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Just watched the composite session and the re-build session. Holy cow, Nick, all those parts made my eyes bleed. I'm now officially terrified. I am determind to learn these machines inside and out, however, so I WILL get over it. The sessions were outstanding, as usual and I was impressed that the only "technical difficulty" I saw in the two I watched was the glitch with the silly hand drill. I think it had poltergeists.

Learning more and more every day,

Drew's second clip is a duplicate from session 21.

Don't click on the word "second" that is highlighted but instead click on the appropriate listing in the photo. You will then get the correct video.

Nick and Drew need to correct the html code.

Bob Coder
Willcox, AZ

cowboyplus wrote:Drew's second clip is a duplicate from session 21.

Hi Cowboy - I noticed that too. It's an old interlude from Session #21 about pneumatic drum sanding of cove molding. Just a little glitch there.

However, you CAN get to the actual interlude (flattening twisted drawers) by clicking on the "Flattening a Drawer" text box in the little picture with Super ShopSmith Dude.

Happy watching,

Barb,

I too am hesitant to tear down the ShopSmith, but I’m going to have too if I want to lube it properly. What I learned from the Sawdust Session was to have small containers to hold the parts of each phase of the disassembly. Laying them on a table would be a recipe for disaster in my garage/workshop!

Ron

Hyperlinks fixed.

With all good wishes,

Ron309753 wrote:Barb,

What I learned from the Sawdust Session was to have small containers to hold the parts of each phase of the disassembly. Laying them on a table would be a recipe for disaster in my garage/workshop!

Ron

Hey Ron,

I like to use magnets for keeping up with small parts. I have several big magnets off the backs of old stereo speakers that I keep on my workbench. Anytime I take something apart, I just toss the screws, etc. onto the magnet and they stay put until reassembly. I also use a small but very strong magnet on the end of my SS to keep up with my chuck key for the SS Jacobs chuck. I can move the key around if I bump it, but I have to grab and pull to get it off and it's almost scary when I put it back on! A friend who worked in a paper mill gave me this magnet years ago and said it came off of a piece of machinery in the mill. It was so impressive that I carried it to work the next day to show the guys and when I walked by a filing cabinet it tore a hole in my pocket:)

Sounds like a rare earth magnet. I bought a sample set from Lee Valley/Veritas. They are awesome in strength. Like none others I have ever played with.

When I have time, I intend to make the jointer blade alignment jig that Doug Reid used to recommend.

I hadn't thought of putting one in a pan to hold screws, etc. Thanks.

Doc

Maybe I am a little slow to notice, but the quality of the recent videos are greatly improved. I especially like the full screen mode that can be toggled on and off. These are just better and better. Thank you Nick!