Question about table saw alignment

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 1:16 pm

dusty wrote:As a matter of fact, we probably disagree with one another more than we agree.

JPG is an engineer and I was nothing more than an engineering technician. I was the grunt. I've got no book learning. I spent all my time in the lab making what came out of the design suite upstairs work.

Having worked with both those hats on I can fully relate to that!

I recall a prof once stating he rarely needed to go to the 'lab' to verify his 'theories'. He was probably brilliant in his field and that may have been an accurate statement. Such lack of humility troubles me!:(

I to this day consider him to be an educated fool.

My theories may not be pressing the art forward, but they are fully grounded in practicality(usually).

I have always been a hands on type.

I am quite 'opinionated', but truly try to be open minded. Often listening causes my opinions to change!;)(usually the result of 'new' information)

woodhead52 · Post by **woodhead52** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 2:47 pm

Knowledge, book learned and especially practical, combined with receptivity and open mindedness are probably why both of you are such good resources.

Thanks,
Pete

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 3:02 pm

woodhead52 wrote:Knowledge, book learned and especially practical, combined with receptivity and open mindedness are probably why both of you are such good resources.

Thanks,
Pete

Thank you for the kind words. However, I am not very open minded. I am very opinionated and slow to change my mind about anything.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 6:55 pm

dusty wrote:Thank you for the kind words. However, I am not very open minded. I am very opinionated and slow to change my mind about anything.

He said that, not me!:D

It is not entirely true however.]to me[/B] by way of a 2x4 between the eyes(gotta get my attention first).

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 5:24 pm

This is a throw back to an older thread but the subject matter may still be of concern for some you.

This resurfaced somewhat due to a problem that I was having with the Mark V in drill press mode. I spoke with Shopsmith and part of their contribution to the solution of my problem was a replacement trunnion. Customer Service, during our discussions asked about my trunnions. Upon discovering that my rear trunnion had 3/8" holes, I was informed that I would be receiving a replacement.

Today it arrived but in addition to the 1/2" trunnion bolt holes, there is another significant change.

Woodhead52 made mention of the rail mounting bolt that interferes with the rear trunnion, making table alignment difficult (to say the least). See post #4 in this thread. Shopsmith has resolved that issue. This along with other occasions makes me believe that they do hear what is said here on the forum.

I have not seen woodhead52 online in a long while but I hope he checks in now and then. His comments did make a difference.

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Notice how one corner has been milled off. This allows room for the nut that holds the rear rail to be installed while leaving room for the table to be moved around during table alignment.

reible · Post by **reible** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 6:14 pm

Since I have more then one shopsmith this is how I drilled mine.

https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=4458

Do be careful one of the guys here took a pretty heavy blow when things started spinning, you don't want happening to you.

Ed

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 6:21 pm

reible wrote:Since I have more then one shopsmith this is how I drilled mine.

https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=4458

Do be careful one of the guys here took a pretty heavy blow when things started spinning, you don't want happening to you.

Ed

Drilling the holes larger, Ed, is only part of the change. Notice the corner that was taken off.

reible · Post by **reible** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 9:57 pm

dusty wrote:Drilling the holes larger, Ed, is only part of the change. Notice the corner that was taken off.

Yep saw that, I haven't had that problem yet.

Could you measure and make a drawing of the missing piece in case I decide I want to do something like that in the future? Please and thank you.

Wonder when that change was added?

Ed

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 5:32 am

reible wrote:Yep saw that, I haven't had that problem yet.

Could you measure and make a drawing of the missing piece in case I decide I want to do something like that in the future? Please and thank you.

Wonder when that change was added?

Ed

I don't know but I do suspect that it occurred as a result of this series of posts on the forum. It was about this same time that Nick indicated that the trunnion bolt holes should all be 1/2".

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 9:45 am

The replacement trunnion has been installed and with it installed the table aligned with no difficulty.

I did forget to use the dollar bill and had to do it all over so that the table would tilt without squealing.

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