Shopsmith Forums

first i want to say thanks to everyone who helped me out on this. i finally received my replacement control sheave and installed it today (took a while.. seems like you need 3 very small hands to do this operation). i turned the shopsmith to low by hand and then spun it up. its nice to see the ...

yes, ive been reading all the private messages, so thanks for those.
i also have a broken table height pinion that i ordered through the canadian distributor. i managed to get the control sheave added on to my order through them.

its a bit more than i would have liked to pay, but i guess that ...

EUREKA! i figured it out!

i was seriously confused as to why sometimes i could spin the quill by hand, and sometimes not. turns out that when the button bearing at the end of the control sheave (dont i just sound like i know what im talking about?) broke off, the depth limit that the control sheave ...

it might be a bit hard to see. the wire hoop is present, but the piece on the shaft appears to have broken off.. i would have thought it would have taken the hoop with it?

also, the ball bearings inside the bearing appear close to falling out. so thats obviously a problem

question is, is that the ...

i took some photos tonight
this machine is pretty difficult to get a camera into, so i hope this helps
if you need me to take more/ different photos, ill run out and get them.. so just ask. i can also record a video, if that would help.. but it will take time for me to be able to convert it in such ...

i just updated my profile for my location. i am in calgary alberta canada. im guessing that is probably pretty far out of the way for most people. shopsmiths dont seem to come up often on kijiji here.

the model number is SS 85791

im watching the videos now. im glad to see that shopsmith has that ...

i just posted this on lumberjocks, and in response i was directed here.

i have a shopsmith mark V that rendered itself inoperable this week. i am hoping that i can get some assistance from someone who might help me assess the problem and figure out a solution.

i bought my shopsmith second hand ...