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I just found the answer on the Shopsmith site. I reset the breaker and rotated the disc sander counter-clockwise while backing the speed off to slow. Seems to work normal now.

Yikes, I was just crosscutting some 8/4 mahagony and the motor seized up and stopped. When I backed the wood off the blade it did not restart. Now what? I feel like I should crank the speed back to A and try to start it up but I know you're not supposed to turn the speed dial without the motor runni...

Thanks, Ed. I'll give it a try tonight. I did see what looked like it could have been a curved line on the back of the disc. And in fact, I attempted to bend the disc in such a manner that it would reveal the seam of a pull-off backing. I guess either it's really sticky or maybe it melted in the mai...

Dusty, I assume your answer to my question is "yes" there is supposed to be a peel-off thingy on the back of the velcro conversion disc that reveals the adhesive. Well, I definitely do have the conversion disc. It's black and it's got the velcro hooks on one side. The other side is white a...

When you say "self-adhesive on the back", do you mean there is something I peel off to reveal the self-adhesive? My wife and I both did our darndest to peel something off the back of the velcro conversion disc but all we could do was tear a layer of paper that was not suppose to separate. ...

I just bought the Velcro Disc Sanding Fastening System and I have no idea how to attach it to the disc sander. I assumed it would be a peel off thing that I could just stick on but it does not appear to be. I'm sure this is a dumb question but I have searched and searched but it looks like Shopsmith...