craftsman bandsaw

[stone road turkey calls]

My old craftsman 12 inch bandsaw bearings the ones the blade rest on finally went bad, I don't see them on the parts list from sears. where can i get them.

Thanks
Gary

[shadetree callers]

Check Woodcraft

[WillowRidgeCalls]

You'll have to do the same thing I had to do. Sears is out of biz, so they only have what they have in stock for parts. If you can find out who made their bearings and contact them, or take the size of it to any place that handles bearings and get a new bearing. I had the plastic dust collector fan on my planer broke I contacted sears to get a new one. They didn't have any and couldn't order one. I took it to a machine shop and had them make it out of alum. I had the same thing happen with my bench top bandsaw. Broke my last bandsaw blade and went to sears to get some more. They no longer carry them and can't order any. They sent me to MDS Blades to get one made. 70-1/2" is a custom order so they wanted $115. per blade. Told them no thanks, I can by a new saw for less then the cost of 3 blades. I went back to sears and made them look and see who made their blades? Contacted them and they had a bunches of them in that length, any TPI you wanted for $8. a blade.

[pappy]

Run the parts number against replacement parts you do not have to use OEM parts. I have replaced my bearings with other maker's just have to get measurements right.

[stone road turkey calls]

thanks guys, I hate to get rid of the saw it's been with me a long time.

[Austy]

You can also check the online catalog for McMaster-Carr in their bearing section if you have one of the old ones that you can take measurements from and match it up to what may be in the catalog.  Good Luck!!  I feel your pain as I just had to replace my bandsaw because of a cast piece that blue apart on me that adjusted the camber of the top wheel for tracking.  I can't complain though I got 20+ years out of the old one and it was used hard.

[ironman123]

I get a lot of mine here:  http://www.vxb.com/    to use as guide bearings on my bandsaw and bearings for my Micro-Mill.  Hope this helps.

You will need to measure your old bearings.

Ray