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Some of the jigs we use ride in the miter slot and it is nice if the edge of the jig just touches the saw blade. As I am sure others have before me, I solved the problem with a simple stop block that stops the table carriage the same distance from my PP case every time. I tend to use ZCI and this means no jiggling the table to get the blade through the slot cleanly.
Forrest

Well, aren't you the clever one!

I find the rubber ring on both of my shopsmith machines works perfectly and I don't need to be concerned about damage from a wooden block hitting the headstock or table. Jim

Yeh, mine used to do the same thing but over the last 30 years it pretty much disintegrated. To lazy to buy a new one? but this will last a really long time and, being wood, won't damage either item IMHO.

If for some reason you want the table to be a bit further away from the headstock this would work by making it the thickness needed.

Forrest

Not to mention the older machines never had the rubber ring.
Clever idea Forrest.

Looks like it should be fine. It could be made narrower and faced with firm rubber if you wanted some give under impact.

The old Mark VII had table positioning built in and adjustable...


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robinson46176 wrote:The old Mark VII had table positioning built in and adjustable....

Yes it did! And I have wondered for years why SS didn't incorporate this into the newer models. So easy and inexpensive to do and such an improvement.

The Mark 5 Gilmer had a bolt that protruded from the carriage and butted against the headstock. At least until the first time one forgot to secure the headstock prior to raising to vertical.

The later Poly-v Mark 5 had a plastic ring spacer. Mine still does.

As Farmer stated, the Mark VII had a long shaft with index grooves attached to the carriage that allowed it to register to more than one position(remember, it has the dual blade slots). This also allowed the carriage to move with the headstock.

The rubber spacer was evolved with the larger table systems.

Can anyone verify what the early SS Inc. model had?

OK, that's good for ensuring the relationship between the table and headstock stays uniform, but since the quill can still be moved, the saw blade isn't consistent.

I made the jump that you'd made up a simple jig that fits into the table groove, always centering the blade in the table at the same spot. Which seems like darn usefull jig. So, congratulations to you for coming up with the notion!

Very clever and useful idea and application, Forrest!:) Especially useful with a panel sled.