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With a Tung Oil/Poly blend it should be pretty tough, after 5 coats the tung oil becomes water resistant and it might build enough film thickness for protection. Cabinets take a lot of abuse and are usually finished with a very tough finish, Poly, Catalyzed Lacquer, two-part varnish, etc. I personal...

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I was told that the Shopsmith motor was custom built for Shopsmith and you can't get them anywhere else.

Would this be easier if the quill was removed from the headstock. If nothing else works you could possibly use heat and then change the bearings before putting it back together.

Dusty, The 3/8" holes are drilled in the circles closest to the rails the TS fence attaches too, they are drilled from the under side of the table and I used a counter sink by hand to gently debur the top of the holes. The mounting platform is held in place with the 1/4" 20 threaded rod wi...

I did make a set of Lignum-Vitae blocks once and they seemed to work fine. Used Cool Blocks and they worked fine also. Made Phenolic blocks and they worked almost as good. Lignum- Vitae is hard to find and it took a little looking to find a chunk of phenolic. I milled them myself but didn't put the ...

Drilling an extension or floating table is quick and easy, then you can install nuts under it and you have a quick way to mount and remove the INCRA fence. You would have to measure the distance between the holes on the under side of the table casting then find a way to make everything fit. I think ...

Isn't the bandsaw in a tool makers shop one of those giant DoAll 36" bandsaws that weighs several thousand pounds with a frame that is so massive that no amount of tension could change the alignment. I think the problem from not releasing the tension is due to the Shopsmith bandsaw having to be...

They sell lamp augers that you feed through a hollow dead center.

A link to the hollow center http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=1759 augers shouldn't be too hard to find.

I have the Porter Cable 890 series router kit (two bases). It is very tall and in the router table it sometimes hits the way tubes. It is rated good by the magazines. The Bosch 2.25 hp kit is rated very good but uses strange bushings if you ever want to use it hand held or with a jig.