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We're getting really good at this. The question that opened this thread was "What's the best cleaner/polish". The last six to eight posts have been some sort of hardware related. I'm sure glad I don't have to do serious research on this forum.:( mranum, What did you use to clean up your 10...

dyenf, Thank you for the info that you provided, regarding how you have managed to make your Shopsmith motor(s) reversible. However, the diagrams provided are somewhat confusing. They are not Shopsmith specific and there are two different ( solutions ); at least it seems that way to me. Your experie...

Based on comments in a couple other threads, I believe there would be a significant audience for a session on the "Care and Use of the Molder Head" and "Using the Shopsmith as a Router". Both are important because they involve significant "SAFETY ISSUES". Using either i...

You guys keep it up. My motivation is growing rapidly as a result of seeing all these fine furniture productions.

I've never had the nerve to tackle real furniture but I'm getting there.

Most of what I've built has been for the kids - they are much less critical.

birddog

Sorry for the romp into my musical past. I guess it really wasn't appropriate. It's just that I grew up on the Everly Brothers. Their music plays in my computer area almost all the time; if not the Everly Brothers, it's Country.

Johny is a joker that's a'tryin to steal my baby (he's a birddog ). Hey, birddog get away from my quail. Hey , birddog you're on the wrong trail. Hey, birddog you better get away quick. The Everly Brothers Welcome to this band of gentle persons. This is an interesting and entertaining group. I think...

Are you certain that you need to have an adjustment? After viewing this on the Sawdust Session, I went to adjust my own because I have felt that I had something wrong. My alignments are sometimes found to be incorrect; I believe this to be after some Shopsmith relocations. What I found was that the ...

Yes, I have one. I have had it for many years and it hardly ever leaves the hook on the tool board where I store it. The only time I am inclined to use it is when I am setup to do a lot of work on the drill press. Otherwise I use the standard handle. I don't know if it was ever intended for anything...

can be harmful. Do you know the typical noise level in your shop? Do you know how much a properly maintained Shopsmith should contribute to that noise level? Do you protect your ears from that noise level? You might if you knew what the safe levels were. You should, even if you don't know. The noise...

In the original documentation that came with my machine (late 1980s) the recommendation is to stack washers until you have the required "lift" to obtain alignment. They then go on to say "measure the height of the resulting stack of washers" and adjust the allen screw for that he...