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Hi, I just joined last week right after I purchased a HF 4x6 at the
Ft Collins, CO store. So far I am real happy with it. Cut up about
100 ft of 1/4 HR rod over the weekend and it really beats my 6" chop
saw.

Anyway after reading the posts about gear oil I decided I would check
mine out. It was about 30 degrees in the garage at the time. When I
opened the cover I found the most awful looking stuff I ever saw. A
brown substance with what looked like white foam mixed in. It was the
consistency of grease gun grease. I used a putty knife to remove most
of it then used a hair dryer to liquify the rest so it would drain
and wipe out. Then I filled the box with Amsoil 75-140 synthetic gear
oil. Saw runs much smoother now and I feel a lot better about the
gears lasting. Also new bi-metal 10-14 on order to arrive Monday.

Great list with lots of useful information. Thanks...Bill

Hi Bill - I just joined the other day...I'm planning on picking up a
HF 4x6 this weekend - $149 on sale! Woohoo!

Regarding the gear oil change, is it pretty intuitive how much
replacement oil to add? I'm planning on draining the gearbox and
filling it back up with....90W? 75/140W? What's everyone recommend?
Also, is there a a "fill line" or do I need to measure how much to
replace in advance.

Thanks!

Jason

--- In 4x6bandsaw@..., "Bill Jones" <WBJones@u...> wrote:

Hi, I just joined last week right after I purchased a HF 4x6 at the
Ft Collins, CO store. So far I am real happy with it. Cut up about
100 ft of 1/4 HR rod over the weekend and it really beats my 6"

chop

saw.

Anyway after reading the posts about gear oil I decided I would

check

mine out. It was about 30 degrees in the garage at the time. When I
opened the cover I found the most awful looking stuff I ever saw. A
brown substance with what looked like white foam mixed in. It was

the

consistency of grease gun grease. I used a putty knife to remove

most

of it then used a hair dryer to liquify the rest so it would drain
and wipe out. Then I filled the box with Amsoil 75-140 synthetic

gear

oil. Saw runs much smoother now and I feel a lot better about the
gears lasting. Also new bi-metal 10-14 on order to arrive Monday.

Great list with lots of useful information. Thanks...Bill

Hi Jason,

I am not Bill, but picked my saw up a little while back (for $99.99).
Once you have the saw assembled abd you take the gear box plate off,
it will be clear as to how much to fill. The box sets at an angle and
you just pour in enough until it is about to overflow the bottom edge
of the box. As far as fluid, I also used a synthetic (Mobil 1) gear
lube 75w-140. The assembly book will tell you the specs. It might be
to yor advantage to drain the gearbox before putting the legs on,
this may be a little less unweildy. Also make sure to flush the box
out with a mild solvent. Also thouroghly rinse the gears etc off. It
turns out that the Tiawanese manufacturers don't do a real good job
of getting all the casting sand out of the box before assembly.

Hope this helps.

BK



--- In 4x6bandsaw@..., "mazdarotaryracer" <jbsmith@r...>
wrote:

Hi Bill - I just joined the other day...I'm planning on picking up

a

HF 4x6 this weekend - $149 on sale! Woohoo!

Regarding the gear oil change, is it pretty intuitive how much
replacement oil to add? I'm planning on draining the gearbox and
filling it back up with....90W? 75/140W? What's everyone

recommend?

Also, is there a a "fill line" or do I need to measure how much to
replace in advance.

Thanks!

Jason

--- In 4x6bandsaw@..., "Bill Jones" <WBJones@u...>

wrote:

Hi, I just joined last week right after I purchased a HF 4x6 at

the

Ft Collins, CO store. So far I am real happy with it. Cut up

about

100 ft of 1/4 HR rod over the weekend and it really beats my 6"

chop

saw.

Anyway after reading the posts about gear oil I decided I would

check

mine out. It was about 30 degrees in the garage at the time. When

I

opened the cover I found the most awful looking stuff I ever saw.

A

brown substance with what looked like white foam mixed in. It was

the

consistency of grease gun grease. I used a putty knife to remove

most

of it then used a hair dryer to liquify the rest so it would

drain

and wipe out. Then I filled the box with Amsoil 75-140 synthetic

gear

oil. Saw runs much smoother now and I feel a lot better about the
gears lasting. Also new bi-metal 10-14 on order to arrive Monday.

Great list with lots of useful information. Thanks...Bill

Jason, BK is correct. Real easy, with the saw in the horizontal
position, just pour in oil until it is about to run out of the box.
Appears to take less than a pint...Bill

--- In 4x6bandsaw@..., "bkfan2001" <bkfan2001@y...> wrote:

Hi Jason,

I am not Bill, but picked my saw up a little while back (for

$99.99).

Once you have the saw assembled abd you take the gear box plate

off,

it will be clear as to how much to fill. The box sets at an angle

and

you just pour in enough until it is about to overflow the bottom

edge

of the box. As far as fluid, I also used a synthetic (Mobil 1) gear
lube 75w-140. The assembly book will tell you the specs. It might

be

to yor advantage to drain the gearbox before putting the legs on,
this may be a little less unweildy. Also make sure to flush the box
out with a mild solvent. Also thouroghly rinse the gears etc off.

It

turns out that the Tiawanese manufacturers don't do a real good job
of getting all the casting sand out of the box before assembly.

Hope this helps.

BK



--- In 4x6bandsaw@..., "mazdarotaryracer"

<jbsmith@r...>

wrote:

Hi Bill - I just joined the other day...I'm planning on picking

up

a

HF 4x6 this weekend - $149 on sale! Woohoo!

Regarding the gear oil change, is it pretty intuitive how much
replacement oil to add? I'm planning on draining the gearbox and
filling it back up with....90W? 75/140W? What's everyone

recommend?

Also, is there a a "fill line" or do I need to measure how much

to

replace in advance.

Thanks!

Jason

BK/Bill, thanks for the info! I picked my saw up yesterday and am
hoping to unbox it (and start tweaking it) in the next couple of
weeks. Gearbox flush will be on the top of the list!

Jason

--- In 4x6bandsaw@..., "Bill Jones" <WBJones@u...> wrote:

Jason, BK is correct. Real easy, with the saw in the horizontal
position, just pour in oil until it is about to run out of the box.
Appears to take less than a pint...Bill

--- In 4x6bandsaw@..., "bkfan2001" <bkfan2001@y...>

wrote:

Hi Jason,

I am not Bill, but picked my saw up a little while back (for

$99.99).

Once you have the saw assembled abd you take the gear box plate

off,

it will be clear as to how much to fill. The box sets at an angle

and

you just pour in enough until it is about to overflow the bottom

edge

of the box. As far as fluid, I also used a synthetic (Mobil 1)

gear

lube 75w-140. The assembly book will tell you the specs. It might

be

to yor advantage to drain the gearbox before putting the legs on,
this may be a little less unweildy. Also make sure to flush the

box

out with a mild solvent. Also thouroghly rinse the gears etc off.

It

turns out that the Tiawanese manufacturers don't do a real good

job

of getting all the casting sand out of the box before assembly.

Hope this helps.

BK



--- In 4x6bandsaw@..., "mazdarotaryracer"

<jbsmith@r...>

wrote:

Hi Bill - I just joined the other day...I'm planning on picking

up

a

HF 4x6 this weekend - $149 on sale! Woohoo!

Regarding the gear oil change, is it pretty intuitive how much
replacement oil to add? I'm planning on draining the gearbox

and

filling it back up with....90W? 75/140W? What's everyone

recommend?

Also, is there a a "fill line" or do I need to measure how much

to

replace in advance.

Thanks!

Jason

No problemo Jason,

Glad to hear you got your saw. Hope everything goes well for you. The
welds on 2 of the 3 hinges on 1 leg of my saw were broken apart when
I unpacked mine. When you look at yours you will see why. I TACK
WELDED EVERY HINGE(whoops, hit the Cap Lock Button) in 3 places, even
the ones that were not broke loose. Also found a little grit in my
gearbox. It was really small and not much of it, but I figure none is
better than some. A thourgh drain, rinse and refill took care of that.

Again, good luck.

Regards

BK

--- In 4x6bandsaw@..., "mazdarotaryracer" <jbsmith@r...>
wrote:

BK/Bill, thanks for the info! I picked my saw up yesterday and am
hoping to unbox it (and start tweaking it) in the next couple of
weeks. Gearbox flush will be on the top of the list!

Jason