Shopsmith Oscillating Sander

reible · Post by **reible** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:53 pm

We are almost done here.

Next the lower crank is put on, here it is at 12:00

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Now the lower is set at???? come on keep up here, it is 2:00, as shown here

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Now you can unlock the quill and adjust the arm position so the cable slips over the pulley as shown here

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It is set for longest stroke which is where I leave it but you can play with that if you wish. The unit is now operational. Wasn't so bad was it. It really goes fast and if you are in a hurry I bet it can be done in under 2 minutes.

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As a bonus here is how mine is stored, not taking up much room in the shop just like I like it.

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I will leave it set up for the night so if you want to see something else let me know, going back to storage tomorrow, but as you know that is only minutes away from being put back on.

Ed

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:18 pm

Do I understand correctly that you need to change the headstock hub? Seems strange!
One more thing left out of the marketing blurb.

reible · Post by **reible** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:29 pm

JPG40504 wrote:Do I understand correctly that you need to change the headstock hub? Seems strange!
One more thing left out of the marketing blurb.

They also left out the part about not being a klutz and dropping the other hub down back in to the black hole of your shop... well something to do tomorrow, look for hub that has dropped out of sight.

Ed

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:44 pm

reible wrote:They also left out the part about not being a klutz and dropping the other hub down back in to the black hole of your shop... well something to do tomorrow, look for hub that has dropped out of sight.

Ed

I imagine it rolled purty gud!:eek::D

That 'dropsy' gets worse! I dropped a digital caliper which landed on the concrete floor inside fingers tips first last night! @#$%*!^&

mbcabinetmaker · Post by **mbcabinetmaker** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:02 am

Thanks Ed, Jim and Red aka jpg. It does not look that intimidating to me. I used the drum sander a great deal yesterday. I really like using the 520 for that operation over the Jet sander that I sold earlier in the year. I can set both the table height and the speed to my liking. I have used one of the Ridgid table top sanders and they are ok but I just like something a little more solid and the larger table of the 520. I think the osculation SPT will be a good investment for me.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:45 am

mbcabinetmaker wrote:Thanks Ed, Jim and Red aka jpg. It does not look that intimidating to me. I used the drum sander a great deal yesterday. I really like using the 520 for that operation over the Jet sander that I sold earlier in the year. I can set both the table height and the speed to my liking. I have used one of the Ridgid table top sanders and they are ok but I just like something a little more solid and the larger table of the 520. I think the osculation SPT will be a good investment for me.

When you order it, and if Dave is the CS rep, ask him how to install it?:D

fjimp · Post by **fjimp** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:52 pm

JPG40504 wrote:When you order it, and if Dave is the CS rep, ask him how to install it?:D

Yeah just don't growl at him, you may hurt his feelings. That would be a shame.

I need to once again add a big Thank You to all who assisted me in sorting this issue out and add that, once again knowledge gained here surpasses any other known source for Shopsmith know how.

:):rolleyes: Jim

horologist · Post by **horologist** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:42 pm

reible wrote:I think this might be the post:

http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/showthread.htm?t=4686

BTW you can chuck these in the shopsmith oscillating sander so they spin while the move up and down, of course the jig saw just has them just going up and down.

Ed

Nope, that's not the one.
However, it is even better than the post I was thinking of.
Can't believe I forgot this one. It looks like neither of the two retailers mentioned on the Jim Dandy web page still carry the mini sanding arbors so I will contact them directly.
Thanks for the link.

Troy

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:20 pm

horologist wrote:Nope, that's not the one.
However, it is even better than the post I was thinking of.
Can't believe I forgot this one. It looks like neither of the two retailers mentioned on the Jim Dandy web page still carry the mini sanding arbors so I will contact them directly.
Thanks for the link.

Troy

About half way down.
http://www.jimdandy.com/products.html

apexsunguitars · Post by **apexsunguitars** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:09 pm

Does anyone have an electronic copy of the manual / instructions? The pics in this thread help a lot but I like to have the paper too. I bought a new one sans instructions a week before they went on sale direct from SS. I still saved 15 bucks but I would have liked to support the company when its affordable.

edit: n/m customer service sent me a 6 page instruction booklet so they saved the day!