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I saw the AAW current issue of Woodturning FUNdamentals where they showed a brush to clean off the dust accumulation on the bandsaw whee tires. Anybody done that on a SS bandsaw?
Danny

Today I added a Power Pro Headstock. I’ll be putting this on my double tilt bench I pick up a few months ago. I guess I can say I now have a Shopsmith Mark 7 and a Shopsmith Mark V 520. I also got another 520 floating tables and 3” wheels for the Mark 7. Still have to pick up a set of caster bracke...

Interesting. I guess I could add a second arm opposite .
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Danny

I've searched here and see that that some people have built a steady rest. Are there any plans to do so?? My brain isn't smart enough to design one from scratch.

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Danny

I just completed a PP upgrade...ask me anything! The first thing I would recommend is complete disassembly, go ahead and remove the quill feed. Then you can clean the main housing thoroughly. Polish the waytube and quill bores to a mirror finish. The instructions say to place the new labels over th...

David... Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I read the instructions and saw it said no belt adjusting. and I thought I would installed the head and see how it worked.
Danny

Well.... I received my new PowerPro headstock today. I've been told over on FB that the belt will probably need to be tension. Two different people said that they had to re-tension the belt. Any advice on this????????
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Danny

Russ... THANKS
Danny

Danny you asked, Is there any documentation that comes with the PowerPro upgrade? The only thing I can find here a MarkVII Summary manual. It mainly talks about the machine setup and basic operation of the headstock. I found out on FB that the planner mounts on the RIGHT side and the headstock runs...

PEOPLE...... Thanks for the conversation. I can understand both view points. My main concern is that I operated the machine correctly.
Danny