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Welcome to the Forum. Very nice purchase. On the quill feed. Clean the quill and the whole machine with mineral spirits. Use a toothbrush to clean out the groves in the quill feed. You can loosen the set screw like JPG40504 provided directions to do. Just be careful when you turn the quill feed hand...

When I placed my last order I asked a few questions regarding sawdust sessions, the traveling academy, and the national academy. The sales staff said at this time there are no plans for sawdust sessions, the traveling academy, and the national academy. ShopSmith like many other companies is feeling ...

It would be nice to have a longer bed for the few times that you turn something longer. How often do you run into this problem? Will the longer legs prevent you for using it as a drill press? My guess would be that most lathe turning is done at shorter lengths. Most (all) the projects I have done ov...

You can send your parts or the whole thing to Jacob Anderson or Bill Mayo. Both can do the work. Below is information on how to reach them: Bill on the forum or at his web site Billstoolz.com, Jacob Anderson is on ebay: e-mail: jacobvb@yahoo.com Almost all the bearings can be replace, with the excep...

Reading the safety tips through a couple of times a year is a good exercise for all woodworker's to do. It reminds me to be safe.

The five point check is a good one to remember as well. I have made a cut only to find out that my table has moved.

Dan

Bill, Very interesting. I remember TotalShop. Right after I purchased my shopsmith, Totalshop sent me a sales flier. At the time it looked like a good alternative; however when I looked deeper into the size of Totalshop as a company, the support, and depth of knowledge it became very clear that Shop...

They look like a great idea. The replaceable components for the slot are nice.

They are a nice tool, but I have over tools that always seem to take the front seat to the Woodmizer. For me, It comes down to where do you want to begin your wood working experience/adventure? I have come to the conclusion that I will let someone else find the trees, cut them down, drag them to the...

I went to Joint Tech Inc web site and they have several items available for download. Joint Tech's web page indicates the following: [INDENT]"Welcome to FREE-DOWNLOADS! Here you will find step-by-step instructional plans for use with Jointech's Fence System. Take your pick between full blown Wo...

Cincinnati,

Thank you for the link. This is a very nice looking tool chest.

DickSterp,

I will take a look at the Gerstner and Kennedy tool boxes.

Regards,

Dan