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Working fine here and always hase. However I have had off and on problems with not receiving email notifications of new posts from the forum. The last time it happened was 6 or 8 months ago. I changed nothing but stopped receiving email notifications of new posts. Then after a few months it has star...

As br549 points out it is a Mark Mount Planer that has been put on a stand like a Pro Planer. The give away on this since the model and serial number label is not shown is the Table being from a Mark Mount Planer. Mark Mount Planers have an Aluminum with Stainless Steel cover for the Table to make ...

Just curious. What is the OD of the SS tubes and what is the OD of the tubes you ordered from Metals Depot (measured by you)? Do the Metals Depot tubes meet the spec on their web site?

Was the green package unopened/sealed? If not that may not be the wheel that came in it.

GetterDone, You could make one without cutting a Way Tube shorter. Get some 1-3/4" Tubing for the Way Tube parts. Having full length 52" Way Tubes for the Lathe Extension may be too much weight hanging out there to properly support. Something to remember is the Way Tubes originally were t...

Silly me, My 10 ER handle threads in, but not foar enough to do anything, so I did a little exploring with one of the handles. With a little bit of twisting and pulling by hand, the grip came off the shaft The grip is just friction fit onto the metal shaft. I couldn't see any evidence of an adhesiv...

As I remember in the past SS did not charge your card until the item shipped. Has that changed under the new ownership?

I wonder where he got the idea. I did this 4 or 5 years ago. This is absolutely rock solid.

Interesting - The machine came with the stand alone 12" planer. Any other additional uses possible? Your stand alone planer was probably a MK mount planer originally. SS sold a stand with a motor to put the MK mount planer on. The MK mount planer has an aluminum table with a stainless steel sk...

They are used to clamp the Mark mount 12" planer to the way tubes.