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hucker233 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 19, 2022 12:53 pm ...I loosened the set screws on the eccentric posts on the belt sander and got it very, very close to aligned. It is ever so slightly out, I'm guessing it is on the order of 0.050in. My new coupler should arrive tomorrow, so I'll test it.
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With the eccentric posts, you should be able to swing the belt sander shaft well past the headstock spindle in both directions. If you can't, it suggests to me that something is wrong. One possibility is that the 'big setscrew' is missing or way out of adjustment. It should be in your headrest where the way tube tie bar lands when you take the machine from vertical (drill press) to horizontal (rear landing). It is possible it came out under vibration while being transported. Another possibility would be tube straightness, as Russ mentioned above. I want to say that the eccentric tubes have something like +/- 1/4" of movement, so if that is maxed out(?) that would suggest that the upper headstock spindle is not centered vertically between the way tubes.

- David

I aligned the beltsander/bandsaw and jointer and they all seem to be working quite well. The eccentric tubes are NOT maxed out. The jointer was a trainwreck. One of the tubes was loose enough that I could jiggle it out. So far it is coming together nicely. Now I need to get some paint and do some work to clean things up a bit. I did order a new keyless drill chuck because the old one looks like it is WELL past its prime.

I have found all of the manuals, so I think I'm set there too.

Thank you so much for al of your help @DLB, @ash, @rfguy (I'm a HAM for what its worth) and @beeg.

hucker233 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 11:39 pm I aligned the beltsander/bandsaw and jointer and they all seem to be working quite well. The eccentric tubes are NOT maxed out. The jointer was a trainwreck. One of the tubes was loose enough that I could jiggle it out. So far it is coming together nicely. Now I need to get some paint and do some work to clean things up a bit. I did order a new keyless drill chuck because the old one looks like it is WELL past its prime.

I have found all of the manuals, so I think I'm set there too.

Thank you so much for al of your help @DLB, @ash, @rfguy (I'm a HAM for what its worth) and @beeg.

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Happy to help, my friend! Let us know how it all goes.

hucker233,

In your third post you commented,

The band saw was also slightly out, so I aligned it. It needed to go up about 1/8th. I have slight suspicious that the band saw might not be part of the original "set"

I believe you said this in reference to it being out of alignment to the Mark V. Any age SPT like the Bandsaw should have no problem being mounted correctly and aligned to any age Mark series tool. One Bandsaw I have is one I restored from 1956 that works just as well on my Mark 7 as the 2006 Bandsaw I have. To use it on my Mark V, Mark 2 or the Power Station I would need to check and if needed adjust its alignment.

You are looking to do some touch up painting and there are two formulas of gray touch up paint. The difference is when your Shopsmith tools were made, before or after October 1, 2001. You want to get the correct formula for proper adhesion to the existing paint. If you are unsure of when your Shopsmith tools were made any Shopsmith Mark 5/V or SPT made prior to December 1987 has a serial number while tools made after that have a date code.