shopsmith repair

liquid993 · Post by **liquid993** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:20 am

i upgraded my shopsmith in 2004.i have found that i have a crack in the carriage on the left where the table post slides up and down.
can it be welded,has anyone else had this problem?

wa2crk · Post by **wa2crk** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:37 am

Can you give a bit more info? Is it actually a crack? I have a 520 system and there is a cut in the carriage to allow for clamping action.Can you post a pic?
Bill V

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 10:35 am

liquid993 wrote:i upgraded my shopsmith in 2004.i have found that i have a crack in the carriage on the left where the table post slides up and down.
can it be welded,has anyone else had this problem?

I don't believe it can be successfully welded because it is cast aluminum. I think your best bet will be to save up "all of your quarters" and plan to buy a replacement carriage.

In the meantime, how about a photo that shows clearly where the crack is. Survival sort of depends on where the crack is with respect to the stress points. Logic says that the crack is probably the result of that stress which occurs when the carriage is moved back and forth or the table is raised and lowered. I don't give it much chance.

"Wild Bad Bob" · Post by **"Wild Bad Bob"** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 11:11 am

Yes, cast aluminum can be welded it is called "Heliarc" welding, very high temp/current electrical arc with helium gas, not all welding shops have it though.

"Wild Bad Bob" · Post by **"Wild Bad Bob"** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 11:17 am

http://www.downloaddailymotion.com/vide ... cover.html
when the yahoo links open click on the first one, it should be this one, other wise look for that title Repair of a cast aluminum rocker cover.

steve4447 · Post by **steve4447** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 1:37 pm

rbursek wrote:http://www.downloaddailymotion.com/vide ... cover.html
when the yahoo links open click on the first one, it should be this one, other wise look for that title Repair of a cast aluminum rocker cover.

Sorry, 404 page error!..Wouldn't load for me?

"Wild Bad Bob" · Post by **"Wild Bad Bob"** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 2:42 pm

steve, I just clicked on the link in your "quote" of mine and it opened to Yahoo links page and it was the first topic, then click on that.

"Wild Bad Bob" · Post by **"Wild Bad Bob"** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 3:06 pm

Lets see if this works, should be the first subject listed
http://us.yhs4.search.yahoo.com/yhs/err ... addailymot

"Wild Bad Bob" · Post by **"Wild Bad Bob"** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 3:08 pm

Nope, lets see this one

http://us.yhs4.search.yahoo.com/yhs/err ... _s11_g_e&q

"Wild Bad Bob" · Post by **"Wild Bad Bob"** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 3:10 pm

It was a video of heliarcing a cracked cast aluminum valve cover for a car.