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5th December 2014, 11:37 AM #1New Member
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Peerless band saw broken wheel track adjuster
G'day,
New bloke here. Just picked up a Peerless band saw from the early 80's. Machine is in good nick although it has snapped the cast aluminum part that adjusts the track of the top wheel. I guess this is pretty common considering the poor quality of the alloy.
Now one of my options is to make a new one out of steel, but i dont have a great deal of time and would prefer to buy one. Having a look on the american forums it appears you can buy these as replacements, even the entire tension/track slide assembly.
I had a crack at repairing it with a brazing rod but the parent metal is so poor it pretty much melted. So what can I do? Has anybody encountered the same?
Cheers
Jake
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9th December 2014, 11:07 PM #2New Member
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Any ideas?
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14th December 2014, 08:44 PM #3New Member
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25th December 2014, 09:26 PM #4New Member
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Well in case anyone is interested i used plasti metal to build it back up and hopefully it will be stronger than it ever was.
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