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- Sun Jun 02, 2024 8:13 am
- Forum: Beginning Woodworking
- Topic: Brand New
- Replies: 2
- Views: 102
Re: Brand New
Welcome! Scott Markwood (who is a member here) has a great Youtube channel that would be a good starting point: https://www.youtube.com/@MyGrowthRings For instance, you mentioned turning so this might be a good video to watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_SS67qincs Shopsmith has a youtube channe...
- Wed May 29, 2024 8:33 am
- Forum: Community
- Topic: Mike Young
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7212
- Sat May 25, 2024 8:49 am
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: speed changer center bit stuck
- Replies: 12
- Views: 471
Re: speed changer center bit stuck
I totally get the engineering of that, but they seem to be saying "you should never turn it past 5, except when you should". That's of course NOT in fact what they're saying, but it could certainly be confusing!
- Sun May 19, 2024 10:05 am
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: Mark V maximum idler bearing RPM
- Replies: 8
- Views: 558
Re: Mark V maximum idler bearing RPM
Perhaps we should start referring to "earlier style " and "later style" ;-)
- Thu May 09, 2024 2:06 pm
- Forum: Beginning Woodworking
- Topic: Aligning Extension Tables
- Replies: 31
- Views: 45588
Re: Aligning Extension Tables
There's a dedicated thread on this here:
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viewtopic.php?t=35082
- Thu May 09, 2024 2:04 pm
- Forum: Beginning Woodworking
- Topic: 520 main table rails and aux table rails don't align
- Replies: 2
- Views: 257
Re: 520 main table rails and aux table rails don't align
Notice the nuts above and below the Mounting Base which allows for easier aligning to the Main Table. Model 500 Extension Tables needed to be shimmed between the Mounting Base and the Table casting for alignment. As an aside (and not that this helps the OP), on a 500 you can remove the bolts and in...
- Sat May 04, 2024 4:04 pm
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: Bandsaw upgrade
- Replies: 10
- Views: 840
Re: Bandsaw upgrade
I'm not so much worried about dust in the saw as I am about dust in the shop & the air
- Fri May 03, 2024 9:33 am
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: Bandsaw upgrade
- Replies: 10
- Views: 840
Re: Bandsaw upgrade
It's got some flex so it sorta conforms to the cover. Beyond that I didn't really worry about it. I think any leakage there is insignificant. It doesn't cross the ridge
- Thu May 02, 2024 7:38 am
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: Bandsaw upgrade
- Replies: 10
- Views: 840
Re: Bandsaw upgrade
Yep -- 4". There's a LOT more air moving through now than there was with the 2 1/2" port. I think my next mod will be to drill some holes in the throat plate.
- Wed May 01, 2024 8:13 pm
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: cleaning table saw bed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 433
Re: cleaning table saw bed
Mine had some (not lots) oxidation and I block sanded it with fine (so as not to make it wavy) wet-or-dry sandpaper then waxed it with paste wax. Any furniture paste wax is fine (avoid auto waxes because a lot of them contain silicone).