Shopsmith Forums

I have been looking at the Best Wood Tools Modular Tool Rest for Shopsmith. They offer a 3/4" Post designed for the Shopsmith standard to Universal Tool rest. they also offer several 1" posts that would fit only in the Universal Tool "banjo". Has anyone tried the 1" post and...

Sold mine on eBay as I did when I upgraded 510 to 520 and every other upgrade I have done. I am amazed how much some Shopsmith stuff goes for on eBay. I have seen Drill Chucks go for more then Shopsmith sells them for new when they run a sale and you pay shipping. I have only purchased one Shopsmith...

If you have a 520 fence you have a 520 or very close to one, Shopsmiths have really changed little over the years since they added the larger motor. What I love is we have been able to upgrade to the latest model by purchasing these upgrade kits.

Can I guess, did you use a second Shopsmith to hold the tailstock? Any idea what the post weighted (more then 8.5 lbs).

Can I guess, did you use a second Shopsmith to hold the tailstock? Any idea what the post weighted (more then 8.5 lbs).

Given the 30 years I have had mine I agree with the longevity statement, I just got an Infinity Tools Dadonator 8" stacked dado that is very heavy (8.5 lbs) and so far works well on softwoods, not sure what will happen when I use it on Maple or Teak. Is there a reccommended max weight you can h...

I had an early Shopsmith unit and could never get it to work exactly right, the adjustment was always off. I contacted Shopsmith and they said my unit may be at fault. I returned it and they sent a new or fixed mine, replacement works perfect. I wonder if they had a manufacturing issue. I use my 520...

I created an HTML page and it creaded a JPG

rcoder wrote:I unziped it and tried to open it in sketchup to no avail.

Bob

I did it in AutoCAD and ususally have luck openning it in Sketchup. I think Autodesk has a free viewer on their site. Let me know if there is some other format I can upload it in.

How about if a few of you post pictures, some of the ideas sound really exciting but a little hard to picture.

I have the Autocad/Sketchup design for the Shopsmith one that I created.

I have not built it yet because I don't think it exactly meets my needs, some ideas may help.