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by algale
Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:03 pm
Forum: Woodworking Tool Review
Topic: Stop Collars - the accessory I should have bought years ago
Replies: 29
Views: 186587

Re: Stop Collars - the accessory I should have bought years ago

I put one stop collar on each leg of the main table and one on each leg of my extension table of my 520. It may be overkill to have a stop collar on each leg, but that's what I did. … With the stop collars now installed and adjusted it's just drop the main table in, drop the extension table in, tig...
by algale
Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:20 pm
Forum: Woodworking Tool Review
Topic: Stop Collars - the accessory I should have bought years ago
Replies: 29
Views: 186587

Re: Stop Collars - the accessory I should have bought years ago

SteveMaryland wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 7:56 pm So $8.95 vs $4.95. Difference is one setscrew... Ouchie. Sorry Mr. Gale !

So I actually really made out, and should quit complaining, 'cause I sure won't be spending $4.00 for one setscrew !

Happily off to the bigbox I go...
It's probably all the extra shipping costs for the set screws. :D
by algale
Sat Jan 13, 2024 3:24 pm
Forum: Woodworking Tool Review
Topic: Stop Collars - the accessory I should have bought years ago
Replies: 29
Views: 186587

Re: Stop Collars - the accessory I should have bought years ago

My recent purchase come with the set screws. I believe this is probably just an unfortunate oversight on their part. Agree with dusty -- call customer service. Did you order the same PN as Steve? I noticed there is a 501438 Stop Collar Assembly ($8.95) on line in addition to the the 501439 that Ste...
by algale
Sat Jan 13, 2024 2:59 pm
Forum: Woodworking Tool Review
Topic: Stop Collars - the accessory I should have bought years ago
Replies: 29
Views: 186587

Re: Stop Collars - the accessory I should have bought years ago

I understand why we would want to use stop collars in pairs - to prevent cocking of the table due to slop - of which a Shopsmith has plenty. So I also recently bought a few extra stop collars (PN 501439) from Shopsmith. They arrived yesterday. To my chagrin, these collars are missing setscrews. How...
by algale
Wed Jan 10, 2024 12:02 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: Shopsmith's new website is up....
Replies: 196
Views: 5542795

Re: Shopsmith's new website is up....

Doc, those links don't work for me but I looked and see it is the world's smallest ferro rod and the world's tiniest tinder. Cute. Probably not as useful as the useless toothpick, however.
by algale
Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:10 am
Forum: Community
Topic: Shopsmith's new website is up....
Replies: 196
Views: 5542795

Re: Shopsmith's new website is up....

@RFGuy -- I agree: different strokes for different folks. One of the things I do all the time with the Shopsmith disc sander is described and shown in PTWFE and that is sanding pieces to the exact same length by using the quill, the depth stop, and backing things up with the fence. While I can cut i...
by algale
Tue Jan 09, 2024 1:52 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: Shopsmith's new website is up....
Replies: 196
Views: 5542795

Re: Shopsmith's new website is up....

But the comparable is the key word there. Yes, straight up comparisons to stand alone machines gets complicated both in terms of quality and functionality. Woodshp Nerdery did a video on this. I wasn't fully convinced by his methodology, which included points for things like manuals (which nearly a...
by algale
Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:25 am
Forum: Community
Topic: A couple if kickback accidents
Replies: 11
Views: 452205

Re: A couple if kickback accidents

I now have the Jessem Clear-Cut Stock Guides on my 520 fence and it works for like 95% of the rips that I do without being in the way. It both pushes down and pulls the board into the fence due to the 5° angle on the rollers. I just have to get a push stick to start the board and go up and over the...
by algale
Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:52 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: Shopsmith's new website is up....
Replies: 196
Views: 5542795

Re: Shopsmith's new website is up....

Even in the relatively short period of time I have been a Shopsmith customer (14 years) the quality of the internal packing on shipments has gotten noticeably worse.
by algale
Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:45 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: Shopsmith's new website is up....
Replies: 196
Views: 5542795

Re: Shopsmith's new website is up....

HopefulSSer wrote: Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:40 pm someone mentioned that the sale price was $950M or thereabouts.
:eek: $950K not $950M!!!