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Great review! My problem last spring was the overspeed at start-up when set to 250 rpm, a real problem when turning poorly balanced 12" bowl blanks. Jim McCann and his team really came through for me, and I now have a unit which runs at any speed I choose. The Shopsmith crew's performance was first ...

Mine usually runs up to 700 rpm, and yesterday went to over 900, all the time the set speed was 250.
It takes a lot more than a touch to get it down to 250. I have a 10 inch bowl mounted, and I have to press quite hard on the outer circumference to reduce the speed.

I am surprised neither you nor any other members seem to find the overspeed when the unit has no load applied of no consequence. Using a sharpening disc, I want it to run at 250 rpm, and don't fancy slowing the unit down by applying one of my gouges to it.