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I aligned the beltsander/bandsaw and jointer and they all seem to be working quite well. The eccentric tubes are NOT maxed out. The jointer was a trainwreck. One of the tubes was loose enough that I could jiggle it out. So far it is coming together nicely. Now I need to get some paint and do some wo...

Thank you for all of your help. I loosened the set screws on the eccentric posts on the belt sander and got it very, very close to aligned. It is ever so slightly out, I'm guessing it is on the order of 0.050in. My new coupler should arrive tomorrow, so I'll test it. When I spin the sander 180, it l...

I was not expecting so much response! I'll get more detail when I get home tonight, but I did take a picture this morning.

The offset is in the horizontal direction.

My dad had a Shopsmith in his shop for many years of trouble-free usage, and he gave it to me last weekend (I used it for many years when I was a kid). He packed it in his truck and drove it 8hrs. Upon setting it up, I was going through the various tools with my kid. The bandsaw and disk sander work...