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thanks good explantion, I got in this mess after visiting Dusty and trying to clean mine up.

anybody live near here.
Princeville, IL, United States
could be a bargin.


http://cgi.ebay.com/Shopsmith-and-Acces ... 4aa1c2f026

anybody live near here.
Princeville, IL, United States
could be a bargin.


http://cgi.ebay.com/Shopsmith-and-Acces ... 4aa1c2f026

thought it was going to be easy. I have my headstock apart and either the a little spring fell or wasn't on which was making my dial turn hard. I have the exploded view but can't find the part in order to look it up on proper placement or to order a new one. sorry for not knowing the words. the worm...

general question.

a 1979 ss bandsaw or a

1991 ss bandsaw.


both have large aluminum tables. the 79 has a few extras.

but I was wondering. sometimes older machine are better built than than the newer ones.

tia

Ok thanks for questioning me. Just learning to read the site. I was wrong on the date of the power pro sticky--it was from Feb. 2010. date joined by poster was 2006. Thanks to Dusty's link I think I see why the Mark V and Mark VII are called by those names. I thought it was an order of age thing, bu...

can someone explain the systerm used by SS for their Mark Vs. I just realize that a Mark 7 is older than Mark V. Why did they go backwords. and why is there a sticky on almost all the post that refered to the new shopsmith power pro--when it's from 2006 and I guess it's not out yet? just curious I g...

thinking of buying a used band saw and power station. (don't know where yet).

never seen a power station in operation.

does it have a dial for speed?

or do you have different pullies and belt for different tools.

TIA

getting hooked up with bill mayo was the way to go.

thanks all

yea that's what I am talking about.

I use to own a ss jig saw, but now I own a scroll saw by Dewalt. The scroll saws use both upper an lower holder, I forgot how the SS jig saw worked.