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It might be cheaper to go with fine grain sand. The disadvantage would be it would not weigh as much as the lead. Sand is used in large ship's propeller shafts to prevent the hollow metal shaft from distorting under pressure.

Or, just find a Model 10.

Don't need no shot. Cast Iron will work instead.

Oh, I'd LOVE a set of solid waytubes, 8 feet long.

steve

Solid 'tubes'?

Support tubes on a 10?

I told my steel guy to check out the price because solid tubes ( all four ) would be a significant increase in weight and would make for a very stable unit. Keep in mind this unit will never be in drill press mode. It will probably not be moved on the casters either. I doubt it will work due to price although still waiting to hear. The lead shot idea from ER Lover is intriguing idea though. I will have to price lead shot. Smaller the diameter shot the better.
Paul

Again we have had talks about adding weight here before, a simple search on lead shot gives you this one to start with:

http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/maint ... t8701.html

I was unable to locate some of the links at ssug but I didn't try to hard, not even sure if they still exist but there were discussions there too.

Ed

JPG wrote:Solid 'tubes'?

They're properly called way tubes, by the
Mothership. Both the current MS, as well as
the original in San Francisco.

I called them way tubes so everyone would
know what part I was talking about.

I'm stickin' with solid way tubes! ( )

steve

skou wrote:

JPG wrote:Solid 'tubes'?

They're properly called way tubes, by the
Mothership. Both the current MS, as well as
the original in San Francisco.

I called them way tubes so everyone would
know what part I was talking about.

I'm stickin' with solid way tubes! ( )

steve

Solid way 'rounds'.

Touche'

steve

skou wrote:Touche'

steve

You gave up too easily, Steve.

Mathematically, a solid rod is a degenerate form of a tube, having ID=zero.

From Merriam Webster:

Full definition of Degenerate
2: being mathematically simpler (as by having a factor or constant equal to zero) than the typical case <a degenerate hyperbola>

BuckeyeDennis wrote:

skou wrote:Touche'

steve

You gave up too easily, Steve.

Mathematically, a solid rod is a degenerate form of a tube, having ID=zero.

From Merriam Webster:

Full definition of Degenerate
2: being mathematically simpler (as by having a factor or constant equal to zero) than the typical case <a degenerate hyperbola>

So if the tube has a factor of 0 (ID) then the tube must not exist. Hence it is no longer a tube.