My new (to me) Sawsmith RAS

heathicus · Post by **heathicus** » Tue May 14, 2013 12:29 pm

I emailed the seller and asked about the "Add-A-Tool" bracket and if he still had it. (Being somewhat of a completist, I'd love to find that bracket even if I never use it. It's much more rare than the 10ER speed changer! Perhaps about as rare as the 10ER to Mark 5 SPT adapters.) He said he didn't remember there ever being a bracket on it, but he'd look around for it. From which, I can deduce that he's not the original owner of the machine.

I am completely positive that the bracket was on it. The paint fade around where the bracket was located is a dead give-away. And going by the inclusion of the drive hubs in the parts box rather than pulleys, I am also deducing it was used to power a jointer. While the bandsaw, belt sander, and other accessories used pulleys and a belt between the SPT and Sawsmith, the jointer was directly driven with a Power Coupler.

fredsheldon · Post by **fredsheldon** » Tue May 14, 2013 3:42 pm

Heath, your IM in box is full, delete some messages

heathicus · Post by **heathicus** » Tue May 14, 2013 3:53 pm

fredsheldon wrote:Heath, your IM in box is full, delete some messages

Oops. Done!

Heard back from the previous owner again. And I'm going to stop bugging him now. But he says that, to his knowledge, I'm at least the 4th owner of this machine. In that case, I feel very fortunate that it is in as good of shape as it is and still has some of the commonly missing/broken pieces!

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Wed May 15, 2013 12:58 pm

Gee Heathicus.....I used to be a woodworker...... :-(

heathicus · Post by **heathicus** » Wed May 15, 2013 1:24 pm

mickyd wrote:Gee Heathicus.....I used to be a woodworker...... :-(

You'll always be part of this family, Mickyd! So don't be a stranger!

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed May 15, 2013 5:48 pm

mickyd wrote:Gee Heathicus.....I used to be a woodworker...... :-(

Glad to see you are still breathing!!!!!:):):):):):):):):)

Bike in for repairs this morning????:D

wlhayesmfs · Post by **wlhayesmfs** » Wed May 15, 2013 7:18 pm

I have been trying to find an Add a tool for my RAS also but have only see a few on Ebay and they are really proud of them and they are going pretty high.
Have gone through mine and getting ready to put it back together after painting the whole cabinet.

heathicus · Post by **heathicus** » Wed May 15, 2013 7:53 pm

I'd love to see pics of the finished product.

wlhayesmfs · Post by **wlhayesmfs** » Wed May 15, 2013 8:20 pm

Will try and get some pictures of it as it goes back together, Not sure when since I have to have surgery on my Left foot this year after having surgery on my 'Right last year, Good thing that is all the feet I have so I can put this breaking joints behind me and not do any more surgerys to try and put be back together and just work in the shop. LOL

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed May 15, 2013 10:41 pm

Hi
MickieD!!!!!!!!!!!!!