Shopsmith Motor

bigal1948 · Post by **bigal1948** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:48 pm

I recently bit the bullet and purchased a powerpro unit. (It is great) but it leaves me with a very nice motor from the "old" machine. Does anyone have any great ideas what I could use it for?

Any ideas would be great.

Thanks
al

billmayo · Post by **billmayo** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:27 pm

bigal1948 wrote:I recently bit the bullet and purchased a powerpro unit. (It is great) but it leaves me with a very nice motor from the "old" machine. Does anyone have any great ideas what I could use it for?

Any ideas would be great.

Thanks
al

If room permits, assembly a second headstock and make a SHORTY (18" shorter with 500 carriage) or a MINI (26 3/8" shorter, no carriage) or make a dedicated upright drill press on a wall or cabinet.

alisfair · Post by **alisfair** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:46 am

Bill,
Thanks so much for the info on the worm gear installation. Works fine now thanks to you.
I put it together and the wire spring fell down into motor so I had to take it all apart and lower motor and find it. I found other things too such as screw clips and two thing looking like gromlet (two pieces). Can't figure out where they originated lol. Machine works fine.
Checked with guy in Midland Michigan and he is selling me the 520 for 400 I just have to pick it up. Said it has new sheves and other things. New emersion 1 1/8 hp motor. What do you think? I think motor alone is worth the trip.
Again thanks for the help!
Tom

alisfair · Post by **alisfair** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:50 am

Forgot to ask. Wanting to make a shop smith drill press and shorten up the base to do it. Do you have any suggestions far ts how short I can shorten base?
Anything you can suggest I would like.
Tom

fredsheldon · Post by **fredsheldon** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:37 am

Yes, my advice is to do what I have done. Store it away to be used in the future when you may have to remove the PP and send it in for repairs. That way you will still be functional rather than out of action.

billmayo · Post by **billmayo** » Thu Jul 11, 2013 8:50 pm

alisfair wrote:Forgot to ask. Wanting to make a shop smith drill press and shorten up the base to do it. Do you have any suggestions far ts how short I can shorten base?
Anything you can suggest I would like.
Tom

To maintain all the functions of the Mark V, I found from trying various length tubes that 34" for the way tubes (18" shorter) was the shortest that still met all of my needs.

Now reflecting on having only a Shopsmith Mark V drill press, I believe that I could make 5" bench tubes work. The base and headrest with legs each takes up about 10" of floor space. You need 2" each for the base and headrest to hold the bench tubes plus a little for extra spacing. I would mount the carriage and headstock in upside down position on the way tubes. This puts the table and headstock over the center of this setup. It makes it only a little difficult to install the headstock. The base of my milling, tapping and drilling Shopsmith, with the carriage and headstock in the upside down on the way tubes, is mounted on a 20" portable table. I have many 18" tubes left from my SHORTY Shopsmiths that I will cut two to length for the postage to send them. Let me know.

alisfair · Post by **alisfair** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 3:05 pm

Bill,
Two questions. Do you have any pictures of what your describing to me? Secondly, is the SS powerful enough for drilling and milling into metal etc?
Thanks,
Tom

joshh · Post by **joshh** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 4:11 pm

The only things holding me back from a milling machine Shopsmith is the flex and the spindle.

I think Bill used a steel main table from a totalshop for rigidity.

A custom 3 bearing quill from Bill Mayo would make the spindle tolerate the side thrust needed for milling.

Personally, I plan to use a 10ER for my milling and drilling station

billmayo · Post by **billmayo** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 11:53 pm

alisfair wrote:Bill,
Two questions. Do you have any pictures of what your describing to me? Secondly, is the SS powerful enough for drilling and milling into metal etc?
Thanks,
Tom

Yes, the Shopsmith has enough power for milling if you go slowly. You have to play with Shopsmith speed and the rate that you feed the material into the bit. Vibration can be a problem. I use the router chuck and grind a flat on the milling bit for the router chuck set screw. I also use the router chuck with various inserts for the thread taps and die holders. I have an 8" face plate on the drive sleeve shaft that I turn by hand for tapping. No power tapping. I have an X/Y vise with rotary table on top to hold what I am milling. I have a 3 bearing quill and always keep the quill locked. I do not move the table. I use a bottle jack and various lengths of wood to raise and lower the headstock which varies the depth of the milling cut. The Total Shop steel table had 1/3 of it cut off on the outside at the miter gauge slot as the outter part of the table was not being used and was in the way. I use upright 2X4s on the sides at each trunnion by fittiing them to the table and resting them on the platform. These are not shown in the picture. You will notice that the carriage and headstock is mounted upside down on the way tubes so it puts the headstock and table over the base. It is not hard to install the headstock and carriage this way. 90% of the time is drilling using this setup.
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