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- Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:54 am
- Forum: Woodworking Tool Review
- Topic: Zyliss Vise
- Replies: 83
- Views: 84398
Re: Zyliss Vise
I continued my fascination with the Zyliss vice and its history by buying an original wood-handled model branded with earlier "Zylyss" spelling. Lots of minor differences such as the design of the handle arm, lack of quick-release, and lack of notches in the base for mounting accessories s...
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 12:26 pm
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: Maintenance parts to buy (mothership concerns)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4061
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:47 pm
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: Maintenance parts to buy (mothership concerns)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4061
Re: Maintenance parts to buy (mothership concerns)
paulrussell, You should be concerned about the health of Shopsmith Inc. since they ceased to exist a decade ago. Arg. Knew that but clearly forgot. All: Overall I'm most concerned about proprietary consumables and semi-consumables (such as planer knives). As several have mentioned, you don't know w...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:46 pm
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: Maintenance parts to buy (mothership concerns)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4061
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 5:41 pm
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: Maintenance parts to buy (mothership concerns)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4061
Re: Maintenance parts to buy (mothership concerns)
paulrussell, You should be concerned about the health of Shopsmith Inc. since they ceased to exist a decade ago. Arg. Knew that but clearly forgot. All: Overall I'm most concerned about proprietary consumables and semi-consumables (such as planer knives). As several have mentioned, you don't know w...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:53 am
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: Maintenance parts to buy (mothership concerns)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4061
Maintenance parts to buy (mothership concerns)
I will be honest, I'm a bit concerned about the health of Shopsmith Inc. Recent retirements there have significantly changed the company. Jim McCann is an excellent engineer, but he has to be nearing retirement as well only further eroding knowledgeable people at Shopsmith. And like the rest of thw ...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 1:21 pm
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: Yet another 3D printed coupler design
- Replies: 55
- Views: 14529
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:28 am
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: Yet another 3D printed coupler design
- Replies: 55
- Views: 14529
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:22 am
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: Yet another 3D printed coupler design
- Replies: 55
- Views: 14529
Re: Yet another 3D printed coupler design
Dusty Yes. Without the spring it is tricky. WIth a spring it pops right off -- at least on my machine. It was a really tough design decision as to how snug the couplers should fit, especially since I believe they will loosen up a bit after some use. One of my pet peeves of the later white couplers i...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:09 am
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: Yet another 3D printed coupler design
- Replies: 55
- Views: 14529
Re: Yet another 3D printed coupler design
Congratulations on a job well done. The coupler fits the hubs just great. I had to fine tune hub alignment but that was not the fault of the coupler. Gotta conduct an investigation to determine who done it. Thanks for the update Dusty! Looking forward to hearing more, be it good or bad. For those w...