bettyt44720 wrote:since you are in virginia beach i suggest you look up jacob anderson. he knows shopsmiths inside and out. there can't be very many (jacob anderson's) in the area. or you could find him on ebay selling shopsmith videos for doing your own repairs.
I did give Mr. Anderson a call. He told me about a set screw on the lower saw guard. I adjusted it a little bit. While I was putting the lower guard back on something accord to me. Does the LS guard go behind or on top of the silver collar thingy? Maybe I had it behind. That could of pervented it from doing its job.
When installed properly, the collar that secures the lower saw guard is to the left of the silver collar (from the point of view of an operator). It does not secure to the silver collar!
The set screw that you adjusted, changes the position of the riving knife allowing its alignment with the blade. Unfortunately, it cannot be adjusted while installed. You have to install the saw guard and riving knife and check to see how it aligns with the blade. Then you pull it all off, adjust the set screw, put it all back on and check for alignment. Hopefully, you adjusted in the right direction and by the correct amount. If not - you guessed it - do it all over again hopefully making the correct adjustments this time.
The good thing - once done correctly, you hardly ever have to make any changes.
"Making Sawdust Safely" Dusty
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bettyt44720 wrote:since you are in virginia beach i suggest you look up jacob anderson. he knows shopsmiths inside and out. there can't be very many (jacob anderson's) in the area. or you could find him on ebay selling shopsmith videos for doing your own repairs.
I did give Mr. Anderson a call. He told me about a set screw on the lower saw guard. I adjusted it a little bit. While I was putting the lower guard back on something accord to me. Does the LS guard go behind or on top of the silver collar thingy? Maybe I had it behind. That could of pervented it from doing its job.
When installed properly, the collar that secures the lower saw guard is to the left of the silver collar (from the point of view of an operator). It does not secure to the silver collar!
The set screw that you adjusted, changes the position of the riving knife allowing its alignment with the blade. Unfortunately, it cannot be adjusted while installed. You have to install the saw guard and riving knife and check to see how it aligns with the blade. Then you pull it all off, adjust the set screw, put it all back on and check for alignment. Hopefully, you adjusted in the right direction and by the correct amount. If not - you guessed it - do it all over again hopefully making the correct adjustments this time.
The good thing - once done correctly, you hardly ever have to make any changes.
"Making Sawdust Safely" Dusty
Sent from my Dell XPS using Firefox.
Could someone post a photo of that adjusting screw? When I upgraded my 500 to a 520 several years ago, the riving knife didn't line up with the saw blade, and the only way I could figure out to make it usable was to make a shim to push the riving over a little. I still use it, and I can't see any adjusting screw. It was probably added in a later model of the sawguard, but I'd like to see what it looks like to be sure I'm not just missing it.
navycop wrote:
When installed properly, the collar that secures the lower saw guard is to the left of the silver collar (from the point of view of an operator). It does not secure to the silver collar!
I just check the alignment of the blade (while the ls was on the silver collar). It seems to line up with the blade. There is not much clearance between the lower saw guard and the blade. But there is enough.
navycop wrote:
When installed properly, the collar that secures the lower saw guard is to the left of the silver collar (from the point of view of an operator). It does not secure to the silver collar!
Do you need to have the table installed? Or can you just go off the lower saw guard and the blade?
Sorry for the two post. My pc froze so I hit submit reply. When it infroze they both went thru.
dusty wrote:
Do you need to have the table installed? Or can you just go off the lower saw guard and the blade?
Sorry for the two post. My pc froze so I hit submit reply. When it infroze they both went thru.
Edit it again, then click on delete, scroll down, click on delete Message, enter WHY and click on Delete this Message. NOT intuitively obvious, BUT it works.
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earlmorton wrote:Could someone post a photo of that adjusting screw? When I upgraded my 500 to a 520 several years ago, the riving knife didn't line up with the saw blade, and the only way I could figure out to make it usable was to make a shim to push the riving over a little. I still use it, and I can't see any adjusting screw. It was probably added in a later model of the sawguard, but I'd like to see what it looks like to be sure I'm not just missing it.
Thanks!
Hopefully, these images should answer some questions regarding how/where the lower sawguard should mount and where the adjustment screw for positioning the riving knife is located.
Actually, one does not position the riving knife. The riving knife is positioned by adjusting the location of the collar that secures the lower saw guard.
After reading through this thread I see no where that it states what model of shopsmith you own. What Dusty has pictured is the method used on the 505/510/520 versions but if you have an older version of a shopsmith it will look and work differently.
If these pictures don't look at all like what you have please let us know and we can re-address the issue per what you have.
I'm stealing one of Dusty's pictures and adding a note just so it is a bit more clear.
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After reading through this thread I see no where that it states what model of shopsmith you own. What Dusty has pictured is the method used on the 505/510/520 versions but if you have an older version of a shopsmith it will look and work differently.
If these pictures don't look at all like what you have please let us know and we can re-address the issue per what you have.
I'm stealing one of Dusty's pictures and adding a note just so it is a bit more clear.
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i.e. It is a STOP SCREW adjustment!:)
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After reading through this thread I see no where that it states what model of shopsmith you own. What Dusty has pictured is the method used on the 505/510/520 versions but if you have an older version of a shopsmith it will look and work differently.
If these pictures don't look at all like what you have please let us know and we can re-address the issue per what you have.
I'm stealing one of Dusty's pictures and adding a note just so it is a bit more clear.
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Thank you, Ed for the clarification added by the annotation. I wish I could figure out how to do that sorta thing without buying more software. I guess I need to capture one of the grand kids for a computer (photoshop) lesson.
I do apologize to the 500 community. It was not my intention to ignore this group of folks. It is simply that I did not know there was a difference. Now that it has been pointed out to me, I guess I should have realized since I did know that the lower saw guard is different.
The intuitively obvious is sometimes very obscure.
"Making Sawdust Safely" Dusty
Sent from my Dell XPS using Firefox.
