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Checking to see if any of you have a set of rails that you would want to sell? I need to convert my Mark 5/500 into a Shorty. Shopsmith no longer sells shorty rails so I thought I would start asking around. I have had no luck selling my Shopsmith so I am going to keep it and use it as a jointer and ...

Fellow Shopsmith Geniuses…
I need some help here. I have tried to sell my sweet Mark 5/500. That has been a no hitter. I now have plan “B”. I need some short way and bench rails. I am going too make my own Shorty. I am going to set it up as a jointer only type machine.
Do any of you happen to have ...

Fellow Shopsmith Geniuses,
Where might one list a Shopsmith Mark 5 / 500 that I would like to sell? I don’t want to drop it in where I am not supposed to…
Thanks,
Thom Schuck
Portland, Oregon

Sorry I was away. I have health issues. YES! I have been doing plywood work. I dont remember if I ran them thru my jointer or not. Sorry I disappeared. They put me in the hospital for a couple of days. Ok so somehow I messed up my new knives. I will shift them up a bit. I will probably buy new ...

Hey I did it! Can you see the photos? See the lines…?

Yes. I used the ruler method advancing 1/8”. After I felt pretty confident I had a solid alignment I checked it with my new iGauging snap gauge. It told me I was dead on across the entire span of the knife. Maybe it is the feed rate? I was pretty tired. I will dig in deeper with some soft pine and ...

Tight and vertical. More like ribbing than valleys. Very uniform. My first thought was could it be the grain of the Ash. It’s super CVG and maybe it is pulling the softer wood out??? But then I THINK? it happened on my Oregon Black Walnut as well… That I am not sure of. I was all beat up and tired ...

Fellow Genius’s,
I am having a bit of a problem with my jointer knives. I installed a new set. I am fairly confident that I have them all set spot on. I have been edge jointing Ash. Across the entire length of the edge I have uber small ridges. They are all parallel to each other. When I did the ...

Fellow Geniuses,
I just completed a round of adjustments on my bandsaw. Lubed the wheel and adjusted my blocks, that sort of thing. I have a like new SS 1/4” blade mounted up. What is a solid standard speed setting in a letter? I have mine set at “B”. It just seems like it is dragging or not getting ...