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Okay I'll chime in again. I find the numbers from RF Guy's post interesting. With a fair bit of digging I came across some financial numbers online. I don't know how accurate these are, but it does appear a slight contraction is happening to Shopsmith's business, but difficult to tell since there is...

I remember we had the discussion before about the angled (off from 90 degrees) set screw holes in arbors. I wish I could remember which one had the angle and which ones didn't. I do remember checking each one of the different arbors, spindles, chucks, etc. I have but only posted those findings in th...

Frank, Welcome to the Shopsmith Forum. Gary's roll-a-round cabinet is a great storage idea and a nice piece of workmanship. The SPT shelf is an idea I have seen variations of including Shopsmith plans. It is an especially nice idea for storage over a Shopsmith stored against a wall. A real space sav...

Just curious, Got Which?

I do not believe that Shopsmith (RLF Brands LLC) is going away anytime soon. They just introduced the new DC-6000 Dust Collector which doesn't seem like something a company would do, going to the expense of designing a new product if they were going away. That and their sanding products line which s...

You have a nice find indeed especially for the price. The Speed Changer is a valuable item giving speed varying from 450 to 6800 RPM's. Without it you can use only 7 fixed speeds with the 3 step pulleys on the motor and Drive Sleeve. See the attached PDF below for those speeds. Table of Speeds Model...

paulrussell, You should be concerned about the health of Shopsmith Inc. since they ceased to exist a decade ago. RLF Brands LLC is the current name of the company. Basically the same company with a different name. You are correct about the changes in employees as many had been there it seems forever...

Ed, Thanks for the link to Scott's video. I had not seen it before my comments so they were based on the Shopsmith OEM parts. A 3 arm feed does make sense for a Drill Press and I would look at having that on a Shopsmith dedicated for a Drill Press if I ever do one. As I said before I feel it would b...

I don't have the 10-Position Quick-Index Quill Feed Handle but am seriously considering it especially since it is on sale. Currently I have the original Quill feed handles on all my Shopsmiths. Generally I keep the handle down out of the way and move it into a better position when using it for drill...

The purpose for putting a lock washer there is to keep the Allen head cap screw (or bolt on early Mark 5's) and the nut from loosing up as with any bolt/nut assembly. There should be a washer with the nut according to the parts lists and exploded diagrams going back to the original Mark 5 Manual. I ...