differentiating Way tube and bench tube

sophiahat · Post by **sophiahat** » Fri May 16, 2008 1:46 pm

hello all,
I'm a shopsmith newbie who picked up a used Mark V 520. We had to disassemble the piece to get it into my truck. Looking at the manual i'm having difficulty in telling the difference between the way tubes and the bench tubes. I can tell that one pair is longer than the other. So, which pair is the longest, the way tubes or the bench tubes?

Thanks
Chris

billmayo · Post by **billmayo** » Fri May 16, 2008 2:27 pm

The top (way) tubes are 52" long. The bottom (bench) tubes are 52 3/4" long. Be aware there are small stops for the bench tubes on one end and I bring the bench tubes even with the drop off of the housing at the other end. I use a carpenter's square at each end to insure the bench tubes are square with the ends. This helps when doing alignments later.

sophiahat wrote:hello all,
I'm a shopsmith newbie who picked up a used Mark V 520. We had to disassemble the piece to get it into my truck. Looking at the manual i'm having difficulty in telling the difference between the way tubes and the bench tubes. I can tell that one pair is longer than the other. So, which pair is the longest, the way tubes or the bench tubes?

Thanks
Chris

SDSSmith · Post by **SDSSmith** » Fri May 16, 2008 4:55 pm

As Bill's response implied the bench tubes are 3/4" longer than the way tubes. My bench tubes are 52-3/4" long and my way tubes are 52" long.