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After the previous response I went to the shop and took a "quick" measurement of the legs (at floor level) on two of my SPT. One with casters and the other without.
The span of the legs on the short side is about 20" which is about what the Mark V is. When it gets light out, I'll go out and take a couple photos of my caster application.
I'll not make anymore rash statements until I have done a bit of research.
"Making Sawdust Safely" Dusty
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dusty wrote:After the previous response I went to the shop and took a "quick" measurement of the legs (at floor level) on two of my SPT. One with casters and the other without.
The span of the legs on the short side is about 20" which is about what the Mark V is. When it gets light out, I'll go out and take a couple photos of my caster application.
I'll not make anymore rash statements until I have done a bit of research.
While waiting for daylight I decided to do something novel (at least for me). I checked the documentation.
The opening paragraph reads as follows:
"Introduction
The retractable casters mount on the Shopsmith Mark V and Shopsmith Power Stands. Follow the appropriate instructions to install casters."
Later in the document it states that if your power stands were purchased before June 1984 you will have do do some drilling in the legs to accept the casters. A drill template is provided.
Since there are no statements regarding power stands purchased later in life, I would assume they are predrilled to fit.
Sorry you had to wait so long for this response to come, lv2wdwrk.
"Making Sawdust Safely" Dusty
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While waiting for daylight I decided to do something novel (at least for me). I checked the documentation.
The opening paragraph reads as follows:
"Introduction
The retractable casters mount on the Shopsmith Mark V and Shopsmith Power Stands. Follow the appropriate instructions to install casters."
Later in the document it states that if your power stands were purchased before June 1984 you will have do do some drilling in the legs to accept the casters. A drill template is provided.
Since there are no statements regarding power stands purchased later in life, I would assume they are predrilled to fit.
Sorry you had to wait so long for this response to come, lv2wdwrk.
DUSTY: Third times the charm!
BTW The foot pedal on the OLDER casters is too close to the end to work on non-mk5/v stands. You will need one of the newer ones that have the footpedal closer to the middle. The older one hits the power stand leg.
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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
Okay I went back and reviewed #5 and #8 by Bill Mayo. As you previously stated, he WAS referring to 10er casters and how to mount newer mk5/v casters on a 10er like stand.
So; there are THREE versions of the SS caster...10er(vertical leg), older(foot pedal close to end(SS mk5/v only) . . . a.n.d. . .the 'current version'(foot pedal further from end) which will mount on either SS/power station/crafters station/power stand(current).
Be aware that very older power stands used a simple caster mounted to the side of the legs which allowed one to tilt the stand onto the rollers and move it about that way. More difficult but it got the job done. Have wondered how many were 'dropped' during this maneuver??:eek:
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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
Sorry to be so long replying to all the great responses, but I had something come up suddenly and I had to be offline. Hope everyone sees this reply because one person said you (I) should start a new thread instead of adding to an one that is possibly too old.
Dusty,
Could you post those pics you mentioned in one of your posts?
Because I am lazy, I am posting this same response to both threads.
lv2wdwrk wrote:Sorry to be so long replying to all the great responses, but I had something come up suddenly and I had to be offline. Hope everyone sees this reply because one person said you (I) should start a new thread instead of adding to an one that is possibly too old.
Dusty,
Could you post those pics you mentioned in one of your posts?
Because I am lazy, I am posting this same response to both threads.
Again, thanks to all.
I hope these help/ Not knowing exactly what your problem was - I took ten shots. One is a kludge arrangement that was done so that I could mount casters on the scroll saw which has different legs than the power station.
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After posting I realized that I had shuffled pictures around and might create some confusion. The photos are of a standard power stand and of the scroll saw stand. The scroll saw has legs that are narrower at the floor than are the legs on the power stand.
If you look close, you will see that each of the stands has a pair of legs with wheels and a pair without. I decided, while doing these photos, to take the casters off the scroll and install them on the Power Stand. In my new shop configuration I hardly ever need to move the scroll saw and the Power Stand (for the Belt Sander) gets moved frequently. I try to get near the doorway with the sander (outside if possible).
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