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Pretty much under the heading of "sanding to exact length," but: I used it to uniformize a bunch of [rough] birdsmouth cuts (notches in rafters to secure to wall plates) that I had made using the bandsaw. I locked the miter gauge/guide at the appropriate place/angle, and probably fixed a support and ...

Quick update - success? Namely, it looks like DLB's "initial guess at this is that one of the locks is binding [ ... ] on the thread" is/might be correct:

I was having some difficulty adjusting the shoe on the lock lever side [with the headstock removed from the waytubes], so put a squirt of ...

Just to acknowledge your comment, David, as I'll be on the road for the next while. But when I get back I'll do some measuring of engaged wedge/lock/shoe depth.

Update: I took the headstock off the waytubes, and there is evidence that one shoe might be making more contact than the other, or before the other, with the waytube, and therefore (conjecture) possibly preventing its companion from holding adequately when one tightens. I've tried to rotate the ...

Yes, indeed! Happy New Year to all, and to Andrew Deutsch in particular. I wonder, realistically speaking, whether there is anything that we could do as a community to help? I am sure that we all have suggestions, but ...

Hello Shopsmith Forum, and hello Shopsmith - wow, it's nice to see you back!

These are the two manifestations of my issue (or so I think):
1) When I brace and tighten stock between the head and tailstock, the headstock tends to move back (I have of course "adequately" [see below] clamped the ...

Aah... I hadn't noticed the shim in your picture. I had stupidly interpreted/extrapolated your instruction as to mean placing a shim between the bench tube and frame to assure alignment before tightening it into place; obviously, had you wanted that, a relatively complicated procedure, you would ...

I would have thought, JPG, given your https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=41470&hilit=Level+Way+tubes+A#p41470, that we might want to care about the flat earth...

"Level the bench tubes (both ends). This establishes a reference for adjusting the way tube stop. Shim the tubes if necessary."

The floor is far from level. But again, there is no skewing/deviation with the 1954 unit, at least according to the board test above.

Dear All,

Intro, if only for amusement:
Someone in my local wood turning club gave me a Mark V, from 1954, as per the serial number. [Motor runs! Honestly, just amazing.] Years ago, I had inherited a 1980s vintage Mark V from my late father-in-law, which I have since 520'd, but I am inclined to ...