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I just ordered it. Thanks, all.

Thanks Dennis.

I was looking for the manual on Shopsmith’s site but can’t find it. Maybe I’ll call them. Thank you.

I’d like to add something to my table height adjustment so I can get finer adjustments. The current adjustment is just too coarse for some operations (e.g. horizontal drilling). I saw this on Shopsmith’s site: Shopsmith Adjustable Stop Collar with Scale, SKU 556434. Does anyone have this and if you ...

I needed approx. 3-1/4". Thanks for the suggestion.

Yes, I should have mentioned that I'm doing horizontal drilling. I may make a plywood platform and remove the table. Thanks, Ed.

It looks like the maximum height for drilling off the table for my 510 is 2-5/16”. I had a case where I needed a more than that, and I was wondering if anybody has any suggestions on a creative way to increase that. It looks like the table bottoms out right at 2-5/16” centered on the drill chuck.

I put a caliper on the chisel and the bit. Chisel is .374 and the bit is .364, so it’s not the end of the bit being oversized. I laid a straight 1/4” steel rod on the shaft of the bit as it spun and saw no movement on the shaft. Then, I rolled the bit on a flat cast iron table with the cutting end h...

JPG wrote: ↑Sun Mar 13, 2022 1:28 pm How does the 'spacing' affect the OD?

Methinks a QA problem.

It doesn’t.

The mortising attachment arrived, and installation was straightforward. I spent some time sharpening the chisel with the supplied cone sharpener, and cleaned off the outside burr on all four sides with Japanese water stones. The initial results, however, were disappointing. For some reason, the bit ...