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ryanbp01, Incra products may be in my distant future. For what it's worth, I think the Incra Shopsmith miter-sled type stuff differs only in the miter-bar size, as has been stated above. For the TSIII type of "super table saw fence," I would like to do more research. A few weeks ago I saw ...

Not exactly along these lines, but has anyone thought of making a "headless" extra Mark V structure to support the OPR? I wonder if the spare parts in the marketplace would be friendly to that....

Chris
Shopsmith 510, Bandsaw, and other accessories

Boy, I was sanding some maple pieces that I book-matched (resawing) yesterday. The pieces were quite thin and I found myself thinking that the Sand Flee would be just the ticket for this kind of sanding. I'll be thinking about this....


Chris
Shopsmith 510, Bandsaw, and other accessories

Ed in Tampa, Just for some comic relief.... I find I can mentally manage my wood projects OK... until the finish steps! Here is a desk I did this past winter (I'm using it right now). It was *supposed* to have a uniform light red glaze on the top. Actually I made an oak desk, put pickling white stai...

Hey All, Today's highlight for me was not the commuting, the office-work, the yard-work, nor the coordinating 2 genius(es) to figure out a mysterious furnace-flue "constipation." The highlight was finding, at the local library Used Book Sale, one of the SS Hands-On books showing this Climb...

Ed,

Thanks for a super job defending Shopsmith. Having got my system this year, I'm still delighted with it.

Chris
Shopsmith 510, Bandsaw, and other accessories

Hi Chuck, Thanks for your comments and questions. My techniques included: Outermost roof-arches: I made a cardboard shape template and separately cut 5 pcs of ¾-inch oak stock to that shape on the bandsaw. Then I resawed each one to end up with the necessary 9 thin pieces. Finer smoothing of their p...

Hi, If anyone watched NBC (6pm) News the other night (though it’s funner to watch HandsOnline), they showed the magnificent Baha’i Temple in Chicago (Wilmette). Info is at http://www.bahai.us/bahai-temple . This is not my house of worship, but it is personally significant through some of my friends ...

Hi, Some time ago I posted this into the ssug.org forum. This is a rough start to a Mark V model on sketchup. Dimensions are reasonably accurate for the core elements & rotating shafts, but it could stand further development: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=51ec4d48bbd17603c5a...

Yes, especially if he's getting long in the tooth