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BuckeyeDennis wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:12 am Looks good!

If I had done that, my wife would want me to replace the entire countertop.

Beat me too it, BuckeyeDennis.

@Bainin, that looks great!

And couldn’t help but think that it would be pretty darned easy to make on my CNC router. Now if I could just figure out why I might need one! If you look around the internet, you may find the files already made to cut one on a CNC. I have seen where there was a mention of files for 3D printing one...

Adam Savage bought a new one from some Chinese company and proceeded to tune it up a bit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUhrF0xkhhc

I personally hate the table saw function on my 500 for anything larger than a few inches and especially any that requires tilting the table, not quite as bad on my 510 but still not a fan, also had a BT3000 and have a barely used Rigid JSS. Not long after buying the Rigid, I ran across a deal too go...

Interesting topic for a first post on the Shopsmith forum.

Hugh556, Does the vibration occur constantly or sporadically? When I was using my 500 in lathe mode, I had a sporadic vibration when turning bowls and hollow forms. I replaced the single bearing quill with a double, helped some but didn't eliminate the issue. I was using a Penn State Ind spindle ada...

I'll toss out a couple more questions to help us troubleshoot. Does it judder when nothing is on the quill? Do you have anything small besides the drill chuck that you can attach, even a blade arbor with the blade off; does it judder with those kinds of things? I had a similar situation where a lath...

Shopsmith beech workbench in DFW area.

https://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/tls/d ... 78952.html

I have the DVD version, before they offered the USB drive. It has online access and the pdf's can be download from either. I don't remember when I bought it. Workbench is part of the August Publisher group which includes Shopnotes and Woodsmith. The online version is not as clear as the pdf. Online...

Not sure of OP's intent, but s/he did lead me to the long-defunct Workbench magazine which has the entire 316 (or 317?) issue library available at a reasonable price. Is anyone familiar with this magazine and electronic library, worthwhile or not? Is the online library downloadable as PDFs or must o...