Shopsmith Retractable Casters.

[dusty]

Dusty,
Thanks a bunch for the pics. They help a lot.

Glad to have been some assistance.

In that very last picture, the drops on the floor.....I shed blood on this one.
No that is not blood, it is paint.

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For the benefit of anyone who might consider purchasing a caster set USED, please take note of the following details in Dusty's pix.

1) The foot pedal is approximately 1 1/2" out from the cam at the end of the operating shaft. OLDER units had the foot pedals approximately 1/2" out from the cam. The older casters WILL work on a SS but hit the leg on power stands/power stations etc. Do NOT know about scroll saw stand having this ADDITIONAL problem.

2) Notice the black spacers between the caster end casting and the stand leg. This (on the power station) is about 7/16" thick. This requires longer bolts than when mounted to a SS.

[lv2wdwrk]

jpg - thanks for the info. I had noticed the spacers and made a mental note of them.

Thanks for the info re the foot pedal.

Dusty - I know you work hard to help people on this forum, but "sweat blood", I doubt it.

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Dusty: Are the First, lower half of third and last pix in 'first post' and the last pix in the 'second post' the scroll saw stand? I was looking at first post when you were posting the second and want to make sure of what I am looking at! I believe all other pix were of a 'normal' power stand.

P.S. forget reference to 'last of first post' I did NOT notice the post boundaries at first.

[dusty]

Dusty: Are the First, lower half of third and last pix in 'first post' and the last pix in the 'second post' the scroll saw stand? I was looking at first post when you were posting the second and want to make sure of what I am looking at! I believe all other pix were of a 'normal' power stand.

P.S. forget reference to 'last of first post' I did NOT notice the post boundaries at first.

The legs on the scroll saw stand are markedly narrower than those on the other power stands.

Yes, the scroll saw is shown in the first, the bottom half of the third and the last of the six photos.

[dusty]

For the benefit of anyone who might consider purchasing a caster set USED, please take note of the following details in Dusty's pix.

1) The foot pedal is approximately 1 1/2" out from the cam at the end of the operating shaft. OLDER units had the foot pedals approximately 1/2" out from the cam. The older casters WILL work on a SS but hit the leg on power stands/power stations etc. Do NOT know about scroll saw stand having this ADDITIONAL problem.

2) Notice the black spacers between the caster end casting and the stand leg. This (on the power station) is about 7/16" thick. This requires longer bolts than when mounted to a SS.

lv2wkrkwd, I think these photos will answer the question in your PM.

The hardware I used to mount these casters on the Power Stand that now carries my Belt Sander is different than what is used on my Power Station and Crafter's Station. The bolts are longer but don't need to be as long as what I show here. This is the hardware that came with the caster sets. I suspect that the bolts used were those required for the worst case scenario (1 kit serves all).

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Note the stack of washers on the one bolt. Could be used in lieu of spacers which could also be replaced with a wooded dowel that has been drilled out and sized.

[lv2wdwrk]

Dusty - looks like just what I needed. As usual good job. Thanks