I just upgraded to a double tilt base & a power lift assist. These were added after my PowerPro headstock upgrade. The lock knob on the double tilt pivot arm seemed tight, but when I raised the headstock to the right (into drillpress mode), the pivot arm came off the base and torqued. One corner of the pivot arm broke off. Normally the pivot arm stays on the base rail only by the right & left corners.
Question: anyone else encounter similar problems with the lock knob not tightening sufficiently? If so, has anyone else tried to epoxy the cast iron pivot arm back in place?
Somehow this was posted twice. I just called Shopsmith and they are sending me a new pivot arm assembly....problem resolved quickly.
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