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8A48AE0B-F614-48B7-8705-29BB7E284535.jpeg I posted a video giving a brief overview of the Crafter’s Station and the Power Station and intend to point to this forum for more info in the Q&A follow up vid, especially pointing to the excellent thread started by @BuckeyeDennis when he finally tamed...

Looks like I missed all the fun.

David, what are you using the stacked faceplates with the tail stock chuck arbor for?

UPDATE: I just saw your runout post. Clever approach.

Interesting read! Nails down some previously assumed/concluded answers to how come questions. I agree. There was also a great ad placed in the Oct '54 issue of Popular Mechanics where these holes and their purpose are also called out: https://books.google.com/books?id=xNwDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA259&...

According the the Magna publication "Product Eng Magazine article on M5 "Example of Eng Ingenuity"" from October 1954, the holes in the left hand base were there from the beginning as a holding place for our "Shopsmith Tool Box" and chuck key. See if for yourself on Pag...

PM me. Scott

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/McHQ_NdRoC4/mqdefault.jpg Another take on producing pocket screw holes on the ends of board, like those commonly found on a face frame, drilled with a Shopsmith. Over the years I've purchased at least SIX different generations of the Kreg jig, including the original all-alumi...

Just to be sure I went back and watched the video again. When he turned it on I could hear the motor start but I saw no movement at all in either the dust hood or the plastic dust collection bag. I would almost be willing to say the only thing turning was the motor the fan I my opinion was either n...

Ed, I can't speak to the unit in the video, but I own three DC3300's and worked with dozens of them during my days at Shopsmith and I assure you, a clean or new hood will not be taunt. I'll happily demonstrate in a video.

When a DC3300 filter hood is new or freshly cleaned it doesn’t offer much resistance to the air, so it doesn’t inflate aggressively as it will when the hood gets a bit of a cake built. Totally normal behavior. Scott