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After enough aggravation tightening those horrid square nuts on my Mark V bench, some years ago I replaced them all with elastic locknuts. These are the kind with the plastic band which elastically engages the threads. Sold under the brand name ESNA and made by others as well. These really stay tigh...

I recently designed and fabbed a router sled. A router sled uses a router mounted to a sliding or rolling platform to shave a flat surface on a workpiece. Youtube has numerous videos of router sleds built by others. Most of these are used to create flat table tops from tree stumps or wood burl. I sp...

How did you correct for the emissivity of all those different materials? For instance V-Belt vs metal case. I like the convenience of an IR image-but it can be wrought with hidden difficulties. I would minimally double check some non-moving surfaces with an RTD or thermocouple to verify accuracy. I...

[/quote] In your FLIR images, is the temperature indicated in the upper left box associated with the cross-hairs or pipper in the center of the screen? Was the run time about the same for all images? I didn't see anything I'd worry about, just curious. I agree with jpg regarding floating sheave. If ...

Just finished a headstock rebuild and wanted to replace the motor cable strain-relief bushing. After much plier and screwdriver work I finally got the strain relief out but beat it up in the process so of course I wanted to get a new one. The original was made by Heyco. My pliers wiped off the old p...

Just finished a headstock rebuild. All new bearings and belts. As a check, I took some thermal images to verify no unusual hot spots. Images attached as PDF. Everything runs OK but I now have a speed control problem where after running at high (P-Q) speed, the speed did not want to come down. So I d...

Welcome to the forum! Good to have you here. I'd be curious to hear more about the procedure you described here. If you could post a picture and/or some more details of the procedure it would be appreciated. [/quote] I have attached 4 PDFs to show how I use this ball bushing shaft alignment tool. (T...

Just joined the forum. Mechanical engineer. I have owned my Shopsmith Mark V for over 30 years. Bought it around the same time I bought my house. I have used my Shopsmith almost entirely for home maintenence and renovation projects. Currently fabricating two rollup garage doors. Next project is floo...