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Here is a 500 for $50 in STL MO

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/tls/2468504557.html

Looks like a great deal if anyone is interested.

I have a Ridge Carbide TS2000 standard kerf and a Freud thin kerf.
The Ridge performs better than the Freud, it makes a smoother cut and holds an edge longer. If you order one from Ridge's web site you can get about any size arbor for $19 more.
I like the Ridge so well I just bought their 6" stacked ...

Called CS this morning and they are sending me the correct insert. They we very helpful and apollogetic.

I double checked my order, I order the dado insert and the packing list said SS shipped the dado insert. According to the pics on the SS site I have a molder insert.

Again thanks for your help, hope I do the same some day.

The insert may be the problem, the slot in mine is only 4 1/4" long.
I order the dado insert when I ordered the dado arbor, but SS may have sent the incorrect one.

Thanks all for your help. These forms are a great resource.

I recently bought a 1990 510 that I upgraded to the 520 profence.
It was missing the dado table insert and arbor, but included was a SS wobble dado blade.
I ordered the SS insert and arbor and recently received them.
When I set up the saw for the dado cut I could only get 1/2" to 7/16" depth of cut ...

By the way, you can order the Ridge with an 11/4" arbor for $19 extra.

I am new to shopsmith but not woodworking.
The best blade I have ever used in the Ridge Carbide TS2000.
I am using one currently on my SS with a 5/8" arbor. Got my orginal Ridge blade from Woodpeckers and it cuts better than my Freud or my sons Woodwooker II.
They run about $100 new and have enough ...

Seeing the pipe flange mounted on pipe brought up an idea for making home made face plates that could be used to mount an index wheel, a sanding disk, etc, or smaller wood stock for turning. Here are two I made today out of floor flanges, a 4" long brass pipe nipple cut in half and some bits of ...