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Thanks for the advice. I checked a blade and see much less edge wobble, even considering the smaller diameter, so I think the quill is ok. I cut a hole in a block of wood to fit the sanding disk's arbor, marked the high and low spots as I turned it on the machine and persuaded the disk to bend ...

It's been 20+ years since I've used my sanding disk and I noticed that I could see a slight wobble on the edge as it's slowing down (this is without any sandpaper on it). How much edge runout should I expect from a properly setup system? If I lightly touch a pencil held stable on the table to the ...

I'm converting my Shopsmith mounted planer to a standalone planer with its own motor and stand. Given the speed of the motor I'll be using with the planer, I can run the planer knives at either 4250 RPM or 5100 RPM, just by selecting a different diameter motor pulley (5" or 6"). Any particular ...