How do you level a floating table?

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reible
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Hi,

Do all the front rails look alike? Shopsmith had to redesign the front rails for the scales so while I have no idea if this could happen but maybe you have a mix of old and new rails?

Ed
tdubnik wrote:I had a 500 that I upgraded to a 520.
The 510 in the profile was a typo.

I bought an upgrade that was manufactured in 2003 but never used. The upgrade came with a new main table, extension table and 2 floating tables. The front and back rails were attached to all of the tables when I received them. The main table and exension table and one of the floating tables are all in alignment but one floating table is about 1/8" lower than the rest. As I said before I loosened the front rail but it doesn't move up or down.
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dusty wrote:I would NOT do that until after talking to Customer Service. I suspect that they will make this right without you doing anything other than communicating your situation.

An enlargement that would correct for 1/8" (.125") is significant.

On a FIVE year old upgrade??????
SS 500(09/1980), DC3300, jointer, bandsaw, belt sander, Strip Sander, drum sanders,molder, dado, biscuit joiner, universal lathe tool rest, Oneway talon chuck, router bits & chucks and a De Walt 735 planer,a #5,#6, block planes. ALL in a 100 square foot shop.
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beeg wrote:On a FIVE year old upgrade??????
Just ask the guys with the trunnion hole problem.
Jim in Bakersfield:D
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