Haverstrawman wrote
At the 1/4 inch setting on the legs just barely get off the ground. 1/2 inch setting on the legs and can move it around no problem. It just leaves me feeling it is not put together correctly. I saw one video where to way tubes were adjusted with nothing on the tubes and set screws for the way tubes are hidden, you have to put the way tubes in the upright position to access the set screws. I have a good drill press and will not be putting the smith in the upright position to drill anything because the way tubes will fully seat themselves and I cannot set the screws in the proper setting. If I ever take all the things on the way tubes off maybe I will tighten the set screws in the proper location. Not a lot out there on how to properly put a shopsmith back together or from scratch. Even Shopsmith does not give the specs between the way tubes and bed tubes but shows different part numbers. I just want to operate my shopsmith safely and enjoy wood working in my retirement.
Yes, there is a definite lack of information throughout the official Shopsmith documentation. They have published very few numeric details.
If you search this forum, however, you will find much of that missing detail.
On my machines (three of them) the distance between the castings ( the length of exposed bench tubes) is just a tad over 48.25". I'll look for a couple threads that discuss this. Reible did an excellent thread showing how he assemblies the castings and tubes.
