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rdewinter, It sounds as though you are trying to resize lumber rather than edge sanding. The conical sander does an excellent job of doing what it is designed for but is terrible (and dangerous) if you are trying to take off too much material. If you haven't viewed this Sawdust Session, you really s...

It's a wooden model of a Mark V named the Mark .5

If this is a poll, you have one taker. NOPE

If I had to guess, I would say that it is a Shopsmith that has been brought to its current configuration, (Mark 5 Model 505) by upgrade.

You can't expect them to cutout the restroom breaks but they could combine them with lunch.

Quality MAY be somewhat debateable but I don't see a big cost differential!!!

Serial #43828 - looks like it was born in 1978/1979. Just a youngster.

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/serialnumber.htm

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/toolhistory.htm

If you would go watch the Sand Flee demo, he deals with that.

Change grit to whatever you want and sand down the protrusions with the rest of the item off the edge. Then surface sand the entire piece.

Take the blade and arbor off. Put a drive hub on one of the auxillary spindles. With one hand ready to help the spindle (with the hub), turn on the Shopsmith. Give the shaft a little help and see if the motor comes up to speed. If it does, use the speed control and turn the speed down to slow and tu...

John, are the interior frames set in a dado or did you glue and screw the frames in place? Looks like you have a good start to a really nice cabinet. I do so hope you have better luck with taking out the warp than I did. The materials for one of the Christmas gifts this year was warped. Didn't happe...

The detent is for the allen that holds the speed dial on. I think this procedure might answer some questions: http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/showthread.htm?t=144&highlight=speed You can increase speed beyond "R" without doing any harm. Do the speed dial setting while you are testing t...