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I have bought one, comes from Canada. I have not received it yet, purchased 1-15-14. Shipping is incredibly slow. Thought it may come in handy for polishing the 500's parts or anything else for that matter.

Started a complaint case on Ebay for this item. Already heard back from the seller, they have filed a case with USPS to try to track this package down. Only tracking location...Columbus Ohio. Anybody live there that has time to find my package?

Stay tuned......

pieceseeker wrote:Started a complaint case on Ebay for this item. Already heard back from the seller, they have filed a case with USPS to try to track this package down. Only tracking location...Columbus Ohio. Anybody live there that has time to find my package?

Stay tuned......

Sure, no problem. It's 4 degrees here, every vacant spot in the city is heaped high with plowed snow, and the postal workers are undoubtedly hair-trigger ready to "go postal". I'll get right on that! Next July.

Sounds like a delay caused by weather.

3 Weeks!! It must be on a missing truck in a snow drift somewhere, not to be discovered till Spring!

May I change the subject just a little bit. Please explain how you intend to use that? How do you chuck it on the Shopsmith?

Dusty, It looks to me like it attaches directly to the quill. Then of course a buffing wheel is attached to the 5/8 threaded end. It's extra long to keep the buffing wheel away from the headstock.

I does remain to be seen what the runout will be.

My thoughts are it may be convenient to have a non-attached end specifically for buffing. I've seen the homemade rigs that set up in lath mode, a long threaded rod with multiple buff wheels mounted. That seems like a good choice also, to be able to have 2 or 3 different grits all ready to go.

But in some cases, doing an inside curve may be challenging with the homemade one. A large bowl for instance, may be problematic.

I just wanted another option available to me.....just in case.

that is merely a cheap motor arbor that is available at any hardware store or even Woodcraft stores. Shopsmith has a much more "stout" version. the universal arbor 505506 and also the Molder/Dado arbor with the same part number.

pieceseeker wrote:Dusty, It looks to me like it attaches directly to the quill. Then of course a buffing wheel is attached to the 5/8 threaded end. It's extra long to keep the buffing wheel away from the headstock.

I does remain to be seen what the runout will be.

My thoughts are it may be convenient to have a non-attached end specifically for buffing. I've seen the homemade rigs that set up in lath mode, a long threaded rod with multiple buff wheels mounted. That seems like a good choice also, to be able to have 2 or 3 different grits all ready to go.

But in some cases, doing an inside curve may be challenging with the homemade one. A large bowl for instance, may be problematic.

I just wanted another option available to me.....just in case.

At first glance, I thought it looked like a morse taper. If it is just a straight shaft, either 1/2" or 5/8", then I do understand.

dusty wrote:At first glance, I thought it looked like a morse taper. If it is just a straight shaft, either 1/2" or 5/8", then I do understand.

Yea, there is just a little perspective (vanishing point) effect there.