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wa2crk wrote:I will say a clone. Early Shopsmiths were made in the USA. I have never seen that logo plate on a Shopsmith.
Bill V

All Shopsmiths are and were made in the USA and none has ever had a 1.5 HP motor. Good call. This is a clone casting.

Now we know! Every part is subject to being 'different'. I for one am curious about the entire headstock(for future reference).

Yes split 'sleeve' is needed.

JPG wrote:Now we know! Every part is subject to being 'different'. I for one am curious about the entire headstock(for future reference).

Yes split 'sleeve' is needed.

Easily satisfied curiosity. Go buy one!

dusty wrote:

JPG wrote:Now we know! Every part is subject to being 'different'. I for one am curious about the entire headstock(for future reference).

Yes split 'sleeve' is needed.

Easily satisfied curiosity. Go buy one!

KMA

JPG wrote:

dusty wrote:

JPG wrote:Now we know! Every part is subject to being 'different'. I for one am curious about the entire headstock(for future reference).

Yes split 'sleeve' is needed.

Easily satisfied curiosity. Go buy one!

KMA

Getting a bit touchy aren't you.

dusty wrote: Getting a bit touchy aren't you.

Not Really.

JPG wrote:Now we know! Every part is subject to being 'different'. I for one am curious about the entire headstock(for future reference).

Yes split 'sleeve' is needed.

Thanks again everyone for all of the insight and help. I will consider this resolved. A few things I've learned, my machine is actually an old Total Shop that was badged as a shopsmith. Split sleeve was going to get real expensive real quick so I had a mechanical engineer friend come give me a hand to figure out what size the old control sheave bearing (which had ripped into pieces) was so I could order a new one.

I went ahead and ordered a new bearing and got a new piece of key stock so I could rekey my old shaft. I'm back up and running.

Thanks again for all of the help!

Matt

Teggy wrote:

JPG wrote:Now we know! Every part is subject to being 'different'. I for one am curious about the entire headstock(for future reference).

Yes split 'sleeve' is needed.

Thanks again everyone for all of the insight and help. I will consider this resolved. A few things I've learned, my machine is actually an old Total Shop that was badged as a shopsmith. Split sleeve was going to get real expensive real quick so I had a mechanical engineer friend come give me a hand to figure out what size the old control sheave bearing (which had ripped into pieces) was so I could order a new one.

I went ahead and ordered a new bearing and got a new piece of key stock so I could rekey my old shaft. I'm back up and running.

Thanks again for all of the help!

Matt

WHEW!

Good news!

Take good care of it.