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I bought 1 set from Rockler and then built 30 more. I used a double thickness of 3/4" x 10" x 30" mdf. Purchased some black rubber like 1/16" thick shelf liner from Lowes and contact cemented (like you would do a laminate) the rubber to the wood. Then I cut the wood to size on my...

Well that was a bit embarassing :o I looked through the whole headstock item index and the belt was in the most commonly ordered items section. Like you said Ed, it does appear to be out of stock. I wonder if there's any way to order it straight from Goodyear... Thanks for the help and for the welc...

I usually buy my casters from grizzly.com. Woodcraft are better quality but the 3" red grizzly casters have served me well on a number of projects.

Link to Grizzly casters

You know that I have been struggling with my final paint color decision. I am going to throw out this final view of what the ER will look like painted Rustoleum burgundy. I used a beautifully restored ER done my the guy that heads up the ER yahoo group and colorized it to show what mine would look ...

Do not use pressure treated lumber unless you have some type of barrier between the wood and the soil. Many plants hate the chemicals. If you use Redwood ... only the red colored wood will give you bug protection.

I inherited a planer jointer recently, and while it does have a manufacturer plate on it showing model number and all that, i cannot figure out who actually made it, I am trying to find out so i can get replacement blades for it, any help would be appreciated, as the person that originally purchase...

dusty wrote:That is curious. Do you know the date of that correspondence?

There are no dates posted on Norm's site in the FAQ section. Just search on "shopsmith.

just wondering if anyone else out there remembers the "free" advertising Shopsmith got many years ago from Norm. His "This Old House" shop started out with the Shopsmith as it's main machine. Apparently other power tool manufacturers 'saw' a good thing and started flooding Norm ...

JPG40504 wrote:The 520 fence improvement is almost worth that alone!(the box rails ARE needed to use it!)

I may do that because I could sell the 510 parts I don't need on eBay after the upgrade to the 520 from the 510.

I did a 510 upgrade by buying the parts off eBay. I ended up spending around $350 total. It took about 3 months of bidding to finally win all the parts needed. I wanted a 520 upgrade but could not afford the $1200 it would have cost from SS and you don't see many 520 parts auctioned on eBay. An upgr...