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Proper setup and alignment is key to having a well running speed changer. Aligning the pulley will reduce wear in the bearings. I restored one that the alignment was off causing the floating pulley assembly to push against the pulley arm wearing down the "shoulder" of the bearing to almost...

I should mention, which I neglected before, that my wheels lift about 1/8" off the floor when in the resting position. I said my legs lift about 1/8" and 5/16" since I didn't get exact measurements. The wheels, at rest, lift slightly more than the first step of about 1/8" and the...

Okay you made me look. Let's say both catalog descriptions are partly right. I don't have a '53 catalog but I'll bet it is the same as the '52 entry which says 1/4" & 1/2" and so does a 2008 catalog. Although the '52 & 53' catalogs were for the Model 10's casters they use the same ...

I use a similar way of restoring the Way Tubes. The attached end uses a plumbing plug attached to a router chuck and the free end turns on two wheels. Sorry I do not have a picture of that setup.

If you are talking about the spacers that go between the table and the new fence rails than yes they need to be there.

If it is the post turning left & right in the carriage, have you locked the riser height with the large wing nut on the shaft with the raising lever (or wheel on newer models)? If the arm is turning on the post, lock it with the set screw (or locking lever on newer models).

The change from the original (now 500) Mark V table system to the 510/505/520 plus the new Mark 7 (same as 520) needing different arbors is the lower guard for this system having a deeper throat requiring longer arbors. Any use of the lower guard for sawing or disk sanding makes these longer arbors ...

The Shopsmith Mark 5 or V (depending on if it was made before or after 1980) motor runs at 3450 RPM. That is true for both the 3/4 and 1-1/8 HP motors. It would be difficult to find a lower RPM motor to replace it with. It has a longer shaft and very specific mounting points. The idea of changing pu...

It is true, there is more written information available about the Shopsmith than any other tool. Remember Shop Notes and Shopsmith Shavings? Kind of the Shopsmith Forum of their day. Some great Info in those too.

Russ

Again, Thank You for your service to our Country. Our Military both past and present do not hear that enough. As for your questions Ed know his motors. Do NOT try to vary the speed of the AC motor as you suggest. As Chris said start turning some spindles or the like. I have a Mark V 520 (now a Mark ...