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As Ed has brought up, the shaper fences are different and mount differently. However these differences are not such as to cause the interference alluded to. For all intents and purposes they result in the shaper fence being located in the same position relative to the quill. The 500 shaper fence is...

What am I missing? How does the feather board interfere with the 'pistol grip'? P.S. there should be no difference between a 500 or 505..520. The size difference is mostly on the side away from the headstock. I'll take a picture today and reply to you. The size on the 500 is much smaller than the 5...

[quote="reible"]Hi again, The feather board should look something like this: http://www.shopsmith.com/academy/shaping/images/F9-25LG.jpg So I guess I should ask which machine you are working on. The photo is for the 510 and the updated fence... are you by chance running on a 500? Thanks fo...

[quote="reible"]Hi, Just a couple of things that come to mind. Are you trying to do this in one pass? If so you might want to change it to 2 or 3 passes. I'm taking small nibbles so that is not the problem:) Are you able to use rub collars/bearings on the shaft? If not see if you can and t...

Hey there. Anyone have any ideas what me and my son are doing wrong when it comes to successfully using our SS shaper to use the rail and stile cutters? Our problem is that when we shape the end grain the result is always out of square. We've worked and worked again to try to get the miter guage squ...