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A new owner of a shopsmith

JPG

At the rate you are going, you will soon need a second 'trailer'. :D

The spline safety cover is IMHO ridiculous. :rolleyes:

SkullsquadronX

Today I just added a Shopsmith Air System to my collection. I noticed that the air filter was not in it and most likely not available for order. Reading the owner’s manual the filter sounds like the filters on the back of an Electric heater (EdenPure). I was wondering if those who have have substitute the air filter and what have you used or it you still have a original air filter to send me a picture of it. I like to come up with a substitute. I’m still going to try Shopsmith to see if it possible to get a new one.

I also got a Shopsmith belt buckle, miss out on the Shopsmith coffee mug.

chapmanruss

This air compressor was made for Shopsmith by Campbell Hausfeld. That might be a place to start. I'll check mine when I have time.

SkullsquadronX

chapmanruss wroteThis air compressor was made for Shopsmith by Campbell Hausfeld. That might be a place to start. I'll check mine when I have time.

This was Campbell Hausfeld reply.

Good morning,

The filter for this unit is no longer available. But you can purchase a form filter for a lawnmower or something similar and cut it to fit you compressor.

Thank you,

Marcia Sprague | Customer Service/Tech Support

Campbell Hausfeld

225 Pictoria Drive Suite 210 │ Cincinnati, Ohio 45246

O: 1-800-543-6400 Option 5

www.campbellhausfeld.com

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SkullsquadronX

Well I bought a form filter that slide over the paper cartridge of a shop vac and cut it to size.

Not to sure this will be good enough, I don’t have an old filter to compare. I afraid of the form filter not be the right, because the filter is not fine enough to keep the smaller particles out

thunderbirdbat

SkullsquadronX wroteWell I bought a form filter that slide over the paper cartridge of a shop vac and cut it to size.

Not to sure this will be good enough, I don’t have an old filter to compare. I afraid of the form filter not be the right, because the filter is not fine enough to keep the smaller particles out

Not sure if this will help you but I use an old pair of panty hose over the filter in my shop vac. It prevents the small saw dust particles from clogging the filter in it. I have not had to replace my filter in years. A word of warning though, ask your wife/girlfriend for an old pair as you do not want to get them mad at you for taking their good pair.

Tyer

chapmanruss wrote If you haven't picked up one yet the book Power Tool Woodworking for Everyone is available for free, in digital format, here on the Shopsmith website. .

I searched around a bit looking for that PDF - usually, my Google Fu is pretty good, but apparently not this time. Could you a direct link to the PDF of this book?

(I already have two copies of the book itself, but I'd like to put one in my digital library; I frequently read in restaurants while I'm traveling, and a tablet is a whole lot lighter than the equivalent bookshelf that I'd need...)

Thanks!

rpd

Tyer wrote
chapmanruss wrote If you haven't picked up one yet the book Power Tool Woodworking for Everyone is available for free, in digital format, here on the Shopsmith website. .
I searched around a bit looking for that PDF - usually, my Google Fu is pretty good, but apparently not this time. Could you a direct link to the PDF of this book?

(I already have two copies of the book itself, but I'd like to put one in my digital library; I frequently read in restaurants while I'm traveling, and a tablet is a whole lot lighter than the equivalent bookshelf that I'd need...)

Thanks!

It isn't a PDF, it is just an abridged version that is available online, not for download.

https://www.shopsmith.com/academy/introduction.htm

JPG

The printer friendly pdf version of each 'chapter' IS downloadable.

091602.pdflathe dup ptfe online.pdf

Tyer

Thanks both Ron and JPG - neither of the is quite what I'm looking for. I guess I'll resort to my usual method of bandsawing off the spine of one of my copies, and running it through my fast scanner. (Yes, I know this sounds violent and destructive...)

rpd

Tyer wroteThanks both Ron and JPG - neither of the is quite what I'm looking for. I guess I'll resort to my usual method of bandsawing off the spine of one of my copies, and running it through my fast scanner. (Yes, I know this sounds violent and destructive...)

There is a digital copy of the first edition (10ER specific) available, ;)

click this link, - in the first post, click the red "My Google Drive", - click the folder "PTWFE 10ER 1953"

https://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/maintenance-and-repair-f10/shopsmith-large-format-drawings-illustrations-and--t16113.html

Tyer

Thanks, Ron - I already slurped up that (and most of your other files, as well)!

rpd

Tyer wroteThanks, Ron - I already slurped up that (and most of your other files, as well)!

Not mine, :) That is Everett Davis's page. ;)

chapmanruss

SkullsquadronX,

I checked out my Air Compressor this morning and it is missing the filter also. The manual calls it a "sponge type filter." I am going to replace it with foam sheet material about an 1/8" thick which is about the distance between the housing and the filter retainer. I'll cut it to size from what I can find. I am thinking a foam sleeve from a shop vac. If I feel it needs a finer filter I may try a layer from a shop vac filter bag with the foam filter.

According to the maintenance instructions in the manual the filter should be washed in warm soapy water, rinsed in clear water and squeezed dry. Sounds like cleaning the foam lawn mower filter on my 35 year old 3-1/2 HP 20" mower.

SkullsquadronX

Well today I have a few more things I have add to my collection of Shopsmith stuff. I add two set of I feed/out feed extensions table brackets and a strip sander.

BuckeyeDennis

Nice!

SkullsquadronX

Today I added a Power Pro Headstock. I’ll be putting this on my double tilt bench I pick up a few months ago. I guess I can say I now have a Shopsmith Mark 7 and a Shopsmith Mark V 520.

I also got another 520 floating tables and 3” wheels for the Mark 7. Still have to pick up a set of caster brackets yet for the Mark 7.

SkullsquadronX

Today I pick up a foam filter for a Kohler engine to use in my Shopsmith Air System. Wasn’t happy with the foam filter for a shop vacuum because I could see through it. I’m much happier with the Kohler filter.

SkullsquadronX

Today I pick up a DC3300 locally and found a 12” planer through Facebook Marketplace in Trenton, NJ. It was a package, a Mark V 500 and the planer. So I now have three Shopsmith machines. The one I pick up today is a 1980.

SkullsquadronX

These are the things that came with the 1980 Mark V 500, except the lower saw guard. This one did come with the lower guard like the 1982 didn’t come with the upper guard. I’m still missing a piece of the 500 saw guard.

Something I know what they are a something have me baffled.

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