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Jack, I'm pretty sure that if you just Google "dovetail" you'll find lots of information. About every other month, it seems, one of the woodworking magazines at the newsstand has an article on how to hand-cut dovetails. You might consider buying Frank Klausz' video on dovetailing by hand, ...

If your 6 X 48 belt sander is like mine, the tension is set automatically when you mount a new belt. To center the running belt, there is an adjustment wheel on the side. I am not aware of any way to adjust the tension of the belt itself, however. I have also had belts come unglued. I think storing ...

Peter, if you have Woodsmith, Vol 24, No. 142, look on page 14 for some wrap-around benches that go with a round picnic table.

If that is a 500 carriage, why go to all the work and expense? Upgrading to a 510 is easy. The parts, carriages and tables, can be found all the time on eBay. Guys who use this and other sites have them for sale all the time and are good folks to deal with. I upgraded a Magna 1954 with all parts to...

Yes, I am talking about the carriage, not the headstock. Cutting the threaded rod and getting a grip on it to try and back each half out of the carriage--that's what some of you are suggesting, and what suggests itself to me. I'll proceed cautiously, and use penetrating oil of some sort. Thanks for ...

I've had no problem for 25 years with the carriage on my 1980 vintage Mark V, but one day recently I found that the clamping mechanism on my carriage had seized up. Wise and cautious fellow that I am (NOT!), I took a pipe wrench to the spinner handle and promptly broke off one of its "ears.&quo...

I too am really glad to see this forum appear. I needed it!
I bought my Shopsmith Mark V back in 1980, I think, and have used it extensively. I hate to think of what I would do without its versatile capabilities.

Steve