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Hi all, I am cutting out chair slats on the bandsaw. The oak slats have a 36 inch radius curve and are 3.5 inch thick. I am using a 1/2 inch blade. I am noticing that when cutting this radius curve my blade is getting pinched because the vertical cut is not linear but convex. Is this indicative that...

I have also had this problem with the arbor set screw loosing up on my while usng my bandsaw. I am wondering if my set screw is bad or the incorrect type. I am using a powerpro and I took the drive-hubs & set screws from my older 500 series headstock. As you can see in the picture the hubs don't...

thanks for all the comments. I have waxed the beds The fence is square. I am not sure if it is within 0.001" but it is pretty square. Since a few of my boards are 10-12" wide I even bolted on an auxiliary fence made of birch plywood (that I was using to build a few jigs) The blades are set...

Hi all, Over the holidays I bought a used Shopsmith Jointer (505681-B). The blades are razor sharp after my Tormek finished with them (ouch! that jig was expensive!). I carefully set the blades and I followed the instructions in the manual to make sure everything is square. And now when I joint a bo...

thanks for all the reply's. I have managed to take a few photos of the disk. My poor old camera is not doing too well. As you can see I am starting to believe that the hooks have dried out and broken off as seen in the photo. So I guess I will purchase a new velcro system from shopsmith and see if t...

I bought a used Mark V 500 about a year a go and finally decided that it was time to retire the sand paper on the disk. It is attached with the velcro system and I purchased from ShipSmith a few Velcro-Backed Aluminum Oxide Sandpaper Discs. After they arrived I pealed the old worn out one off and tr...

I mounted a large piece of fire-wood last month on my shopsmith lathe and since I don't have a speed reducer I took my draw knife and cut off the very large off round edges. It worked pretty well and when I finally turned it on it didn't vibrate very much.

Phil

Hi all, I was planning on buying a lathe chuck for my new used Shopsmith 500. I am really enjoying the lath since I am upgrading from a 1951 Sears/Dunlap 24inch lath. I don't have any immediate plans to turn any really large bowls yet since I don't have a speed reducer. But who knows what I will wan...