Shopsmith Forums

Finally finished my sander, and am pleased with the result. Made my table out of 3/4" birch plywood, topped with some laminate that I rescued from the dumpster of a local cabinet maker. Thanks for your kind assistance!

Thanks, very much! The diagram is very helpful. My SS is even older than yours--c. 1981 Mark V--and you are absolutely right about the vertical clearance issue. There's also very little horizontal clearance, even when the headstock is at the full-left position. I'm making my own top, but the ...

sehast
I just ordered the 24" drum from Stockroom Supply and was about to start making my sander, when the vendor sent me a link to your post. I was planning on mounting mine to a spare main table and direct-linking the sander shaft to the SS drive shaft with a 5/8" coupler. Your solution of ...