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by rweikle
Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:36 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: Re-machine Miter Slot
Replies: 15
Views: 28410

Hi and welcome to the forum! It is nice to see new posters and see what ideas they may have to share with us, and what we can share with them. To answer your question, yes there has been discussions here and at the other shopsmith sights about changing the slot size. You by now have read some of th...
by rweikle
Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:04 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: Re-machine Miter Slot
Replies: 15
Views: 28410

The actual difference in the slots is .022 it is hard to believe that this would weaken the table. So, it make MORE sense to modify 1000 different fixture I might buy in the future than to modify the table? This means I'm locked into buying from SS, looking for companies that make items that fit, or...
by rweikle
Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:22 pm
Forum: Maintenance and Repair
Topic: Re-machine Miter Slot
Replies: 15
Views: 28410

Re-machine Miter Slot

I have read many posts on this site regarding the SS miter slot and the non-standard size. Has anyone thought of taking the table and 520 fence to a machine shop and having the slot re-machined to the standard 3/4 X 3/8 miter slot size?:eek: