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Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 10:28 pm
by perryobear
Hi Guys,

Although our shopsmith parts with their 55+ year history are wonderfully interchangeable there are differences.

I have three Shopsmith miter gauges each with a slightly different miter bar design and with two different types of nylon glide screws. (These are in addition to any steel set screws that may have been installed for holding stop bars, or allen keys, etc.) Here is a photo of the two designs side by side. Note that the miter metal castings are different in addition to the differences in the nylon glides themselves. Therefore the glides are not interchangable. There must be two different part numbers.

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Hope this helps,

Dennis

Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 11:16 pm
by charlese
Thanks Dennis!! I think you cleared things up!! :D

Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 11:50 am
by chrispitude
Thank you Dennis! A picture is worth a thousand words. The miter gauge that came with my recent 520 upgrade is the design on the right.

- Chris

Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 2:23 am
by charlese
Yea! I found my missing $10 glide screw! :) It was hiding in a front corner of one of my small drawer compartments, used for special short term storage. Since the bottom of the drawer is Masonite (almost the same color as the screw) it was missed on several unsuccessful searches.

Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 11:16 am
by a1gutterman
Congrat's on your find, Chuck! :)