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reible wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 6:23 pm Yea I was thinking that something didn't look right but after studying it I can see it is right.

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Wide part is the right as it should be.

And yes contact Shopsmith, that just not right.....

Ed

After a good relook you are right. Not sure what I was thinking. Sorry for the confusion.

The 'key reveal' is that the wider 'bottom' has the ends relieved.

Happy New Year SS CS.

JPG wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:16 pm The 'key reveal' is that the wider 'bottom' has the ends relieved.

Happy New Year SS CS.

Of course. It must be age clicking in.

Thee has a long say to go!

JPG wrote: ↑Thu Dec 31, 2020 9:16 pm Thee has a long say to go!

I hope so.

Okay, well I wrote a note to the mothership about my bent products, I got a return authorization and sent them back. Today the replacements arrived and ...

... wait for it ..

they're exactly the same! Just as bent in just the same way. <sigh>

No one bothered to even try putting them into a slot before shipping them out. No one cared enough to check the stock for defects. No one checked in with the supplier to say 'WTF, you can't get this right!?" or even "Fix this carp or lose this contract!"

Am I being encouraged to walk away and fix them myself? Is it even worth the trouble of talking to them again? Who has time for this?

[edit] So I decided to take another stab at fixing them myself. Here's my bending jig, using 3/8" hex nuts to send the force around the bolt. If you try this, be aware that you can go too far. I also filed down the body width, the wing width and the thickness before I could get them into my fence slot, which has tighter tolerances than the table slots.