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Thanks for the info. Looks like it would work well.

-17F this morning here.

I have resurrected the SS after MANY years of no use. Had alot of fun recently making small projects. My father purchased the lathe chisel sharpener and it seems as though it works fairly well and it got me to thinking about maybe using the strip sander to sharpen kitchen, utility, pocket knives ...

If three of us say it was not in the standard set of parts for the MK 5 does that make it so??

If so then we can officially say no it was not part of the package and you had to order it special.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Ed


Well, I've given up looking, so I ordered one. I've ...

Does anyone know if the lathe arbor came with the basic Shopsmith package? SS item #505603


I can't remember if I had one or not and if it didn't come with the original package, I probably don't.

Thanks for any info you may have.

Anyone here from Anchorage or the Valley? I'm looking for a place to buy turning blanks and/or some hard/exotic wood. There used be a place on Arctic Rd., but they're not there anymore.

Thanks John, I gave it a try today. I don't have a Talon chuck or similar, so I used the face plate for the entire process and it seemd to work OK. I started with the live center and once it was time to part the tailstock end, I did away with the live center and finished the process with the ...

Attached...........(Hopefully) is a photo of a finished "scrap wood project" using a Rockler Travel Mug kit. The mug was made entirely from five pieces of
3/4" scrap wood (red oak and redwood) that was glued together to form a 3 1/2" square by 7 1/2" long block of wood. From there, it is turned ...

I have a "singing" or whining noise while my Shopsmith is running. I completely disassembled, cleaned and lubed the headstock. I didn't feel any bad bearings anywhere. The machine is early 80's vintage with low use and original belts. I tried some belt dressing on the original belts because I didnt ...

Thanks Paul for pointing me to the other thread. After reading through that, I realized what Johnm pointed out. I'm pretty sure I just need to work at it a little longer.

Boy...I sure wish I found this table while the Christmas pricing was still in effect. I found the old catalog and found an ...

I bought an older used (steel table) bandsaw this weekend and have a couple questions I'm hoping to find answers to. First, when I took the cover off, I noticed the blade was tracking on the very front edge (closest to you) of the wheels, and I also noticed the blade was quite aways away from both ...