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Hi Gang; Shopsmith used to have a program whereby owners agreed to talk to prospective new owners and show their shops off. I think that this was stopped because some mis-information was getting around. Now I am thinking that an ad in popular woodworking publications showing the various functions of...

To all on the forum and Bob Folkerth;
Maybe if we all got together and turned some wooden arrows for kids toys Shopsmith may be able to get some money from the taxpayers bail out plan.
Just a thought.
Bill Van
WA2CRK

Hi Jimmie; Yes the parts are still available. Try Shopsmith direct or you can send some of the parts such as the rotating speed control to a third party for a repair. I believe that the speed control parts are listed on the SS home website as some of the 17 most replaced parts so you should have no ...

Tom
The silver kurled nut should stay on the quill at all times.
It is a bearing retainer for the quill bearing. There should be some filler of some sort in the set screw hole to prevent accidentally loosening the nut when mounting or removing accessories.
Bill

Hi Do you have a brad point drill bit? If you do chuck that bit into the drill chuck and try your test again. If the point of the bit stays still and does not go in a circle then it is OK. Is it possible that the drill bit you are using is not ground symmetrically, that is one cutting edge not at th...

Dusty; This is going to sound like it is out of left field but here goes. Have you tried a different saw blade and then made the same test. Try it with a standard kerf blade with the same arbor for both tests? I have read the previous posts and am beginning to wonder if the problem is due to a vibra...

Hi Beeg I ahve upgrade to the 2 bearing quill a long time ago and i did not regret it. It is fdificult to tell whether the bearing is bad but if you remove the quill and hold the quill body and spin the quill by hand and you heasr any noise or feel any roughness it may be time for an upgrade. The 2 ...

Hi Chris; Yes I do. I mounted my 520 tables using large hooks similar to cup hooks but larger, Space the hooks so that they go between the rails and the tables and they will hook onto the spacers that are behind the rails. Go to the SSUG.ORG website and go into the gallery section and look for pic o...

Chris; I have been using the same clips for a few years now. Try mounting the clips so the tubes will be horizontal and they won't slide out. I used to hang my 510 tables to the wall with the same clips and the tables did NOT fall off the wall. I did this by securing piece of 3/8 plywood to the wall...

Web; I prefer the stacked dado blades because you can fine tune them easier than the adjustable type.Make sure you shims available from Vermont American and others to do the fine tuning. You want to use shims that are non-compressible. SS also sells the shimsets. Another problem with the stacked var...