My first SS. SO EXCITED!

berry · Post by **berry** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:44 pm

jhut83 wrote:Hello everyone! I just picked up my first ShopSmith. I saw it on craigslist for $120 so I had to check it out. After an hour and a half ride and five minutes of looking at it, I paid the man and headed home with a grin on my face.

Welcome aboard. I got my SS in 1982 and I'm still excited with I go to the shop to work on a new project. It's why I go there most days.

dgale · Post by **dgale** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:12 pm

jhut83 wrote:WooHoo! I found the tool rest! Nothing else though.

Am I correct that the live center (item "C" in the top photo I posted above) is in your tailstock? I looks that way from the photo you posted but it's hard to tell for sure.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 1:05 am

dgale wrote:Am I correct that the live center (item "D" in the top photo I posted above) is in your tailstock? I looks that way from the photo you posted but it's hard to tell for sure.

Looks like "C" to me!;)

dgale · Post by **dgale** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 4:48 am

[quote="JPG40504"]Looks like "C" to me!]

Oops - yeah, that's what I meant

jhut83 · Post by **jhut83** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 7:58 am

dgale wrote:Am I correct that the live center (item "C" in the top photo I posted above) is in your tailstock? I looks that way from the photo you posted but it's hard to tell for sure.

I'm not sure. I'll go look this morning and take some pictures.

jhut83 · Post by **jhut83** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 9:45 am

Here's what I have. I cleaned it up a little with a wire wheel on the bench grinder. Before and after shots.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 9:47 am

Apparently our eyes deceived us!;)

dgale · Post by **dgale** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 11:14 am

That's the cup center (item#B in above photo) - live center is nice to have but the cup center serves the same purpose and is certainly enough to get you going with some spindle turning. Now, just dig around and see if you can find the drive center (Item#A). If not, both the drive center and live center can be bought from SS and are also seen fairly regularly on E-Bay.

You might as well post a picture of the rest of the stuff you got and let us dig through your box and see what else ya got

jhut83 · Post by **jhut83** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 11:57 am

I picked up a live center on sale at Rockler yesterday for $20. Here it is installed. I also took off the sanding disk and put the tool rest on. The drive center is missing.

jhut83 · Post by **jhut83** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 11:58 am

How hard is it to find these bolts? I'm missing one.