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I only meant that I had the blades and was able to use them.

I'm new here. Years ago I posted on another SS forum, maybe a Yahoo group or something. But I like this one so I'll introduce myself and tell you about my SS stuff. I haven't been doing much with tools for years now following illness and the other stuff that makes life interesting, but now with some...

I couldn't get started right away on this today because the paint was still drying. I cleaned and waxed all the through holes and re-installed the quill feed assembly with the working spring. I also used some epoxy filler on the back of the casting where the snap ring goes, there were gouges in the ...

My first Greenie came with 2 SS 10" blades. I used them but I don't recall mounting them in the blade guard. I didn't use the machine as a table saw often though.

It should be the same as a Mark V until you want to take apart the drive assembly, and then it only varies a little.

Just put the first coat of paint on the second head. The motor mount holes are in the right place (whew!). Both these early headstocks were a bit different. The older one is actual a cleaner casting. The other holes concern me. The alignment of the original holes on the sides seemed a bit off and po...

Yeah, that was it. You have to knock out a pin on the guide and after that it can fit the wrong way. I knew that, did the alignment over and over again to get it right, and somehow I still managed to turn the drill guide around the wrong way. The problem with redrilling is that the holes will overla...

Hi guys, Ed here. I used to post on some SS forum years back, not sure if it was this or something else. Years ago I purchased an upgrade kit and then became ill and have been sidelined for quite a while in different ways. Now with some time on my hands I'm finally doing the upgrade, and it's been f...