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hi guys after the move i would like to get back to makeing sawdust what would be best to make and what maintance should i do

thanks thad

!. clean it
2. Wax it
3.Lube it
4. Check all alignments
5. Make sawdust
Bill V

Do a small project (box, plaque, etc), and like Bill said, open it up, get it lubed and cleaned out, clean and wax the tubes and check the alignment.

Then have fun!

When I first tried mine out, I used pine and practiced making all the joints I saw in the Shopsmith instruction manual. Some didn't come out as intended on the first try. Sometimes even the second. Fut it was a great learning experience.

Make sure you oil the motor shaft sheave - (the one with a strong coil spring). Don't be stingy with oil. You need to be able to pull the movable sheave out, against the spring with a smooth effort. CAREFUL don't let the movable sheave slam back into place. Return it smoothly with hand pressure.

if you have a SS manual read it.
Also check out the Maintenance and Repair section
there is a lot of info there ( it will help a lot)
also check out Shopsmith on youtube.

If you took care of it in the past, just plug it in and start cutting wood.

Tools are for getting work done, not for playing with.

Hi and welcome to the forum!

It depends on how long it has sat and how ruff the move was to it. For sure you need to check the alignment and I would also check that all the leg screws and other are still tight. Rumbling along can vibrate things loose so it's worth the effort.

If it has sat a long while then you may find the belts in the headstock have taken a set so it might sound a little different and it could be that things have kind of gummed up just sitting so perhaps some cleaning and check are also in order.

Like I said a lot depends on how long it has set, if it has been years then there is more potential for things needing work then if it was used just a month ago.

Ed