Shopsmith Bolts??

hdoilcan · Post by **hdoilcan** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 2:15 am

I was going thru a box of parts last week and came across some bolts and have no idea what they are for and then I was on ebay and seen them same bolts..... Does anyone know what they would go to on a shopsmith?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Shopsmith-Bolts ... 19e26bbff0

SDSSmith · Post by **SDSSmith** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:40 am

hdoilcan wrote:I was going thru a box of parts last week and came across some bolts and have no idea what they are for and then I was on ebay and seen them same bolts..... Does anyone know what they would go to on a shopsmith?

www.ebay.com/itm/Shopsmith-Bolts-L-K-/111172894704?pt=Power_Tools&hash=item19e26bbff0

The are for the original Shopsmith 10E Extension table and fence.....they hold the fence in place on the table top.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:56 am

The 10E came with the bracket that mounts to the tailstock. The 'table' consisted of a piece of plywood. These bolts attach to the 'table/bracket' and up through two vertical holes in the fence. There is no 'rail' for the fence to register on the 'table' front.

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dgale · Post by **dgale** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:10 pm

What is the purpose of them sticking up through the table? I must be missing something. My 10E's have the plywood table as described but they are just bolted to the bracket with bolts that are in countersunk holes...not the above type that are standing proud by a couple inches.

SDSSmith · Post by **SDSSmith** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:11 pm

dgale wrote:What is the purpose of them sticking up through the table? I must be missing something. My 10E's have the plywood table as described but they are just bolted to the bracket with bolts that are in countersunk holes...not the above type that are standing proud by a couple inches.

To drop the fence down over and lock in place with the wing nuts.

hdoilcan · Post by **hdoilcan** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:13 pm

Thanks for clearing it up for me...... pictures are always great for us visual kind of people

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:00 pm

dgale wrote:What is the purpose of them sticking up through the table? I must be missing something. My 10E's have the plywood table as described but they are just bolted to the bracket with bolts that are in countersunk holes...not the above type that are standing proud by a couple inches.

So how do you attach the rip fence to that piece of plywood?

Notice there are 4 screws in de pix.

Two are used to secure the board to the mounting bracket.

Between the bracket and the board is a piece of bar stock. The mystery screws are secured to that bar stock. The part sticking up is passed through holes in the rip fence, and the wing nuts tightened down on the top of the fence.

When the rip fence is not being used there, the mystery screws are removed.

algale · Post by **algale** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:03 pm

JPG40504 wrote:So how do you attach the rip fence to that piece of plywood?

Notice there are 4 screws in de pix.

Two are used to secure the board to the mounting bracket.

Between the bracket and the board is a piece of bar stock. The mystery screws are secured to that bar stock. The part sticking up is passed through holes in the rip fence, and the wing nuts tightened down on the top of the fence.

When the rip fence is not being used there, the mystery screws are removed.

Did anyone actually successfully use the 10E rip fence this way?

dgale · Post by **dgale** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:35 pm

JPG40504 wrote:So how do you attach the rip fence to that piece of plywood?

I don't as I don't use my 10E's as a table saw…they came as described above…never really gave much thought to the possibility of using a rip fence on the extension table as one is a permanent drill press, one a lathe, and the other two parts on my workshop floor. How reliable would this set-up be for making square cuts?

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:40 am

Rip fences do not make square cuts(that is the task of the miter gauge).

Yes this 'arrangement' can be adequate for ripping, but it is not very 'handy'. Width adjustment has to occur by positioning the blade. The headstock or quill are moved to set width since the fence is 'fixed' to the 'tailstock'.

This 'scheme' was replaced with the ER.