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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 hav...

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 nece...

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 ( = ...

One good point of the Shopsmith table saw is the quill for (micro) adjustments. On the other hand, for obvious reasons, moving the quill is not possible with a standard, fixed, zero clearance insert. So, has anyone tried to make one that moves with the quill and blade? I have in mind, for instance, ...

Thanks again!

I gave the spacer a good-bye yank with pliers, and this time it came off. The interior is a bit rough, but the shaft seems fine.

In any case, I will use the new spacer.

Peter

The key size video: I was thinking of 1:05 ++ in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HoUwYug-6k (So Jacob Anderson, not Nick Engler, as I had remembered.) In the video the key slot ends somewhat below the end of the shaft - do you agree? I think the key I have would fit in that slot. The slot on my uni...

Thanks - You're right in that the old key was too short. In a video of Nick Engler repairing a Mark 500, if I remember and saw correctly, there was a model of the 500 with a shorter key slot on the shaft than in the one I have; I assume the key that had been in my unit was really for the other model.

Hi All, A) My last post was inaccurate: contrary to my assertion, there was a spacer on the motor shaft, but I had not known what I was looking at. And sadly, my problem is now with that spacer... I wanted to replace it with a new one, but I can't take it off - sigh. [With sheaves, key etc. removed ...

Update: last night I removed/disassembled the sheave assembly from the motor shaft, and found that there certainly were issues. Of course, there was dirt (rubber from the belt); but more to the point, when I took the floating sheave off, the key came with it. Maybe my recent oiling had set it free.....