Afternoon with Bill and Ann Mayo

[SDSSmith]

Lovejoy is a 'contingency' plan!]P.P.S. "I questioned your premise of using one set of way tubes to generate a mini of 'normal' dimensions. Doing that would create bench tubes of 26" length and way tubes of 25-1/4" length."

I never said 'that!' [/SIZE] Again: 52 - 26 5/8 = 26 3/8 = one way and one bench tube of 'normal' mini length(i.e. same as yoruns). BTW what starts out as a tube of 26 + 25 1/4 = 51 3/4 length??? ;>}

I must have misread post 26 of this thread.

[joshh]

If you cut your tubes too short, you can use the coupler that is inside the Shopsmith speed reducer ( 515798 )

It mounts to the spindle on one end and accepts the 5-spline hub on the other. I think it's about half the length or less than the standard coupler.

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