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Okay, well I wrote a note to the mothership about my bent products, I got a return authorization and sent them back. Today the replacements arrived and ... ... wait for it .. they're exactly the same ! Just as bent in just the same way. <sigh> No one bothered to even try putting them into a slot bef...

I've just acquired a grey 20" scroll saw, and I have a few questions. It came with no mounting posts. I'm thinking I need the 6.5" eccentric posts, is that right? My table has pairs of holes along the back edge that look like they could receive an accessory. I'm wondering what those are fo...

Yes, you can replace a VII with a V, at the cost of some of the functionality of the VII. But also be aware that your VII is repairable.

The system has got me through a few interesting jams. I expect that its utility increases the more one uses it. Beyond its basic utility for gluing up small picture frames and similar, for me it's most useful in clamping odd things down to the workbench using the bench-dog holes. There are obviously...

Here's something else the Shopsmith has over the standalones, and it's significant: a community to talk about it and share tips and advice.

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I bought a fence-mounted featherboard for my 520 from Shopsmith during the recent sale. It looked great in the package and I put it in the featherboard drawer until today, when I had occasion to use it. I was perplexed to find that the T-nuts wouldn't fit into the slots on the fence or the table, st...

JPG wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 5:34 pm I am gonna guess the second hole was added by a po, not by SS.

As I wrote, it's there on all three.

JPG wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:52 am Interesting! I assume the two holes are aligned 'radially'. i.e. in line along the shaft?

They're almost in line, which is additionally interesting, about as close together as they can get.

Is there anyone on this forum who has actually purchased one of these "Bargains"? I recently scooped up a bunch of Mark VII parts that were spotted here. I think this sort of forum is an important function for this community, connecting people with orphaned machines and parts, offering ad...