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[quote="dusty"]There is a huge amount of money spent by people who are attempting to influence the outcome of a national election. This should make us all wonder. I believe that federal elections should have a financial cap] Actually this is not an uncommon practice in states that have &qu...

I don't Know the mechanics but there are many Internet sites that charge for access to and/or downloading of PDF files.

Al

I found it on the Shopsmith site using Google. http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/itemfind.htm?item=845268 $6.99 shipping for a $3.99 manual. :eek: They should really offer these manuals both in hard copies and as instant pdf downloads. I suspect they could sell more of them even at the same price ...

Hi Ed,

What kind of band saw is this? It doesn't appear to be a Shopsmith....

Al

easterngray wrote:Very nice - and expensive too! See here:

http://www.penntoolco.com/catalog/products/products.cfm?categoryID=4018

You ain't kidding! Also, look at the spindle speeds!!

Thanks, Ed. It is interesting to see the differences in table size like this. Also, on the 500 front miter extensions, they look a little droopy. Is that just the photo?

Here's one I'm not familiar with. A Shopsmith branded lunch-box style planer. Anyone seen one before?

http://norfolk.craigslist.org/tls/2942650976.html

This is not an uncommon problem. The post with its rack will rotate slightly even with the height lock fully tightened down. I found that when the arm of the tool rest pointed toward the tail stock, the part of the post in the carriage with the rack would rotate slightly counter clockwise until the ...

Yes the bandsaw fence is interesting. I don't own a fence for my bandsaw and have been thinking about building one. I've seen a lot of designs and this may be one of the most elegant ones I've seen.

Interestingly the report did not report on the percentage of injuries related to direct contact with the blade. Amputations which I would assume to be blade contact amounted to only 10% of the injuries. Of course there was a laceration group but it did not specify whether these were all blade conta...