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Other than serving as a dado arbor or a molder arbor, what other uses are there for the molder/dado arbor 505506 pictured here:

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I've got three of em. The first I acquired to use with my stacked dado set. The other two arbors came with two molder heads I recently acquired.

I've only got one Shopsmith. So I am going to keep one of the newly acquired molder heads (can't think why I need two) and one of the newly acquired 505506 arbors to use with it (so I don't have to swap it with the arbor I use for my dado stack).

That will leave me with one molder with a dedicated 505506 arbor, one stacked dado head with a dedicated 505506 arbor and one "extra" 505506 arbor.

So I am thinking of separately selling the "extra" arbor. The question of whether there are other uses for a 505506 arbor is so I won't later be kicking myself when I find out I "needed" it.

I assume its a 5/8 arbor, so for that 80 tooth 10" sawblade you always wanted?

wodnek wrote:I assume its a 5/8 arbor, so for that 80 tooth 10" sawblade you always wanted?

It is 5/8 inch arbor. And while there's no obvious reason it would not work with any 5/8 inch bore saw blade, Shopsmith claims it isn't for use with regular saw blades (maybe because they sell a 5/8 dedicated saw blade arbor # 555608).

algale wrote:Other than serving as a dado arbor or a molder arbor, what other uses are there for the molder/dado arbor 505506 pictured here:

So I am thinking of separately selling the "extra" arbor. The question of whether there are other uses for a 505506 arbor is so I won't later be kicking myself when I find out I "needed" it.

I have extra dado/molder arbors with dado blades set for specific width that can be mounted quickly on the 520 saving me a lot of setup when changing dado widths. When I get rid of a shopsmith accessory I find that I need it the next day.
LDH

I don't get rid of anything that I might need later and who knows what that might be.

If it were me I'd keep it. Of course my shop is pretty much stuff that I've kept over the years.... maybe in the spring I get rid of a couple of hundreds of pounds of it.

Ed

OK, now i know why you don't use the longer arbor on a 10" saw blade. It catches on a table brace, which blocks the full range of motion of the blade.
(i learned that about 30 minutes ago)

You could try mounting a buffing wheel on it.

wodnek wrote:OK, now i know why you don't use the longer arbor on a 10" saw blade. It catches on a table brace, which blocks the full range of motion of the blade.
(i learned that about 30 minutes ago)

Which is why the extra spacers are important. That nut is very large. So consider a 'thinner' nut. Realize you travel that road at yer own risk!:rolleyes:

I would keep it as I have kept everything else that is duplicated/currently having no dedicated purpose.