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Would be if the SS weighed a lot more - but the design is fairly weight efficient. I couldn't do that with a lot of stand-alone equipment. Good suggestion for someday when I have trouble lifting the SS with the motor centered (or not centered). For now, thankfully, not needed. By the way, I measure...

One more thing. I put washers on the casters so that Dimension A was fairly close to 0 (zero). That meant the caster was resting on the floor when it was UP - but not carrying any of the SS weight. That let almost the full vertical travel (C) of the casters to be used to raise the legs, and provide ...

Probably a lot of small tolerances. Let's call the distance from the bottom of the caster wheel (when the caster is pushed up tight in the UP position) to the bottom of the SS metal leg Dimension A. Let's call the height of the SS leg off the floor when the caster is in the full DOWN position - Dime...

I should have mentioned that the alternative holes for the caster upgrade were already drilled by SS in my PowerPro machine. I still needed to add washers to maximize the lift for the best clearance to the floor with the caster upgrade. Having a slightly different hole location would have eliminated...

I installed the larger casters on a fairly new PowerPro machine & had to custom fit washers to get maximum clearance of the legs when the casters were fully down. This meant the casters were almost rubbing the floor when the legs were down. I believe the cam mechanism should be redesigned to pro...

Just for grins, I bought a can of SC Johnson original formula Paste Wax, and did some comparisons with my can of MinWax Finishing Wax. Also looked up the SDS (Safety Data Sheet). and other info. on both products to see if there were any substantial differences. The SDS didn't have enough detail to r...

Just a guess - Since there is no mention of using the slots in the booklet provided with the joiner, I'm guessing you could position the table so you could use screws & T-nuts in a table slot to lock it down & add support - or to keep the table surface tight against the bottom of the joiner....

I’ve been using the Minwax version for a while. It definitely lubricates and doesn’t seem to collect dust as long as is polished with a rag. It is fairly soft, so i’m Guessing a can might last five years if I use it on the SS and major attachments. I believe I had a can of the Johnson wax many years...

Here's a picture from the SS web site

JPG wrote:Paste floor wax(original 'slippery'), not 'finishing' wax.

Are you thinking of another wax? The SS website and my can of wax (I went and looked at it) says "MinWax Paste Finishing Wax".... Part No. 522454