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Haverstrawman,

I hope you are still with us here on the Shopsmith Forum. Our goal is to help other member and share information. Some of my posts go into a lot of detail that may not be specific to the topic at hand. I do that because of the many changes made to the Shopsmith tools over the years. I feel it is important to know about the changes and sometimes the history. Knowing about the changes can help because beginning with its introduction in 1954 for the Mark 5 improvements or upgrades made can be added to any Mark 5/V.

A lot on my knowledge came from other members like some of those who have posted here. To them I am grateful they shared their knowledge with me. I have also done a lot of my own research. I am not a Shopsmith employee, nor have I ever been one, nor am I a Moderator on this site. I am a member like you interested in the Shopsmith tools.

At some point another new member may come across this topic you started looking for information related to the subject. That is why we sometimes seem to go overboard on our responses. I know the Double Tilt discussion confused you and does not relate to your Mark V nor does the discussion of the spacer for the Way Tubes mounted on a Double Tilt Mark V, 7 or 4. That is one of those discussions that may help someone else looking for Way Tube information.

I am happy to hear you have been successful in getting things back together and working. Congrats. Even though you started this thread on the topic of "Way Tubes" it is your thread to continue to ask questions or comment about your Shopsmith tools or you can start other threads with a specific topic you are wondering about.

No i do not think anyone here works for shopsmith..............I bought a 1984 version of shopsmith for me to use in my retirement. I just did not know how to resemble correctly after taking it apart and moving half across the this great country of ours and putting back together correctly. I tried to find the simple instructions on putting it back together. Not found on this website or the Shopsmith web site. Many people posted about spacers that had nothing to do with a 1984 edition. I came seeking basic knowledge on how to put this back together and found none. Perhaps more complex issues will be addressed.................but as for the basics.....this site failed me.

You might try a search for “base and carriage reassembly.pdf”. I found the file very helpful. It was in one of the links in a post above that you couldn’t see. Hope this helps, I downloaded it several years ago.

Below is the link to JPG's thread on Reassembling the Base and Carriage.

viewtopic.php?p=41340#post41340

Unfortunately, the links there are .net and not .com as they should be. I have corrected them in a new post. There is missing information/pictures in some of the threads.

viewtopic.php?p=41339#p41339

I don’t know how to link to a specific post , but five replies down is the pdf file I am trying to share. Not my day to be computing

larryhrockisland wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2024 4:18 pm
I don’t know how to link to a specific post

I thought there was a thing in the corner that would add the post number to the thread address. Did that change?

Yes I am new to this forum. It was just confusing to receive advice that had nothing to do with my 1984 Mark 500. So now I have adjusted the knives on my jointer. I have put new tires on my band saw and repacked the upper bearing with super lube. A little more cleaning and waxing and I am ready to learn how to use my machine. I cut down some branches a year ago and I am going to use them to learn basic wood turning (three to four inches in diameter). I have not explored other parts of this forum but I intend to. Maybe I will be the one to post how to do a basic set up.

"OFF TOPIC"

As an "old foggy" on this forum I have one suggestion to offer.

You have discussed "assembly (sorta)" but not setup. My suggestion is that you spend some time learning how to complete assembly and alignment. Using your Mark without proper alignment can be very dangerous.

OK, two suggestions: Spend some time (lots of it) learning how to sharpen chisels before two start your first real turning.

As a side comment - all of this is covered (over and over again) within this forum but you need to learn how to use the search function to find it.

OVER and OUT

Haverstrawman wrote: ↑Mon Aug 05, 2024 6:21 pm It was just confusing to receive advice that had nothing to do with my 1984 Mark 500. So now I have adjusted the knives on my jointer.

As mentioned in prior posts, just saying "it's a 1984 model" is not sufficient to uniquely characterize it. It's possible to upgrade it to be functionally indistinguishable from a brand new straight out of the box 2024 Mark 7, and/or anything in between what was built 40 years ago and today. 40 years is a long time so assume nothing on your machine is 100% original. Verify everything.

I still don't understand what you meant when you said you "adjust the blades to 1/8 cutting height." Can you elaborate?