Missing 3/4 spacer on Dado arbor

dynabase · Post by **dynabase** » Tue Jun 13, 2017 4:13 pm

I lost the 3/4 inch spacer on my Dado arbor. Does anyone know where I can find a replacement short of buying a new complete arbor? I contacted Shopsmith but have not heard back yet.

woodmeister · Post by **woodmeister** » Tue Jun 13, 2017 5:19 pm

is it 1/2 in hole and 3/4 inch think? What is height or OD of spacer ? I probably have one.
Tom

jsburger · Post by **jsburger** » Tue Jun 13, 2017 5:36 pm

woodmeister wrote:is it 1/2 in hole and 3/4 inch think? What is height or OD of spacer ? I probably have one.
Tom

The Dado arbor is 5/8" so the hole in the spacer is 5/8".

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Tue Jun 13, 2017 6:11 pm

dynabase wrote:I lost the 3/4 inch spacer on my Dado arbor. Does anyone know where I can find a replacement short of buying a new complete arbor? I contacted Shopsmith but have not heard back yet.

Are you sure that it is a 3/4" spacer? I have two sets and neither one of them has a spacer that wide.

jsburger · Post by **jsburger** » Tue Jun 13, 2017 6:19 pm

dusty wrote:
dynabase wrote:I lost the 3/4 inch spacer on my Dado arbor. Does anyone know where I can find a replacement short of buying a new complete arbor? I contacted Shopsmith but have not heard back yet.
Are you sure that it is a 3/4" spacer? I have two sets and neither one of them has a spacer that wide.

It is 5/8" on the current arbor. There were 3/4" spacers on some (all?) 10ER arbors of the same basic design.

garys · Post by **garys** » Tue Jun 13, 2017 6:29 pm

You might not have lost the spacer. Recently I went through my Shopsmith parts and found a similar arbor that had no spacer. I don't know if it ever had one. This is the post about it.
http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewt ... or#p232793

RobertTaylor · Post by **RobertTaylor** » Tue Jun 13, 2017 6:31 pm

A. Piece of any hardwood could easily be any size spacer that you need.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Tue Jun 13, 2017 6:47 pm

jsburger wrote:
dusty wrote:
dynabase wrote:I lost the 3/4 inch spacer on my Dado arbor. Does anyone know where I can find a replacement short of buying a new complete arbor? I contacted Shopsmith but have not heard back yet.
Are you sure that it is a 3/4" spacer? I have two sets and neither one of them has a spacer that wide.
It is 5/8" on all the ones I have including 10ER.

Are you referring to the thickness of the "spacer" or the bore. The bore is 5/8" on all of mine too. I have several that are a variety of thicknesses.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Tue Jun 13, 2017 6:48 pm

RobertTaylor wrote:A. Piece of any hardwood could easily be any size spacer that you need.

What removes the wood from the dado groove when you do that?

jsburger · Post by **jsburger** » Tue Jun 13, 2017 7:03 pm

dusty wrote:
jsburger wrote:
dusty wrote:
Are you sure that it is a 3/4" spacer? I have two sets and neither one of them has a spacer that wide.
It is 5/8" on all the ones I have including 10ER.
Are you referring to the thickness of the "spacer" or the bore. The bore is 5/8" on all of mine too. I have several that are a variety of thicknesses.

Yes the bores and shaft diameter is 5/8" on all the arbors. In that post I was referring to the thickness. However, I misspoke. The current washer is 5/8" thick. There were/are 10ER arbors with 3/4" thick washers. I have corrected the incorrect post.

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