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I have the Lee Valley optical center finder. Wasn’t that much when I bought it, but its great. Helps for accurately finding centers, especially with older eyes.

Bob, so are the magazines still available? All I need is a weight and a price. Not sure if these are free or you had a price in mind.

Bob, put they Modeltec mags on your scale and tell me the weight and I’ll figure out the shipping. We can work from there. Regards, Bill

Bob, have you figured out shipping to Michigan. My suggestion would be to weigh the magazines. As I mentioned, media rate is much cheaper.

Grand Rapids Michigan. How many do you have? Shipping by Media because they’re magazines would be much cheaper. regards Bill I’m definitely intereste.

I might be interested in Modeltec. How many do you have?

You don’t think about it until your space is violated. I guess, I knew I had some security issues in my shop. But I was busy with other things, I didn’t have time. But when you think about it, how many thousands of dollars do you have in tools in your shop? Tools can be replaced but what about...

Thanks for the pictures. I will be looking closely to see if I can adapt.

Thanks for the quick reply. I’ll have a look. My guides just floating around relying on a nut to insure adjustment is just poor engineering.

Baron, what make of saw do you have? I wonder if parts from yours could be adapted to mine.

4 cams, sounds great. That’s what this saw needs.

When I went to adjust my side rollers, I could see a problem. And a solution. The through bolt which carries the bearing fits in a larger casting hole. Continued adjustment relies on tightening the Nulton the back. A cam adjustment is the way to go and a small project in the future.

Let me jump back in the discussion. I went back to Bandsaw Blades Direct In Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sales plug-great outfit to deal with. As I mentioned, my 1/2 inch .035 blade at 60 inches long was too “stiff” for my Atlas 4353 bandsaw. The blade broke for the second time. And each time, not at...

Very nice piece to set on your desk.

The Atlas 4353 upper wheel turns on a canted axis. When you tighten the axis nut on the outside of the saw casting it tips the upper wheel back. This somewhat forces the blade to ride back against the rim of the wheel. As I mentioned, I turned a new bushing for the problem upper wheel. Finished...

Took my broke blades back to Bandsaw Blades Direct and they re the blades. Can’t ask for anything more then that. I’m probably trying to go heavier blade then this saw is designed for.

I feel you may be right. The Lennox blade is a good one but it did seem very stiff. And you are trying to twist turn this blade and with the guide system the Atlas uses, may be near impossible. If a new bearing doesn’t solve my problem a narrower blade, more flexible is probably the solution.

Mike, thanks for generous offer. I have the manual for this saw. As I mentioned I bought new tires for this saw and I thought this would take care of the problem. It did and it didn’t. It would track for awhile, but then the blade would work its way off. I never used this saw all that much but...

I‘ll make a new bushing and then check the tracking. I was using so much tension on a fairly new Lennox blade it broke. And not at the weld! Getting tired of using a hacksaw.

It’s an Atlas 4353. I checked the inner diameter of the bronze bushing on the upper wheel. It’s supposed to .625. It’s .630. I think a new bushing and then a skim cut on the outer wheel diameter should take care of the problem.