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Or, if you are handy with tools and have some extra time, you might want to consider doing the upgrade yourself. This way you will have backup parts in case you need to pull the PP out for whatever reason down the road. You will same some money and also become acquainted with how things work. Fred ...

Or, if you are handy with tools and have some extra time, you might want to consider doing the upgrade yourself. This way you will have backup parts in case you need to pull the PP out for whatever reason down the road. You will same some money and also become acquainted with how things work.
Fred

What they mean is I received it by accident and I'm not going to give it back
Fred

Check out this video. It's the second video. You can skip to 1:20 to see what I'm talking about.
Fred

http://www.shopsmith.com/shopsmithpowerpro/pp_diy.htm

When I installed the PP in my 520, the instructions had the way tubes tilted up and the table mounted just under the bottom of the housing. That way you could tilt the motor out of the housing right onto the table. Same thing when you reinstall the motor. My failure was due to a bad power supply, wh...

If SS is depending on the PP for their survival, I don't have much hope for their future. If they were to offer the PP as an option rather than the standard, they might make it. Having used the PP for years I have enough experience to compare the PP to the non-PP units. By modifying my standard moto...

You need to talk to Sue. She sent my power supply back to the manufacture for repairs. I received it back in two weeks with a total repair cost of $350, including shipping. You might want to remove the motor and check all connections first. Also you need to check the speed sensor under the fan cover...

I have been receiving a Microsoft Virus Alert the past few months. Seems it pops up while I'm on the SS site. I had the Geek Squad clean up my computer yesterday using my monthly subscription, and they said I'm ready to go. Well it popped up again this morning. It doesn't seem to be an infection on ...

I hope Amazon takes over all deliveries. I receive my Amazon orders the very next day on most of my orders. Once they begin to start using drones, it will be 1 hour delivery

There is a very active Facebook site for thousands of Shopsmith users that will take up the slack as far as communications goes. SS will live on, there will always be somebody willing to provide services and parts to the thousands of SS users. https://www.facebook.com/groups/684461538311971/?ref=boo...