a major part of the problem - it simply allows too much flex.
I can see myself designing a small removable bracket to bolt into the cutout, to reinforce the upper assembly, and thus provide better support for the upper saw guide assembly.

Thought you might do that. I like to support local businesses too, but often for these sorts of parts it's just not worthwhile. For them and you. The only Meber I've seen around here was a 600 with what looked like Carter guides.