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Dusty- if you make the wood block longer so that it spans the whole table, you can use an adjustable toggle clamp on each end and clamp the block against the rails, instead of to the table top.

Gary

Dusty- I did not realize that you can choose multiple responses to one of these polls, so I just chose "use occasionally" without also choosing "I have one". That might explain why the numbers are not adding up.

Gary

This looks pretty close....

http://www.goantiques.com/antique-screw ... le-1647395

Gary

The UTR sits on top of the carriage, not the way tubes. Is the 10ER carriage roughly the same size as the Mark V carriage? If so, it should work fine.

Gary

... or just use a birdsmouth router bit.

http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/page.a ... 6168,46174

Gary

1. Haven't used mine for a while, but I'm pretty sure it weighs more than the bandsaw but less than the jointer. The biggest problem for me is not the weight, it's feeling around to get the accessory posts into the correct mounting holes. 2. I store mine on one of the Shopsmith aluminum mounting bas...

Yes, the "$149 value" can certainly be debated, depending on how much you value the time and materials involved in cutting the tube and figuring out your own design. It seems to me to be a great idea, though. I don't recall seeing any threads on this forum documenting mounting a headstock ...

Just guessing here, but the major cause of heat generation is friction from the belts, correct? Might the belt tension be a little too high?

Gary

Try Bay Area Carbide in Concord.

Bay Area Carbide
1843 East Street
Concord, CA 94520

Call: 925-687-7543
Fax: 925-687-0689
Email: info@bayareacarbide.com

Gary

Shopsmith has a tailstock chuck arbor, item # 505603, for $20.78. It has a 5/8" shaft with a flat, so anything you can attach to the spindle, you can also attach to the tailstock chuck arbor. Very useful for drilling holes in stuff held in a chuck. Now that you mention it, you could also hold a...