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yes I did drive 80 miles to federal way. there is a lowes 20 miles south of here, but they told me they don't deal in shopsmith brand. I was standing next to the shopsmith sand paper at the time. :confused: are you happy with your do it yourself upgrade? was it easy to install? how long did it take ...

I went to Lowes today . I met a man named Billy Marten (shopsmith Demo)
what a nice guy. very good demo. He told me he is going to retire in a month or so. that will be a big loss for shopsmith. The DYI upgrade is
on its way to the house

yes I think it is. I have two 520s and I love the fence system on them.
It has 4 t slots on it, two on top and one on each side. they come in real handy for tall fences, stop blocks, and all kinds of jigs. So there is my 2 cents.

hello reubenjames
about your first shopsmith binding on the way tubes, look at sawdust session #15 (installing a lift assist) nick tells how to fix the binding problem.

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I only had two so I needed a third

well I made the 2 1/2 hour trip to Oregon for the killer deal. I was told No, No band saw. No, No shop vac. But this is a 2005 520 with a nice box of goodies to go with it for $ 350.00 and it looks GOOD in my shop next to my other 520! PS lock me up Dusty.

Thanks it worked well for me until I upgraded one of my mark v's to a 520.
THE ONLY THING BETTER THAN A SHOPSMITH IS MORE SHOPSMITHS

Hello All I' am new to this forum (and computers in general) so go easy on me:) I see the out feed tables here they look great. I had a model500 with
the small table, this is how I solved my out feed problem.