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OH!!!! I am a victim of my own rushed-ness. I saw cam and filled in the blanks. I think I have one the traverse lock-cams in my tool box at home i'd be happy to part with. the rack gear comes in approx 7 inch long sections right now. i do have 3 of those available when I get home. IF you are just mi...

JPG is right.. although, I'm building a new 3d printer that will print much cheaper... and possibly will be able to print the rack gear in the original factory length. if you send me a private message with your email, I will be happy to let you know when I'm back in town. It wont be until at least 7...

pop the shopsmith badge off on the other side and shine a flashlight in there for broken parts. There aren't many parts so it should be pretty obvious.

Search here for the speed control, and look for pictures of what it should look like.

If you still need a cam, I have some 3d printed ones that will be available at the end of July. I am out of town for the next few weeks and wont return until then.

I need an outfeed table, That will probably be one of the first things that I make. Unfortunately, I wont be home for about six weeks to play with it :/

True enough!

lol!!! not a proper saw, the proper saw [for sheet goods]

I still love my 510 for smaller stuff, but sheet goods scare the crap out of me on the shopsmith.

For sure.. I'm just glad it didn't go to scrap or worse.
and now that I have the proper saw, I can forsee a sheet goods project in my near future.

I turn acrylics all the time. I love the material, but it has its quirks. 1) tools have to be super sharp. I usually sharpen halfway through a pen. 2) ditto on drill bits. I have drill bit's that only get used on acrylic. - be sure to back out often, if the bit gets stuck, you'll have to bake the pl...

I don't do much sheet stuff either... in fact I mostly turn pens, but I just couldn't pass it up.