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I have always felt that the miter saw was one of the safer power tools in my shop. Your post just re-enforces that proper respect is require for any power tool. My rule - think twice about what you are doing, and cut once safely.

Thanks, very much! The diagram is very helpful. My SS is even older than yours--c. 1981 Mark V--and you are absolutely right about the vertical clearance issue. There's also very little horizontal clearance, even when the headstock is at the full-left position. I'm making my own top, but the instru...

sehast I just ordered the 24" drum from Stockroom Supply and was about to start making my sander, when the vendor sent me a link to your post. I was planning on mounting mine to a spare main table and direct-linking the sander shaft to the SS drive shaft with a 5/8" coupler. Your solution...

Very slick! :cool: I had a similiar infeed/outfeed support idea, based on attaching a long auxiliary fence to the 520 fence. It would totally eliminate worries about adjusting the I/O supports to match table height and tilt. But I was thinking of building it from wood. Your implementation is much b...

Chris,

If you do decide to rebuild your Flatmaster I strongly recommend you use their new steel top. It is a vast improvement over the melamine. The down side is that it is a lot heavier but is well worth it.

Steve

This is a continuation of my previous post regarding a Drum Sander build for the Shopsmith. http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewtopic.php?t=18545&p=216409 Fences for the drum sander serve four basic purposes: 1) provides a stable horizontal support for passing stock over the drum, 2) provides ...

I became very enamored with the Sand Flee type sander after watching Nick demonstrate it in one of the sawdust sessions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIfnM9irWko I checked the Sand Flee website to see if I could purchase one. The Shopsmith version was listed for $795.95 http://www.rjrstudios.com/s...

I have operated mine at 220 since I got it primarily because I already had 220 in shop. When I first got it I tried it on 110 but it popped the GFI circuit breaker (a known problem) and it was just easier to plug it into the 220 line. I think if you are cutting 2" hardwood as I typically do you...

I upgraded my headstock using the PowerPro kit about one year ago. After some initial issues, mostly my misunderstandings, it has been working great.

Interesting project and you have done a great job but I have found that doing metal working on woodworking tools does not work out too well. Metal filings get every place and unless you meticulously clean up after every metal project the metal filings contamination takes its toll on your woodworking...