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Sanded the shafts off with some emery paper and everything is working great now. I am surprised how close the tolerances are between shaft and arbor. Thanks for the help.

I have not taken the head apart to look.

The set screw is out all the way and I was using the upper right shaft. The arbors don't seem to fit on any shaft but as you can see from the pics below the shafts are a little rusty. I wonder if maybe this unit has an aftermarket shaft or has been modified? http://lh5.ggpht.com/picturetest06/SE3xZ5...

Hi guys- First post to the forum. I bought a 70s vintage mark V at an estate sale a few weeks ago. Has the usual stuff + planer, shaper, bandsaw, scroll saw, etc. It has some rust but spins up ok. Was only $300 so I figured that I could not loose. So here is the problem ... I tried to attach the dri...