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- Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:40 pm
- Forum: General Woodworking
- Topic: Which Lathe upgrade?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3341
Re: Which Lathe upgrade?
jcrusso, Welcome to the Shopsmith Forum. Both are good upgrades for Lathe Turning especially for larger items like bowl turning. The Speed Reducer does just as it says, slows it down to as low as 100 RPMs, a 7 to 1 reduction. That is something desirable with bowl and large turnings. It is a Shopsmit...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:26 pm
- Forum: Community
- Topic: Packing & Moving a Shopsmith
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3918
Re: Packing & Moving a Shopsmith
SJErick1972, First, I would refer you back to my previous post above on this topic dated Nov. 1, 2021, for help. If it is a short distance that you will go back and forth to, I would suggest you move it yourself. Since that posting I moved last summer so I was faced with how to move my Shopsmith Too...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:11 pm
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: Is the Smart Motor Speed Dial Ring, Back-Up Spring, part# 504196
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2131
Re: Is the Smart Motor Speed Dial Ring, Back-Up Spring, part# 504196
Below is a picture of the spring in place on a "B" Conventional Headstock and is the same one used on a "C" Headstock. As Steve said it provides a tension or friction behind the Speed Dial. It is not used on an "A" Conventional Headstock. The "A" Headstock had...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 1:18 pm
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: New Owner
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2890
Re: New Owner
From the 3rd picture in your last post, I see the red putty is still in the collar's set screw hole. This tells me the Quill has never been disassembled. If you extend the Quill out further, you will see a groove in the top of the Quill. There is another set screw that is covered at the factory with...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:39 pm
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: Non OEM replacement bandsaw tyres in UK
- Replies: 2
- Views: 782
Re: Non OEM replacement bandsaw tyres in UK
Blue Max Bandsaw Tires are found on ebay sold by BAND SAW TIRE WAREHOUSE. You could contact them to see if they will ship to the UK.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:45 am
- Forum: General Woodworking
- Topic: Table Saw Cutting Funny
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3972
Re: Table Saw Cutting Funny
If I am reading this correctly, you are ripping 34" long boards (a 5.25" by 34" board at 2.5") and the first came through straight as an arrow but the second has the "arc" to it. Even though they had been jointed is it possible the second board did not have a totally st...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:29 pm
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: New Owner
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2890
Re: New Owner
It was the first Gray painted Mark 5's in the 1960's that had the crinkle finished paint. I have a Bandsaw from the 1960's made by Magna American Corporation with the Gray crinkle finish paint although it has been repainted once by a previous owner, so it has lost some of that crinkle texture. It wa...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:55 pm
- Forum: Community
- Topic: OLDER SHOPSMITH
- Replies: 13
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Re: OLDER SHOPSMITH
Steve, If you have a Model 10E or 10ER like the one shown in the first picture of my previous post keep in mind they have not been made since the end of 1953. That being said many of the current Shopsmith accessories will still fit it. The Model 10's have the same size reverse tapered 5/8" Spin...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:19 pm
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: New Owner
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2890
Re: New Owner
Adding the access hole behind the logo plate on the back side of the Headstock can be done by marking the hole diameter and drilling holes around the diameter leaving a spot for the logo covers pins as seen below on the "B" Headstock in the picture. This is the same spot that the pins of t...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:28 pm
- Forum: Maintenance and Repair
- Topic: New Owner
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2890
Re: New Owner
OlympicFail, I hope I haven't discouraged you about your Shopsmith purchase. Some of yesterday's comments I made are for future readers of this topic to help them better understand what to look for when considering buying a Shopsmith Mark 5/V. The link below is to a PDF from Shopsmith titled Buying ...