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I've had my DC3300 for almost 20 years now (Wife bought new for xmas) I have all the black hoses that are still in great shape (and like Dusty) I have stepped on mine with no problems. The original came with two I bought one more and some elbows (total of four foe my shop equipment) The only other ...

I posted this fix for people who may be experiencing a heat problem like I was. This fix worked for me, my SS runs cooler and for a longer time at all speeds. Cooler means all the components in the head stock last longer, from bearings to belts to electronics. If you don't have a problem I am glad ...

Yes 1 hour. For the 20 minutes did you touch you headstock? was it hot to the touch? Mine was and now, its just warm after running for 2 hours. For Dusty, yes I have adjusted the air flow from circulating to through flow for the head stock, however as far as the motor and controller are concerned ...

Not as of yet, this should not affect the warrant, none of the changes affect the power pro equipment itself, just the SS motor cover. My main cocern was over heating and as any electrical engineer will tell you the more you over heat electronics the shorter their life span. Since SS CS answer was ...

Q1 yes especially at higher speeds which is good because this was where I was experiencing the high temp problem.

Q2 I did at first, but then I ran the unit with the belt cover off and felt so much air flow from the motor itself that I discarded the external fan idea.

I thought you might.

I recently added the power pro upgrade to my shopsmith mark 5 model 500. I do like the upgrade. However I did have one problem during routing operations at around 9000 RPM the motor controller gave me a high temp warning after about an hour of operation. Long and short of it I called shopsmith ...