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yes and no. check the size of the arbor, shopsmith' s arbor is 1 1/4 . but there is one for normal everyday blades a 5/8's arbor. have faith you have come to the best place for advice on the ss mk v . hagd jim

look under community at my other post titled. toys (built with a shopsmith) the 2 books i use are there. plus many more of my toys. the roll back is my. addition to one of there trucks . the 18 wheeler u can use your imagination to create any other design . since i had the tractors made they needed ...

i might be doing this twice . fely like they got lost. i finished the trucks . the roll back is loaded and ready for the road .18 wheelers r waiting for there trailers . thanks [ATTACH]10666[/ATTACH]

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here's the 4 trucks i finished this morning. the roll back is loaded boomed down ready to roll. this was fun i made a slide mechanism. by using my 1/4 mortising bit, cut a mortice about 5 inches long. notice the wench, turned a 1 1/2 dowel shaped the drum . another wild idea was taking a 3/8 th dowe...

[ATTACH]10655[/ATTACH] the 4 trucks i'm working on now takes 8 wheels each. 40 total these are 2 in. wheels , i use a 2/14 holesaw . then i take a 1 1/8 paddle bit to create the hub . the axles are 3/8th brad point bit. i took this pic same time as my others today . show me in the process of making ...

lol dusty the drawers were a great idea . lol but there are a few left like all shops space is a premium. i wound up hangin things close at hand . instead of burying them in drawers. just had another thought the other day that would do away with whats left of the drawers. i want a factory built work...

[ATTACH]10650[/ATTACH] this is the train engine i will try and get the whole set on here tomorrow thanks jim

thanks dusty for the kind words . and i do follow alot of your comments on here . i built alot of these last years gave them to my 5 g,sons ages 4 to 11 . no they don't hold up to well to ruff treatment . the train engine is just apart of a set i built , i liked it so much i built a track for with a...

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been quite busy in shop lately. toys i have built comes from 2 books . one by norm marshall several on the forum should know his name . what i like was all his designs were made on a mark v. u can see it through out in the illistrations. the other by a reg martin ( making wood trucks and constrution...