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I was impressed to see "handy neighbor" use his fence (with relief spacer for safety) to make repeated length cross cuts. I was impressed to see how easily his sheet goods came off the outfeed side, magically without falling to the floor. It helps to have a few extra hands catch the sheet...

Gotta love the hand tool nightmare section... Agreed. That part of the video feels like today's shady infomercials where the "old way" is dramatized to make the new product look more appealing. In my opinion, that's less than honest but this practice has changed significantly over the las...

I tried to pry the fan sheave, but it was pretty tight. Where is the set screws for the fan sheave? If you follow the long key on the shaft to where it slides into the sheave, you will see a set screw in between the blades of the fan sheave. Shine a decent LED flashlight into that area and you'll s...

This video is great! Keep 'em coming, Tom.

I think JPG is right on with the bushing or spacer but in the mean time, you could simply pry the sheave away from the end plate of the motor and tighten the set screw as soon as you get clearance.

Is it possible that the shaft is seated too far into the motor?

I was finally able to get the file size of the PDF reduced enough to post to the forum. Several people requested copies of the PDF via private message but didn't leave their email addresses so if you were one of them, here ya go!

A gentleman uploaded this video to Youtube to sell his Shopsmith 510. Not altogether a horrible video but it's a prime example of several unsafe practices. Most noticeable are the loose sleeves, using the fence to crosscut and not using the upper guard.

This may or may not be useful to you but I thought it was interesting. This is from the Spring of 83 issue of "Hands On," Shopsmith's former magazine. [ATTACH]12721[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]12722[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]12723[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]12724[/ATTACH] If you would like the PDF copy of these images,...

You are correct, Dave. I have a bolt-on rail and the extension table has the cast rail. The extension table was not the original for this machine. That would explain the difference in lengths. I also like your solution of using a main table for an extension. That was my original reason for getting a...

I haven't had any luck reaching the set screw without removing the base arm pin. It just takes a pin punch (or flat ground nail) to knock the roll pin out to remove the base arm pin. This image shows the location of the pin in the upper right corner. However, JPG's photo also shows that the set scre...