Parts for Shopsmith Outfeed Table

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:21 pm

Ed in Tampa;

You asked in the Sawdust Session chatroom if the parts for the Support Table could be purchased from Shopsmith. I have been waiting for an answer but haven't seen one yet.

I'm going to take a shot at answering your question, risky though it may be:

Pivot Bracket.........515354.......$18.58
Pivot Yoke.............515355.......$ 8.13
Hdw . Packet..........515368.......$ 2.30
Left Bracket...........517861.......$ 7.79
Right Bracket..........517862.......$ 7.79

The brackets attach the Outfeed Table to the Shopsmith. The rest of the parts go on the underside of the table and attach the angled support bracket to the table.

The parts that go on the lower end of the angled support bracket (at the Shopsmith Support Tube) are the subject of the PDF files that Nick posted on the Blackboard.

The support stand (515362) sells for $52.86.

fjimp · Post by **fjimp** » Fri May 30, 2008 6:28 pm

Dusty,

You have an amazing way of finding those items the elude the rest of us. It must be the new eyes. Jim

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Fri May 30, 2008 9:23 pm

Maybe we should hire Dusty to do the Part Lists from now on. Drew and I don't have the time to do that kind of painstaking research. Nice going, Dusty.

With all good wishes,

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:58 pm

Dusty
Thanks!!! I have been debating what to do. Order the Shopsmith table and modify it or go over to Woodcraft get a piece of their Phenolic 3/4 inch ply which I think is much lighter and stronger than what SS uses and build my own using SS hardware.

I have even investigated make my own brackets and such out of hard maple instead of metal. All they really do is hold the table up to the main table.

But your parts list is a great help, thanks ever so much
Ed

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat May 31, 2008 12:20 pm

Before you buy that phenolic, Ed, let me caution you that the dado for the cross-table T-track is 7/16" deep. It weakened our table, which is 1-1/8" thick, but not sufficiently that we felt it might pose a hazard. However, the cut might effect 3/4"-thick material a good deal more. If you insists on using the thinner stuff, I warn you to either (1) forego the T-track -- which is one of the more useful elements in Drew's design -- or (2) add stiffeners beneath the table that run perpendicular to the T-track.

With all good wishes,

timster68 · Post by **timster68** » Sat May 31, 2008 12:43 pm

Since I wasn't there for the live show and this hasn't been posted yet, I'll ask anyway - can the outfeed table also be duplicated for an infeed side (or flipped around)?

Looking forward to viewing this.