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ldh wrote:The glue block you are trying to make is designed for a threaded spindle and I am not sure you will have much luck adapting it to a SS. I find that double stick tape on a block mounted to my steel face plate holds quite well. I then mount what I am turning to the block with double stick tape or CA glue. Just my 2 cents worth.
ldh

Yup - the experiment is to see how the block performs directly mounted on the ShopSmith spindle with set screw vs. the threaded spindle.

Jim

One way to adapt the block as it was intended to be used (threaded spindle)
would be to use a Shopsmith Router Chuck #555191 with a short section of a ½"x13 bolt mounted in the chuck. You would then only have to drill and tap the block for the ½x13 thread and screw it onto the bolt. I still don't think this would be very satisfactory for a project of any size.
ldh