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Beautifully done. I'm sure it will be cherished.

Beautiful...refering to the work and your grand-daughter. Congratulations.

I keep a old 6 ton bottle jack (Yes I know it is overkill, but it is what I have) next to the SS for adjusting the headstock in the up position. Usually I will just drop the headstock to horizontal make the adjustment and then raise it back up.

I guess I need a life. Anyway, looking on the internet I found "Stalibus Flap Stay Damper Gas Spring" which is intended to allow a drop lid down softly...Almost perfect. It give a recommended max of a 24" door. My door is 44"...only 1/2" ply and I guess about 30lbs. Do you t...

The train track will be attached to the mattress side of the Murphy Bed type table. When the unit is in the closed position, as when a Murphy Bed is up against the wall, the facing surface will be painted with a coating that is advertized to create a White Board surface. Listed at Lowes and on Amazo...

I'm building a train set play chest for the boys. The twins are almost 5, I found my old Lionel train 027 guage but my daughter wants the set to be able to fold up out of the way. I'm making a "Murphy table" in a 12" deep wall box, 86"long by 45" tall. The lid, 1/2" Bal...

I have a 510. I added the lift assist very shortly after purchasing the SS at the State Fair more than 15 years ago. I can't imagine myself using the SS the way I do without lift assist. I still find I have to bring the headstock to at least the 1/2 way position before I can Lift the unit to drillpr...

I purchased my SS after seeing it being demonstrated at at least 3 Fairs, possibly more. Finally, after standing and watching another demonstration at the LA County Fair my wife said; why don't you just buy it. That acknoledgement not only meant I had permission, it meant that we finally had the mea...

[quote="frank81"]I've always believed in the saying "a good craftsman never blames his tools." Maybe you have to calibrate and service some tools more than others, but in the end if you can't build the same thing on a ShopSmith as you could in a fancy cabinet shop then its your o...

How about a floor jack and blocks. If this is going to be a long term problem, how about jacks for a light weight travel trailer or pickup mounted camper.
Just a few ideas.