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Hi, I'm in the general Chicago area too, out west in Aurora to be more accurate. Let me welcome you to the forum and don't worry about the misstep about the selling restrictions... it has happen before. If you want to try and sell to some one who is a shopsmith person you might try the forum over a...

Agreed> Those levers are always in the wrong spot and the "flow" of working is always interrupted by finding them, bumping into them, repositioning them, etc. I look forward to trying out your method this weekend. P.S. that is the "happiest" 4 jaw chuck I have ever seen! :p C O ...

. . . For those that have used the shopsmith for cutting threads (tapping), my guess is that this will really be an improvement over doing it with a sanding disk in place. I haven't tried yet but I can not see any problems and I'm actually looking forward to trying it. Ed I like it! It Would be a L...

janellojr wrote:1) Live in Chicago area .
2) plan on visiting forums often
3) sorry about offering My machine for sale I was as a new guy unaware of restriction. Is there a legitimate way to sell machine or parts on this site at all. Thanks

Not according to the sponser!

This technology looks great. However, it doesn't look like anything I have seen in any of the Shopsmith items I have worked on. The Nylok website causes me to believe the product is BLUE and it appears to be engineered into the fastener not dabbed on (like nail polish). The original nylok was the '...

dusty wrote:Is nylock the proper terminology for what I have been referring to as nail polish?

Think Frigidaire Dusty! I did misspell nylok! Nail polish = nylon patch.

After some searching the SS web site and looking thru the exploded veiw of the headstock and a list of the parts in the headstock I have concluded that the set screws in ? are for the motor (fan) sheave ( I think ). When looking at the parts list there is a Motor Pan Assembly P/N 504194. It contain...

Can you turn the output shaft by hand(put a sanding disk or faceplate on the output shaft)? Does it move and then catch? What noise does it make when it catches(clunk/metal to metal or quiet/spongey)? If it clunks, see previous posts! If it is spongey, take the access cover off and look inside. Dete...

navycop wrote:I'm not sure if this goes here. I this on the Harbor Frieght website. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... umber=3793
Is it a web only item or can I get it in store? I called my local HF. They didn't seem to know what I was talking about.

Did you give them the item number?

a1gutterman wrote:Want moredetail??

YES! more detail needed!

Please describe the setscrews as Dusty did (size/thread/length/tip). I believe we got an answer re hex set screws, but not for all the other screws.