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What I would do is split the wood on my band saw cut the groove either with a router bit or dado blade depending on the type of hole I needed and then I would glue the two pieces back together.

Ed

That is what I currently do, but I want to do a seamless flute at some point. I have had luck ...

Does anybody have a suggestion on how I can do a 15 inch horizontal bore on a shop smith accurately. I have tried it using the 3/4 inch boring bit on a extender with no luck and all my 20' plus bits wander quite a bit through the piece.

I have had some luck marking center and then using the lathe ...

The correct way in my eyes would be to use a reverse bowl chuck. Then using a carbide 1/2 inch edge scraper go at it. I would suggest a very very light touch because bowls without staggering the wood segments will be very unstable.

Spindle converters are available from at least two sources, one make in China for less then $20 and a very, very high quality one made in the US for less then $50.

The US made one can be ordered to go from a Shopsmith female to any other size for the same price. Shopsmith converters are actually ...

Hard anodize the aluminum castings
Powder coat the stamped steel
Provide corrosion protection on the inside of bench and way tubes (probably zinc plating or galvanizing)
Plate steel parts like the tube lock bars and base arm pin
Plate outside of way tubes with Titanium nitride
Modify the castings ...

I have zero experience carving such intricate designs. A pictorial of the carving procedure wood be interesting.:)

I will try to take some photos when I do it. I am going to drop the design into PS and make it a bit less complex and then use a dremil with a router attachment to do the work ...

Yes I am going to do the carvings.

Wanted to share the one that I picked

http://www.tchisel.com/BlanketChest_Procedure_Info/Project3.html

Should keep me busy for a long time, going to pickup the wood and start later this weekend when the wife is away. Cheap hobby keeps me and I have been able to sell a few of the turnings that I ...

I've had two cases of kick back. The Shopsmith was the first table saw I ever used to cut other than framing material. The first kick back was when the saw was only a few weeks old. It threw that piece into the Sheetrock wall and there it stuck (all the way thru). The second kick back came a ...

So some clarification, I do have the upper and lower guard sets but they were purchased after the machine. So I am guessing its a 500. I do have a bunch of the 510 parts though that were purchased over the years by the previous owner.

I have had the set screw back out on me twice while using the ...