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Individual markets drive the figure.
You will not be happy since you paid full price. But, there is a price for space in your shop. Follow Craig’s list in your area to see what moves and what does not. In this area PowerPro units go for ~1200 with accessories.

Was it left in a hot car or other vehicle? It is a wax, and these days have been quite hot.

I installed the same casters recently. Had to really smash that brass collar to get the washer on. The brass collar does not recover on its own, you need to bend it back out quite a bit to get it to where it was originally.

JPG wrote:So 1 9/16 is good?

In my case, 1-9/16 would have been perfect!

Sorry for the delay in posting, life got busy. Received the updated templates from SS, but they are exactly the same as those initially received with the caster purchase. Decided to go with the 1-5/8” offset which is a bit less than on the template. Glad I went less! Worked out OK, but the max lift ...

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Sounds like the grey plastic coupler is stripped at the end of quill travel. Fairly easy to replace, it connects the drive to the quill.

As part of your diagnosis, walk the belt off the motor, then listen to the motor alone. Helps identify exactly what is making the howl.

Received an unsolicited call from Shopsmith today, telling me that the template shipped with the casters is incorrect and that they are sending a new revision. Nice of them to call ! I’ve not drilled any holes yet, I’ll update when I get the new template. Dusty, I wonder if there might be variations...

Self-determined the offset to be 1-1/2”. Used one of the washers SS sent in the kit as a shim between the wheel and the floor, just to be sure no touch when retracted. It gives me 1/2” lift fully extended. Now to drill some holes. Fully retracted with shim http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7Oa16lLEO...