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I fail to understand the obsession with JPW. SS has not put JPW in the help kit or sold it individually for at leas 35 years. When I bought my 510 new in 1994 the help kit contained Trewax. I have not checked lately but I think it still does.

Seller apparently doesn't know what he or she has. For that matter, it’s not even a 10E! Not with that stubby style pivot base and such a high serial number… At least they got “Shop smith” [almost] right! :D The name plate says 10E. The S/N is 2?017. Probably other parts added during it's life time.

If you have never removed the knives in 5 years and properly sharpened them I think that is your problem.

PTWFE= Power Tool Woodworking For Everyone

Seems to me something else is going on here. I agree with Al Gale on variations of stock thickness and also the planer sled technique in that are you sure the hot glue is holding the stock perfectly stable. I also agree with Matanuska on blade sharpness. With this kind of a set up you need to start ...

Speaking of flashlights and batteries... I don't own stock in Thrunite, but they make a great flashlight. O-ring seals and aluminum construction like Maglite, but smaller. 3X brightness options. See photos. Instead of a long stack of D's, they put 4X AAs side-by-side in a drop-in carrier. I have an...

My thought exactly and the service life. I certainly would not put 3 AA's in my 3 D cell Maglite. However, thanks for the reminder on the Maglite, The batteries needed to be changed. It is only for emergencies so never gets used/checked.

New video from Shopsmith.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86snZMxlCjg

Steve, your assumptions are correct. Stumpy Nubs just posted a video today on this very subject. To mill rough stock to be perfectly square in all directions (thus both faces and edges are parallel) you need 3 tools. A jointer, a thickness planer and a table saw. This is the classical way to mill ro...

Russ, No the Kreg is only bolted to the table top. It slides nicely past the table extension so moving the 10ER along the ways is no problem. The cast iron table extension apparently came with the original unit which makes sense as the original owner purchased it in 1952 I think. I have bought an a...