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Arrived today. The only problem was the spring. Mine was rusted an broken. Photos of both attached. Now I have to install and see if that is the only problem.

Will do. I see that it shipped. Should be here next week.

Thanks for the store link. I suppose I could have looked for that. Ordered. We'll see how quickly it ships. The new owner seemed to say they would not take an order that was not shippable.

And yes, I saw those two YouTube videos. Neither addressed my issue.

It is a bit better than the website, but not nearly high enough resolution. I would guess I need one of 48, 49, or 50. I can see a very small spring in mine, but it is badly rusted an it is not at all clear how that button interfaces with the rest of the mechanism.

Thank you for finding the PDF.

The release button on my knob has no spring tension. Does anyone have a picture of what the spring inside should look like? And how that button interfaces with the rest of the idler mechanism?

I would like to ask Shopsmith support, but they are not currently taking calls.

This is what I ended up building. It's attached to the table with two of the Shopsmith t-track nuts.

Thank you. Really nice. I have never seen that kind of clamp. I went a different way, using t-track in a piece of 3/4" ply (14x22) and some t-track clamps. Haven't used it yet, but will in the next few hours, so it might not work as anticipated.

Have a 500 upgraded to 520. I need to use a circle cutter to make some rings about 4" in diameter. The stock HAS to be clamped to the table, but the underside of the table is almost impossible to clamp to. Does anyone have a clever add-on drill press table or some sort of clamping jig?

Thanks to everyone for their help.

I am not sure how the wedge got jammed, but it is now working properly and the headstock is back in place. And lubricated for the first time in 29 years.....

The insides were not particularly mucked up, the belts look good, the only rust was on the power take ...

Just got my hands out of the headstock. I can get to the wedges without dropping the motor, a job I really do not want to do. The wedge closest to the wing nut is stuck. The other moves freely.

I take it they are supposed to move in opposite directions. Is that correct?

When putting the ...