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Thanks to both of you. I will lube the fence first and if that does not work I will adjust the nuts. I really appreciate the help. Dan I am sorry I have not tried out your suggestions until now. I have been busy with grandfather duties and other adventures which befall retired men. I tried the lube...

Thanks to both of you. I will lube the fence first and if that does not work I will adjust the nuts. I really appreciate the help.
Dan

When I install the rip fence (power pro) on my saw table the two lever handles require much greater force to close them than should be necessary. I have looked at the user's manual that came with the upgrade to the pro fence system but it does not seem to contain any information on how to adjust the...

I hope this reply goes to all the people who have sought to answer my question about my set screw and comment upon the problems involved: I appreciate most heartily your willingness to help out a fellow whose experience with Shopsmith (and utilizing this electronic forum) is only average at best. I ...

I have the PowerPro headstock. The set screw which secures the saw blade arbor to the spindle has begun to loosen while the saw is in use. This allows the saw blade to begin slowly sliding down the taper at the end of the spindle. This interferes with the operation of the saw and while nothing catas...

Charlese and JPG, Thank you for your quick replies. You both replied to a question I had last week on removing the worktable (in preparation for installing the lift assist)and those proved most helpful and were very much appreciated. I will try your suggestions on my latest difficulty and hope they ...

Power Pro problems Five or so years ago I upgraded my headstock to the Power Pro. Shortly after installing it I stopped woodworking and my Shop Smith stood idle until about a year ago when I retired and rekindled my interest in woodworking. When I returned to my Shop Smith I found the headstock was ...

Charlese and Beeg, Thank you both for your suggestions. I just cleaned the gear teeth and pinion area carefully, waxed the table work tubes, moved the carriage to the end of the way tubes and lifted it carefully by the front and back after cranking it up to the top of its height and, voila! it came ...

I have upgraded my Mark 5 and have successfully installed the new work table. I now want to remove it to install the pneumatic lift mechanism and am finding that quite difficult. I removed the old model 500 table when I bought the upgrade and all that was required was to raise it to its highest poin...

Thank you all for your comments; they have been very helpful and I am quite pleased with this "tool" of the forum. I was talking with my brother-in-law this weekend in his shop and he used his table saw to show me the technique of keeping the skinny part away from the rip fence, just as se...