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One of the wonderful things about woodworking is that there are many ways to solve the same problem. While sleds are a good idea and I had never thought of using the top of my fence as a narrow table (thanks!), here are some ways I've attacked half laps in long 2 x 4 stock. 1. I've used my radial ar...

No, I've never used a standalone mortiser. The setup time for the SS mortiser is not too bad once you have the SS in the drill press positiion. The SS mortiser attaches to the SS like the saw guard. It does require a non standard allen wrench. The standard drill chuck goes inside the attachment. On ...

I use all three; biscuits, pocket screws and Mortise and Tendon joints depending on the application. Just to throw in another ringer, I use contrasting colored splines on mitered joints like picture frames, athough I'll be the first to admit that sometimes it's just showing off! My answer to the age...

Yes, they are slick!!

I went to ebay and cut and pasted "Plan for Outfeed Infeed Adjustable Work Table" into the home page search box and didn't find it.

What am I doing wrong?

I believe the arm was made by Bradley and sold under the shopsmith name. I too have upgraded the table to allow a router to be mounted below as well as above. I did this as a space saver so I only need one table. Shopsmith used to publish a number of plans using the pin router feature. My favorite i...

OK, you asked! Dad owned a furniture store and bought at '54 model Shopsmith in "57. We used it to repair furniture parts and general stuff. Now, there is always someone who needs a cabinet, a bookcase, a picture frame or something. It seems like some is always having a craft fair and wants som...

All great suggestions. Thanks! I'm a little short on wall space close to the ShopSmith. I think I'll take woodburners idea and apply it to a cart with slanted sides. Maybe I can store tables on one side, my jointer and belt sander on the other side and use the ends for turning stuff. Has anyone desi...

The time honored solution is to sand end grain one grit more, i.e. with red oak, sand the main pieces to 220 and the end grain to 300 or 320.

I've also read that you can put a wash coat of very thin shellac to seal the end grain, but I've personally never done this.

I've converted by old (1954) 500 to a 520. Has anyone designed a storage system for keeping all the expansion tables when using the ShopSmith as a lathe or drill press?