Dansmith wrote:You may want to check out the Zero Play Guide Bar System. Will fit the Shopsmith (fits my 500). I think it is an excellent product. See my breif review here: http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/woodw ... 19738.html
Thanks! This looks like a great product. Of course, SS also sells their own miter bars, and I'm familiar with the Incra ones as well. I just wasn't aware about the custom SS slot width until I tried the others.
And even more interesting the 10E & 10ER had a 3/4 miter bar. But it is 1/4 tall and so the standard bars won't fit either (too tall). And to never be known why they shifted to a narrower bar
Just to make it more interesting..... When measured some saws use a miter slot of .755 ie the powermatic PM66, delta unisaw, some jet saws and then there are saws that use .750 like craftsman and ridgid. Then comes the bar size, from .753 to .751 for the larger ones and down to .742 for the narrower versions. So the thing we call standard, well it isn't really. However shopsmith is more unique then most.
Which is why incra can sell adjustable bars and have people buy them. The key is adjustable.
And now some newer saws and router tables have gone to 5/8". You just go to love it. At least when shopsmith decided on a size they stuck with it mark 5 to mark 7. Well they did add the t-slot and associated bar but we all know how to make them work together now don't we.
Ed
{Knight of the Shopsmith} [Hero's don't wear capes, they wear dog tags]
As Ed said, my 2 Craftsman tablesaws are the same as my Ridgid TS (except for the "T" shaped slots. I was curious about an old Delta saw that says "Manufactured by Rockwell Manufacturing for Delta" It is a Delta "Homecraft". Nice little 8" saw with a 3/4 HP Delta double shaft motor on it. Those miter gauges will not work on my 10-ER, the width is right but the bar is too tall.
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Francis Robinson
I did not equip with Shopsmiths in spite of the setups but because of them.
1 1988 - Mark V 510 (bought new), 4 Poly vee 1 1/8th HP Mark V's, Mark VII, 1 Mark V Mini, 1 Frankensmith, 1 10-ER, 1 Mark V Push-me-Pull-me Drillpress, SS bandsaw, belt sander, jointer, jigsaw, shaper attach, mortising attach, TS-3650 Rigid tablesaw, RAS, 6" long bed jointer, Foley/Belsaw Planer/molder/ripsaw, 1" sander, oscillating spindle/belt sander, Scroll saw, Woodmizer sawmill
Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange
I used them to build a couple of jigs including a crosscut sled that seems to work well with my new Mark 7. There are some you tube vids that explain how to use them as the instructions are a bit confusing.
