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nuhobby wrote:Hi paulmcohen,

Thanks for bringing up the Home Shop Machinist articles on the Mark 5 for metalworking. I only got to read one article in the series. It was about strengthening the speed-control mechanism, mainly. Since this mag is hard to find (in stores or on-line), could you mention the main points, and why you noted a 520 with Speed Reducer can have similar capabilities?

Thanks,

There were a lot of changes, one cut holes to allow access that already exist in the 520 and 510 and at least my 500 motor. There was a lot of details about adding a speed reducer to the back side, Nick showed that the current speed reducer can be mounted to both sides of the headstock.

The article has many parts, each article featured one or two upgrades, I would have to go through them to remember them all but I remember thinking why bother for most.

If people are interested I can go through them with more detail.

I have three issues of the magazine.

How many issues are there? Do you have them all?

I just gave a very fine and completely tooled-up Atlas lathe to a master toolmaker. I would like to do metal sometimes on the SS. So, if there is a practical way to get the magazine articles, I could really use them. Thanks, mt

I posted this over on http://www.ssug.org last night, but as has beeen noted, no one can get to that Forum today.

So... here goes:
http://www.shopmachineadventures.com/

(Thinking of buying some of these articles myself)

nuhobby wrote:I posted this over on www.ssug.org last night, but as has beeen noted, no one can get to that Forum today.

So... here goes:
http://www.shopmachineadventures.com/

(Thinking of buying some of these articles myself)

I subscribed to get the 4 articles and while interesting they are based on a very early 500 and many of the things the guy wanted to improve have been improved by Shopsmith through later models like the 510 and 520. The Shopsmith speed reducer is a better solution in my opinion, I have a 520 and found none of the improvements apply.

I agree with Paul M. that the SS speed reducer is a dandy tool, probably better than any other innovation so far.

I can't wait for the next generation - the Mark V PowerPro! More power, wider speed range - and reversible. It'll be making even the speed reducer obsolete. (That is if it is affordable - what ever that means!)

Maybe someone that likes to tinker with machines (for no goal, other than tinkering itself), will still love to play with the pulleys, etc. But for metal working, sounds like more power and lower speeds of the PowerPro trumps everything to date.