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Re: Any tricks to make 500 table saw less fussy?
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:24 am
by JPG
delong94 wrote:Thanks. These are pretty neat. The gentleman in the film reminds me of my shop teacher from high school. We also had a great woodworking class when I was junior high. It's sad that most schools have now cut shop and woodworking out the curriculum. I was able to take basic metalwork, woodworking, and drafting in junior high. Everyone took those classes.
Ahh, but the academics that landed in school administration did not.
Somewhere along the way the primary purpose of the school systems shifted from life preparation to college preparation.
Quite narrow minded IMHO.
Re: Any tricks to make 500 table saw less fussy?
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 7:59 pm
by ddub
That was a great video.
I learn more from seeing than I ever will to reading a manual.
It's "funny", one of my "complaints" with the shopsmith is having to adjust the allen screws EVERY time on the fence. I guess that is the incorrect method. Now I'll have to figure out the correct method. LOL
In this video the guard is advertised as an accessory?
Re: Any tricks to make 500 table saw less fussy?
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:31 pm
by JPG
ddub wrote: . . .
In this video the guard is advertised as an accessory?
Back then it was an extra cost accessory.
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Re: Any tricks to make 500 table saw less fussy?
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 9:05 am
by ddub
JPG,
I LIKE those prices!
What price do YOU get for a complete shopsmith! LOL
Re: Any tricks to make 500 table saw less fussy?
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 11:33 am
by JPG
ddub wrote:JPG,
I LIKE those prices!
What price do YOU get for a complete shopsmith! LOL
Paid less that you think!
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I got the 115v - 230v version.
Conjecture, but dual voltage not available today with emerson apparently not wanting to expose the the hidden splice. If it were dual voltage, that splice would be connected to an external wire.
Re: Any tricks to make 500 table saw less fussy?
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 11:52 am
by dusty
I wish I had an old Emerson Motor (meaning one that can not be repaired) to dig around in. That splice had to have been exposed at one time, meaning it could be dug out again. Now the windings might get destroyed in the meantime but then I would "know" that an Emerson can not be reversed.
I don't mean to be doubting anyone's word, especially Bill's), but that is what I believe.
Re: Any tricks to make 500 table saw less fussy?
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:23 pm
by JPG
An earlier thread described the location of that splice. Wish I could find it!
I have an Emerson resurrected motor that I intend to pry around in one of these days. I will document that then.
IIRC it was close beneath the visible windings.
Non-access to that splice is what makes the Emerson motor non-reversible.
The subject motor is of uncertain origin, but very closely resembles an Emerson internally. I got it off e-bay. A basket case fer sure, but it now works(normal direction only).
Re: Any tricks to make 500 table saw less fussy?
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:04 pm
by JPG
JPG wrote:An earlier thread described the location of that splice. Wish I could find it!
I have an Emerson resurrected motor that I intend to pry around in one of these days. I will document that then.
IIRC it was close beneath the visible windings.
Non-access to that splice is what makes the Emerson motor non-reversible.
The subject motor is of uncertain origin, but very closely resembles an Emerson internally. I got it off e-bay. A basket case fer sure, but it now works(normal direction only).
Found it!
http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewt ... se#p164659
Re: Any tricks to make 500 table saw less fussy?
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:13 pm
by ddub
So what years was the dual voltage versions available?
Re: Any tricks to make 500 table saw less fussy?
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:15 pm
by JPG
1963 fer sure!