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I had to remove the speed controller after it "slipped" during use. I guess I increased speed too fast. I took the controller off to inspect why this happened, but all the gears are fine, and everything runs perfectly. When I put the controller back on and tightened the set screw the contr...

I inherited my Mark V and all the accessories from my dad, who was a pretty squared away engineer. The arbor and dado sets are Shopsmith original, but probably 30 years old.

i'll look into getting a new dado stack, I guess.

Dado.jpg I need to cut some dados on my Mark V Model 500. I built up my dado stack and did some test cuts and found my outer cutting blades are cutting maybe a 32nd deeper than the chipper blades, resulting in a very slight U-shape to the groove (pic attached). I've never cut a dado and can only fi...