The bracket that the motor on my contractor saw mounts to was bent. Called Jet and they replaced it at no cost. So I finally get around to changing it.
Gosh darn bolt that holds the pin in the cast iron mount breaks off. Cobalt drill bit snaps off inside the bolt (ever try to drill through a cobalt bit with HSS bits?). Several hours later bolt is out. Why do they call thos extractors 'EZ-outs' anyway? There is nothing EZ about using them.
Anyway all is back together and I took extra care to align the pulleys and get the motor straight. Still can't get the nickel to stay standing.
I am currently using a lawnmower type belt instead of an automotive belt thinking that the softer belt won't hold a hard bend like the auto belts do. The vibration is not terrible and is greatly improved over what it was with the bent bracket and years old auto belt. What should I do?
Go back to an automotive belt? Get the link style belt and pulleys? Some other solution? Quit crying about it and cut some wood?