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thank you everyone for your help, now I just need to wait till the replacement gets here

just heard back from shopsmith they said if it has a hook it is the wrong key

Hi Dusty - just searched for the part number of the short key and I got your post
http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/showthr ... ght=501320
with the pic you posted in post 5 above so i think they have sent me the wrong key.

504209 Long Key ... $1.35
(Item may be on back-order or is made upon ordering) - what I wanted and ordered



501320 Short Key ... $1.46

I hope so - I ordered 504209 Long Key which is the one I assumed was right
as they have also
501320 is the short key

just found this picture and the "long" key that shopsmith sent is not as long as this one in the picture of joshh I will measue it in the morning

this was my order with the part numbers 1 504209 Long Key 1 501407 Headless Stop Screw 1 501407 Headless Stop Screw 1 501407 Headless Stop Screw 1 513056 Allen Setscrew 1 504205 Sheave Spacer The headless stop screws are for the mitre gauge the key 504209 is supposed to be a long one that works in c...

I am about to replace the motor sheave keyway. I have figured out from the other posts that I need to put in order from the motor towards the end of the shaft the spacer, then the sheave, ok but how does the keway fit it has a bent end does it face towards the motor, or towards the shaft end and als...

Thank you for all your input. much appreciated

Many many thanks - just figuring how I will wire the motor to the switch (I am not an elecricianand US electrics are a bit different to Eoropean), I have a home made inverter that converts 220 v to 110 volt, - use this for the planer and the dust collecter, will need a switch for the bandsaw and als...