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Compatibility and the possibility of using accessories and products manufactured by other third parties with Shopsmith machines would be a very great step forward not only to encourage more people to purchase a Shopsmith but to vastly expand the Shopsmith capabilities. I only recently purchased a Ma...

Here are some photos of the jigs I made to quickly set the table height for a particular blade. (you need to make different jigs for different blades if they are not all the exact same diameter. The same with dado blades). In one you can see the jigs for 1/2", 1", 2" 1nd 3 1/2" p...

Will get down to pictures as soon as I have the next break in my real work.

Thank you Nick.
Love the SS.

I just could not lay back so I retook all my measurements of the lag to verify it for a second time. Taking advice from all of you I extracted the quill with bearings and spline shaft. Took a caliper and measured each spline all along. Found no apparent or unreasonable wear (if any). Compared every ...

While learning to use my SS 510 I found some difficulty in regulating the main table to make common depth cuts with blades and dadoes. In all cases it would mean to release the table height lock (34), raise or lower the table (23) and then apply the table height lock again. All this while checking t...

Thank you for the info and providing the correct word for this effect. 1/8" play sounds more reasonable to me. I will have to check the splines. What baffles me is the difference with the values you got. Wear (?) to the extent I found is known to be experienced when using one key but in the cas...

Forgot to mention about the noise. I have found there is nothing like cardboard (the solid kind that comes as backup of note pads). I resolved most of the vibration noises by inserting cardboard shim washers between the base (1) and base arm (24) around the base arm pin (29). When the shim washers w...

To be clear, what I am asking here is illustrated in a pdf of the CAD drawing I made. As you can see in the drawing, when the drive sleeve assembly is kept immobile (56) the blade (spindle assembly - 62) can be rotated forwards and backwards 4.88 degrees or a 0.425" chord on a radius of 5"...

What is a normal play (linear or angular) for the Mark V quill? My SS made a slight rattling noise so I first checked for loose casings. In order to reduce noise I lined the joint of the belt cover with masking tape to act as a casket. This reduced vibrations and consequently noise from metal surfac...