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[Composed]

BR549,
Thank you for your response.
I’m glad you noticed and mentioned the shelf, because I had forgotten that I had placed anything from the Shopsmith on that shelf. That shelf has most of the parts of a lathe replicator along with the guards you noticed which were packaged with the replicator that I purchased. The 12” sanding disc is also on the shelf.
I mistakenly thought I had posted photos of the planer, but had not, so if I have everything right the photos should now be below this text. Hopefully, I did not pay too much for my Mark V, but nonetheless, I believe I will continue to be pleased with my purchase as I paid less than half of the original asking price.

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Best regards,

Glenn aka composed

[JPG]

Fer the record, that is a jointer, not a planer.

Glad to understand why thee had a lathe duplicator part in the earlier pix. However it should have been attached to a small table that the duplicator slides on.

Nice acquisition!!!.

[rpd]

Welcome.

A tip on posting photos here, When a cell phone takes pictures it saves them all as if they were taken in landscape mode and then saves the actual orientation as a flag in the meta-data, doing it this way allows it to take pictures more quickly. Unfortunately the PHPBB (the forum software) programmers won't take that into consideration. The easiest way around this is to take all your photos in landscape mode.

[Composed]

JPG,

Thanks for your response. Poor typing on my part. I bought I had typed joiner when I actually typed planer. I’m glad that you caught that as it’s a great reminder to me to slow down and read what I’ve typed before sending.

As for the duplicator, I do have the table and I believe several pieces of plexiglass for safety shielding and I’m getting excited about getting to know my Mark V.

Glenn

[everettdavis]

You may also benefit from two recently restored Mark 5 manuals on My Google Drive see: http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/posti ... 0&p=249923

Photos and guides in them are essentially the same through the years, but there are some gems in various releases of manuals that only appear once.

Lot's free stuff available.

One of the best resources through the years has been the Power Tool Woodworking for Everyone book

Graciously Shopsmith has it free, on-line, and indexed for you to navigate at the following location: http://www.shopsmith.com/academy/introduction.htm

It will teach you a great deal.

You also may benefit with the free Summary Manuals that Shopsmith has for free download. They aren't full manuals, but they are very helpful and made for the specific models they sell today, and they do have one for the earlier 500.

Even if your is older model, they will give you a handle on what's possible as you can upgrade your machine to incorporate those upgrades as/if you see fit to.

http://www.shopsmith.com/getting_starte ... anuals.htm

I cannot over emphasize the importance of the Safety Upgrades for your Jointer to start with. Used properly, it is excellent. Used improperly it is perhaps the most dangerous tool in the shop.

If you get into a saw blade and cut off a finger, they might be able to reattach it.

If you get your hand into a Jointer, it makes hamburger, so buying those safety upgrades like the Aux Fence Kit from Shopsmith at $89.25 is far less cost than the cheapest emergency room visit out there. See http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/cata ... ncekit.htm

Learn to align, adjust and use the tools properly and you will be on your way to a rewarding experience in woodworking.

You might even like to review My Method to the Alignment Process document on My Google Drive.

Everett

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[everettdavis]

If you have the smaller 500 table and a limited budget but want a simpler less cost approach to an initial safety upgrade consider buying a new style fence for the old style table.

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/cata ... pgrade.htm

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Then you can add the feather board kit that works with the later style rip fences to your arsenal of safety.

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/cata ... rboard.htm

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Just another illustration of things that you can consider.

Everett

[dusty]

How long is the aluminum extrusion used in the upgraded 500 fence? It looks like a bandsaw fence.

[everettdavis]

How long is the aluminum extrusion used in the upgraded 500 fence? It looks like a bandsaw fence.

I don't know how long, but it would have to be approximately the same as the original 500 fence, since it replaces it.

see the attached PDF about it. Maybe you can extrapolate a length from that. I just don't know how long.

It is definitely not a bandsaw rip fence.

Everett

Mark V Model 500 Rip Fence Upgrade 845363.pdf

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[edflorence]

The length of the extruded aluminum section of the bandsaw fence, not including handle and lock, is approximately 17 inches. The length of the same portion of the upgraded 500 fence is 20 3/8 inches. Apart from the length difference, the fences appear to be identical.

Along with the items already mentioned, I would recommend getting a couple of front extensions for the main table and the wider auxiliary table. Having the extensions on the main table and an auxiliary table on either side is a handy arrangement for the table saw.

[everettdavis]

Thanks!

Everett