Anyone seen or bought one of these?

pieceseeker · Post by **pieceseeker** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 9:47 pm

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Deluxe-Motor-Ar ... OC:US:3160

I have bought one, comes from Canada. I have not received it yet, purchased 1-15-14. Shipping is incredibly slow. Thought it may come in handy for polishing the 500's parts or anything else for that matter.

pieceseeker · Post by **pieceseeker** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 8:04 pm

Started a complaint case on Ebay for this item. Already heard back from the seller, they have filed a case with USPS to try to track this package down. Only tracking location...Columbus Ohio. Anybody live there that has time to find my package?

Stay tuned......

BuckeyeDennis · Post by **BuckeyeDennis** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 8:48 pm

pieceseeker wrote:Started a complaint case on Ebay for this item. Already heard back from the seller, they have filed a case with USPS to try to track this package down. Only tracking location...Columbus Ohio. Anybody live there that has time to find my package?

Stay tuned......

Sure, no problem. It's 4 degrees here, every vacant spot in the city is heaped high with plowed snow, and the postal workers are undoubtedly hair-trigger ready to "go postal". I'll get right on that! Next July.

rcplaneguy · Post by **rcplaneguy** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 8:53 pm

Sounds like a delay caused by weather.

pieceseeker · Post by **pieceseeker** » Fri Feb 07, 2014 8:58 pm

3 Weeks!! It must be on a missing truck in a snow drift somewhere, not to be discovered till Spring!

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 4:04 am

May I change the subject just a little bit. Please explain how you intend to use that? How do you chuck it on the Shopsmith?

pieceseeker · Post by **pieceseeker** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 5:52 am

Dusty, It looks to me like it attaches directly to the quill. Then of course a buffing wheel is attached to the 5/8 threaded end. It's extra long to keep the buffing wheel away from the headstock.

I does remain to be seen what the runout will be.

My thoughts are it may be convenient to have a non-attached end specifically for buffing. I've seen the homemade rigs that set up in lath mode, a long threaded rod with multiple buff wheels mounted. That seems like a good choice also, to be able to have 2 or 3 different grits all ready to go.

But in some cases, doing an inside curve may be challenging with the homemade one. A large bowl for instance, may be problematic.

I just wanted another option available to me.....just in case.

RobertTaylor · Post by **RobertTaylor** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 7:15 am

that is merely a cheap motor arbor that is available at any hardware store or even Woodcraft stores. Shopsmith has a much more "stout" version. the universal arbor 505506 and also the Molder/Dado arbor with the same part number.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 8:07 am

pieceseeker wrote:Dusty, It looks to me like it attaches directly to the quill. Then of course a buffing wheel is attached to the 5/8 threaded end. It's extra long to keep the buffing wheel away from the headstock.

I does remain to be seen what the runout will be.

My thoughts are it may be convenient to have a non-attached end specifically for buffing. I've seen the homemade rigs that set up in lath mode, a long threaded rod with multiple buff wheels mounted. That seems like a good choice also, to be able to have 2 or 3 different grits all ready to go.

But in some cases, doing an inside curve may be challenging with the homemade one. A large bowl for instance, may be problematic.

I just wanted another option available to me.....just in case.

At first glance, I thought it looked like a morse taper. If it is just a straight shaft, either 1/2" or 5/8", then I do understand.

pieceseeker · Post by **pieceseeker** » Sat Feb 08, 2014 8:54 am

dusty wrote:At first glance, I thought it looked like a morse taper. If it is just a straight shaft, either 1/2" or 5/8", then I do understand.

Yea, there is just a little perspective (vanishing point) effect there.