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I remember reading in an older post, I believe it was Bill Mayo, mentioned that some of the early sheaves didn't have oil holes.

Here's a photo of how mine is configured. It may be wrong but does a great job. I was always told to never stack them together with the same tooth pattern side by side so my cutters are lined up with the rakers.

If they mentioned tooth breakage they were probably talking about dados with carbide cutters. The Shopsmith dado set would be very difficult to break a tooth on. If you look at the photo of Brenda's Freud dado set carbide cutters you can see why slippage could cause breakage.

True but every other tooth is set in the opposite direction. If you start your cut with I, the next cut will be III. I don't think it makes that big a difference with a thinner cut using only the two outside blades as long as the blades are installed in the proper direction.

One thing that is unfortunate on almost all Shopsmith products and probably a lot of other manufacturers as well is the on/off switch is not in plain site or in a convenient location. Without the main table installed it is much easier, but that is not often. Alternate methods of shutoffs, especially...

I just re-read that entire thread. A lot of good info in there from some great minds.

There is a thread on here somewhere where someone was able to successfully put one back together to achieve the proper torque by changing up the arrangement of the washers. I will try to search for it later.

Here in Ohio the new gas taxes kicked in on July 1. An additional $.10 on regular gas and $.19 on diesel. Diesel is still a little higher than regular here.

I agree, Dennis. Try calling Delta or Craftsman to get help on an issue with a table saw or drill press. Unless you are ordering parts, you will be wasting your time, assuming you can still get parts.