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It makes a lot of sense to me to combine the height adjustment with storage. I've been thinking about an under the Shopsmith storage arrangement too. It on my "would like to do this" list. I like the idea of a block to change the height. That way you can have up to 4 different settings. On...

How about building a 2-4" tall platform the size of the shopsmith base? You could then set the Shopsmith on it for lathe operations (making it taller than normal). When you are using the tablesaw or sander, you could take the Shopsmith off the platform and set the platform in front of the Mark ...

I imported the data to excel and did some reformatting with the original text file. I actually put the data in 2 worksheets, one for operations and one for RPM reference. It can be printed on both sides of the paper easily then and laminated if you desire. I attached the zipped excel file. [ATTACH]1...

[quote="JPG40504"]Then there is the low budget source. [ATTACH]16743[/ATTACH] Probably enough info to choke on!] JPG, can you or someone else explain the chart? There are areas that are confusing to me. 1. I don't understand the numbers after the letters in the "HARD" and "S...

What about cutting it into 2 pieces that are 4.25" wide? Then you can resaw it and glue it back together. It seems you are going to have at least one seam in the finished product anyway. I would expect these other seams would be very hard to see.

I saw the demo today and was very impressed. The new Power Pro is an amazing piece of engineering. And it is practically maintenance free. No oiling the shafts like before. Plus the extended speed range and power across that range make the old speed reducer/increaser accessories obsolete. It was als...

I can see how your fence works now. I missed it in the photo until you pointed it out. Really nice idea.

I like this arrangement too. I am worndering what do you use for a fence on the router table?

I use a Forrest blade as well. I am amazed how smooth the cut is. I'm not sure I would risk having the blade sharpened by anyone but Forrest.

Thanks for your suggestions. I removed the quill and carefully tightened the quill lock. After repeating the process several times, the quill play has now been eliminated.