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Everyone, Thank you very much. I have the headstock back together and have started cutting. Though my mishap set me back a few days I at least have now rebuilt my shopsmith and understand it much better than before. Thanks again for the information. I had a "snow day" here in Western NY an...

I inherited a Mark V 500 from the late 50's from a friend. After a week of setup, oiling and learning I was almost ready to rumble but then tried to adjust the poly-v belt tension and everything went totally downhill. After turning the eccentric bushing clockwise a bit it accidently slipped into the...