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You can also purchase just the bearing at any local bearing supplier. Just get the number off the old bearing and pick up a new one.

Take thei side cover off and run it for a bit. Look at the control sheave area (part #110 on the head breakdown diagram) If you see any vibration there, you possibly have a bad bearing in the end of that sheave. https://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/productmanuals/MKVSTDPartsList%20_1_14.pdf If you do...

My setup is similar to BillVan's. I have a shelf on the back wall that holds most of my tools. Originally I had it mounted high enough so my Shopsmith fit under it, but last year, I moved the shelf lower because my back would no longer handle lifting things off and on the shelf that high. My planer ...

Many times it is simply efficient use of the wood to eliminate waste rather than trying to match up the pieces.

JPW probably smells better than model glue that we worked with as kids when we built model cars.

It seems to me that Johnson's wax isn't worth the cost or hassle of keeping it in usable condition. I've been using a can of Trewax since the 1980s, and after 30+ years of sitting around, sometimes in temperatures well below freezing in Winter and around 100 degrees in Summer, it still retains its o...

Interesting, but not really useful here. I don't have a Home Depot near me. My local one went bankrupt and closed their doors a few years back. They couldn't find English speaking help to work in the store.

I build all my projects in my head so I don't use plans on paper. Trying to follow somebody else's plans just slows me down. Most of my projects end up being one-of-a-kind because I don't have any plans to build another one like it in the future.

Or, you can save a few bucks and get a can of Trewax at Walmart.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Beaumont-Tre ... /960670606

I did this a couple of years ago when my pile of scraps accumulated too much. I had multiple kinds of wood and no use for the small pieces.