Pro Fence Adjustmenr

[dusty]

Paraphrasing the manual: With the infeed clamp locked and the outfeed unlocked, "they (screws) should be just tight enough to require firm pressure to align the fence." Square the fence, then lock the outfeed clamp to hold it while tightening the four screws. Double check your alignment.

- David

Thank you. I was looking for this but was unable to locate it in my poorly organized library of documents never to discard.

However, I found what I thought I was looking for but it does not include this procedure.

MKV510to520UpgradePkg.pdf

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Yes it does! I misspoke. Check paragraphs 8-13d.

I probably missed it in my initial reading because I was looking for something different - "my procedure". I have developed my own short cut to this procedure and no longer refer back to it.

[dusty]

I was looking for the Mark V 520 Upgrade Package 555771 but was not successful. However, I found the same words relative to the rip fence alignment in a document titled Shopsmith Mark 7 Home Workshop System.

Here is an extract from that manual:

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[garys]

It is a bit sad that simple adjustments like that require a manual of instructions. Looking at it tells you if it isn't adjusted right, and turning a couple of screws can correct that. I don't need a book or video to tell me that.

[JPG]

It has been my experience that it is always better to consult the 'manual' even though things appear 'simple/obvious' than to smugly assume superior ignorance and get into a quagmire because of hidden details that were unexpected due to that ignorance.


Now if only I had realized that decades ago, life would have been much more enjoyable.

[dusty]

It is a bit sad that simple adjustments like that require a manual of instructions. Looking at it tells you if it isn't adjusted right, and turning a couple of screws can correct that. I don't need a book or video to tell me that.

You are blessed with these mechanical attributes. Not all of us are.

[garys]

It just seems to me that if you connect two straight pieces of metal at a 90 degree angle using screws, and it doesn't end up at exactly 90 degrees, there is only one place that can be adjusted to achieve 90 degrees.

I guess I had an advantage starting out. I grew up on a farm. As a teenager, you were given a tractor and farm equipment and sent to the field with a small toolbox of wrenches on the tractor. You were expected to keep that equipment going from sunup to sundown with no manual to tell you what to do.
Just get the work done without excuses.

[JPG]

It just seems to me that if you connect two straight pieces of metal at a 90 degree angle using screws, and it doesn't end up at exactly 90 degrees, there is only one place that can be adjusted to achieve 90 degrees.

I guess I had an advantage starting out. I grew up on a farm. As a teenager, you were given a tractor and farm equipment and sent to the field with a small toolbox of wrenches on the tractor. You were expected to keep that equipment going from sunup to sundown with no manual to tell you what to do.
Just get the work done without excuses.

Yep! That is the trouble with city slickers. They have to be told what to do.