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Hi,

I thought I would pass this along from another forum:

"If you own the strip sander chisel sharpening attachment please read this.

I don't know if this is only on mine or if all of them have the problem. The plastic shield that attaches to the top has sharp 90 deg. corners, no rounding, just sharp corners. This is a no no and I was a little taken aback when I saw this but I was in a hurry to use it so I just put it together and as they say the rest was history.

I did have this as a todo list item but it didn't get done until today. I've even scraped myself a couple of times as a warning that I did not heed.

So today I was do a little PM on one of my 520's. It started out with just putting the quill back in and adjusting the spring. I then figured I might as well put a few drops of oil on her... you know the headstock is not sliding as smooth as it should... yea a little wax. There sitting on the end of the machine was the stip sander... I'm waxing away not giving much thought to mine own safety. As I got down to that end of the tubes I bent down a little to reach. What I did not think about was the strip sander shield with its sharp corners. Well that all changed when my head and that edge had a meeting. Let's just say the strip sander drew first blood.

I'd be mad at shopsmith but I really knew better then to leave it that way. I should have fixed it several time when I got scraped on it or even before I put it on. So don't do what I have done, just fix it.

Photos of the part and changes needed are at:
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/12199425@N ... 040664320/
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Photos are now located below 12/26/08
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Sorry no blood and guts shots."

I am of course quoting myself.... Happen to find the pictures on my computer and thought I should also post this here.

You have been warned.

Ed

Ed,
I hope your wounds heal quickly. And thanks for the heads up (no pun intended). I received my sharpener attachment a few weeks ago and have been pleased with the results and I just looked and mine and sure enough, the plastic corners are square. I made a note to round them off as you did.
Regards,
Dwight

Great tip, Ed. Thank you. I do knot have that sharpening attachment (yet) but will keep this in mind.

Hi more of the photos that are being removed from Flickr.

If you have this item and it has not been fixed you really should take care of it NOW!

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90 deg. corner and sharp!

Hurt myself on this... I knew better and should have fixed this right off! Don't you do the same.

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Close-up of shield, note the sharp conrners.

OUCH!

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Rounded and I broke the edges as well so now you would have to work at hurting yourself

Ed

Ed,

thanks for the info
(it's so hard knot to say heads up or point-er<g>)

Ivan

reible,

Just curious on what method you used to put the nice radius on the corners. Was it the "pattern sanding" method you illustrated recently on another post?

FYI... I recently saw a Hot Rodding article about some folks lowering the roof on a rarer old car. They wanted to take no chances on shattering the windshield, etc., as they removed 4 inches from the top of the glass. They used a Belt Sander (!). It used up a lot of belts but it was safe and effective.

Hi,

I think the picture makes it seem like a better job then it might really be, I just free handed it.

Interesting story on the chopped car. Reminds me of once when a friend had a broken sideview mirror and we were out looking for a replacement glass. Ended up having to go to a glass shop where the guy traced the broken mirror on to a sheet of mirror. Scored it twice and snapped it out then went to a big belt sander and sanded it to shape.... it just took a couple of minutes. Bingo a new mirror.

Ed

nuhobby wrote:reible,

Just curious on what method you used to put the nice radius on the corners. Was it the "pattern sanding" method you illustrated recently on another post?

FYI... I recently saw a Hot Rodding article about some folks lowering the roof on a rarer old car. They wanted to take no chances on shattering the windshield, etc., as they removed 4 inches from the top of the glass. They used a Belt Sander (!). It used up a lot of belts but it was safe and effective.