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I would be inclined to credit a sharp bit for the butter penetration.

My thought re mount REdesign was referring to the later 505/510 in the 80's.

I need to check the tool kit length mount length issue. I am thinking the short arm of the SS tool kit clears the mount.

Whoops!!!! Oh how quickly we forget when not actively using something recently. So I conclude(upon careful current examination of a main table rail that is not presently connected to a table) that all hole producing machining is done with a single setup from the tube outer front surface. That includ...

jsburger wrote: ↑Wed Jun 11, 2025 9:15 pm

JPG wrote: ↑Wed Jun 11, 2025 9:05 pm

What's with the center hole?

The stud/knob to tighten the connector tubes.

On the FRONT? side? The jackscrews are on the back side(smooth bore) and the table has a tapped hole.

Curious why you did not simply finish the tap in drill press mode? For those wondering about the back side weakness inducing hole - who ever was responsible for tapping the OEM holes did not have long enough tooling(tap etc.) to reach the boss from the front side so they tapped it from the back thus...

Upgrading the Table System as HopefulSSer did above is a good way to go. As he said, I upgraded to 510 spec using parts from a 510 I bought cheap In the deal he added the Jointer to his collection. I would suggest checking craigslist too. You may even find a 520 used for just a bit more than a 510....

Are you a ham?

Looks reasonable to me.

500

Rube Goldberg 'solution'.

Cut strips of aluminum pop can to fill in the recessed portion of the shaft.