Shopsmith Forums

There is a problem with this shop ---??
I don`t see any dust.
A good lamp should show some dust.

last I heard it was a cat. 5
and there was talk of making cat. 6 to describe this one [because it is coming to warm water]

search for "Ax-Man surplus'
I found a five star knob at .50 cents

I started to shave in 1958 - in 1969 I grew some facial hair for a Halloween costume. By not shaving I found I had multiple hairs growing in some follicles. I had 18 ingrown hairs because I shaved to short. In 6 mo. I had to tweeze all the in grown hair. I clean shaved in 6 mo. then repeated a winte...

Don`t forget the safety equipment. 1 safety glasses 2 ear muffs/plugs 3 push sticks and feather boards 4 shields and guards NEVER WEAR GLOVES NEVER WEAR LOOSE SLEEVES [long hair] NEVER STAND STRAIT IN LINE OF A SPINNING BLADE broken and wore out mufflers on farm mach. damaged my hearing over 70 year...

Before you vote, read second timothy chapter 3
It will warn you about 12 qualities "DO NOT FOLLOW the LIKES OF THESE"
One canidate has 11 of these flaws the other has 10 ? ?
This is NOT bionary, there are other choices.

I pulled the belt cover and the spring fell out.
I don`t know why the snap ring popped off.
Found all the parts and cleaned them, oiled and reassembled them.
seems to work now. thanks guys

I was running on low speed, turning a knob for a jar.
The loud noise sounded like the garage door spring had broken.
The mach. kept on running - but I shut it down as quick as I could.
What do I now look for.

thanks, Found the hole. New parts came in and started to put it together. BUT the new sheave would not go on the shaft. Called to ask if there were two different sizes, answer is no. I had used emery cloth to be sure there were no burs on the shaft. S.S. was quick to sent a diff. sheave and would ha...

I can`t even get an allen wrench between the sheave and the end cap on the motor. Do I need to split the motor to get at the set screw? I checked between the splines on the sheave to see if the set screw was hiding. It`s not there.