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Headstock Reassembly

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This thread is intended to be an overview thread linking to several additional threads showing reassembly of a completely disassembled headstock.

Upper Shaft (1 of 2) https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=40968#post40968

Upper Shaft (2 of 2) https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=40969#post40969

Idler Shaft https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=40961#post40961

Quill/feed (1 of 3) https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=40993#post40993

Quill/feed (2 of 3) https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=40994#post40994

Quill/feed (3 of 3) https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=41005#post41005

Speed Control (1 of 2) https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=40966#post40966

Speed Control (2 of 2) https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=3769

Carriage Lock https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=40958#post40958

This is a work in progress and is NOT yet complete! Still to come - motor reassembly. See link below!

This thread is linked to by a thread which includes reassembly of other areas of a Mark V as well as some SPT's. (Most of which is still a work in progress).

https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=41339#post41339

ajohnson024

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This thread is a god send. To have a definiative guide like this is ideal for a newcomer like myself. Thank you for your great work.

Dwight

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ajohnson024 wrotejpg,

This thread is a god send. To have a definiative guide like this is ideal for a newcomer like myself. Thank you for your great work.

Dwight

Most 'instructions' are how to disassemble something, and then they say "reverse the sequence" to reassemble.

I flipped that and could say "to disassemble, reverse the sequence"!:D

Hopefully I have not left out any of the non-obvious 'gotchas'.:)

mickyd

Excellent idea jpg. Very helpful for someone to refer to while going through a reassemble without having to watch the specific sawdust session. Very good!

eartigas

Excellent stuff.

Hope it will continue with motors, bandsaw, etc..."We The People" will appreciate this.

Thanks

JPG

eartigas wroteExcellent stuff.

Hope it will continue with motors, bandsaw, etc..."We The People" will appreciate this.

Thanks

Patience Grasshopper.

My Band saw is running just fine and I believe in 'If it ain't broke, do not FIX it!'.

I currently have a belt sander 'tore' down so that may follow the 'motor' section(which is awaiting bearings).

I have thought about including some additional threads while I reassemble the rest of the 510 I recently acquired. The bench and way tube take apart was interesting. I do not know what kept it together!

Help me. Should they be part of this thread, part of an overall thread which includes the headstock and the other stuff? i.e. an outline/menu/link organization.

BTW It is NOT my intention to in any way replace or detract from any of the Sawdust sessions by NICK/DREW or any SS literature. It is intended to help understand with more specific still pix of reasonable quality that which IS being discussed in them. Also to 'warn' others of the possible 'goofs' which I have discovered 'the hard way'.

I cannot walk on water(yet:D ) so my request for corrections/identifying confusion IS serious and necessary and WILL result in corrections/clarification.

robinson46176

Very nicely done. Keep it up... :cool:

robinson46176

JPG40504 wroteThe bench and way tube take apart was interesting. I do not know what kept it together!

A number of the ones I bought were poorly assembled and on some the set screws were only finger tight at best. I actually appreciated that since I was disassembling them to haul them home. I hauled about all of them in the trunk and back seat floor of a Lincoln Town Car. Many of the sellers were flabbergasted at the speed at which I could get one apart, loaded and get the trunk shut. :)

A couple had actually made arrangements with neighbors or family to help "wrestle" the thing up out of a basement shop. I told them that I was not going to wrestle anything. We just carried out the small pieces. :D

Remove the tie bar, slip off the headstock and carriage, remove both ends from the tubes and go... :)

mickyd

JPG40504 wrotePatience Grasshopper........

I have thought about including some additional threads while I reassemble the rest of the 510 I recently acquired. The bench and way tube take apart was interesting. I do not know what kept it together!

Help me. Should they be part of this thread, part of an overall thread which includes the headstock and the other stuff? i.e. an outline/menu/link organization............

Considering the the subject of this thread is specific to the headstock, I would either

See if admin can change the subject to encompass your entire SCOPE.
Create new thread(s) for the the other specific topic(s) BUT....make sure to edit the first post of this thread showing how to get out to the other ones AND on the other threads, include a link back to this thread. That's going to be the tough part. I attempted that approach in my greenie restoration thread referring to tube polishing.

Path of least resistance is option 1 which also probably makes the most sense.

JPG

robinson46176 wroteA number of the ones I bought were poorly assembled and on some the set screws were only finger tight at best. I actually appreciated that since I was disassembling them to haul them home. I hauled about all of them in the trunk and back seat floor of a Lincoln Town Car. Many of the sellers were flabbergasted at the speed at which I could get one apart, loaded and get the trunk shut. :)

A couple had actually made arrangements with neighbors or family to help "wrestle" the thing up out of a basement shop. I told them that I was not going to wrestle anything. We just carried out the small pieces. :D

Remove the tie bar, slip off the headstock and carriage, remove both ends from the tubes and go... :)

Used almost the same procedure, except I left the tubes IN the caps and removed the legs. Discovered the 'loose' way tubes later. They just pulled out! Dropped the motor from the headstock to decrease weight and reduce top heaviness(legs off for the same reason). I did not have stairs to contend with, but a van full of 'other stuff'(spt's and accessories).

JPG

mickyd wroteConsidering the the subject of this thread is specific to the headstock, I would either

See if admin can change the subject to encompass your entire SCOPE.

Create new thread(s) for the the other specific topic(s) BUT....make sure to edit the first post of this thread showing how to get out to the other ones AND on the other threads, include a link back to this thread. That's going to be the tough part. I attempted that approach in my greenie restoration thread referring to tube polishing.
Path of least resistance is option 1 which also probably makes the most sense.

What I was thinking was to create a new thread titled 'Reassembling a Mark V and accessories'.

Link that thread to the headstock thread, and all the others(new) with reverse links as done with the 'existing' headstock thread and its links to sub-sections.

This keeps Admin from having to 'get in the act' and I can develop it as time permits. This assumes I will retain the ability to edit the initial post for the entire life of a thread.

biffedit

JPG40504,

I noticed the end of your posts you mention "Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)", I ask because I just bought my first Shop Smith (Used), in running order, but needs work. My SS# is 374711 and I have no idea if it is a 62 0r 63, most of the info I can find leads me to believe because it is Gold it is a Brown/Gold/Tan/Anniversary Model- made 60-63. The tool history page tells me because of the 1 1/8 motor it's at least a 62, so I figure since my SS is 3000 off yours they are probably the same year. Would you mind tell me when you got it?

THX Biffed-it

dgale

This thread should be a "sticky" so it stays at the top

JPG

dgale wroteThis thread should be a "sticky" so it stays at the top

"Stickey" refers to a thread staying at the top of a forum.

An initial post defines a thread, and always stays on top of the thread. All subsequent posts to the thread are sequential(by time/date) 'below' that.

With the embedded links I have created in this series of threads , all 'sub-ordinate' threads are linked back to the mother ship and vice versa.

This thread is sub-ordinate to the one linked back to in the first post.

Some find this thread linking confusing, but I prefer it to a marathon thread like MickyD's. Rather than an index of post #, I think the set of links serves the same purpose. I need to create thread titles carefully so the link's 'index' works.

:)

FWIW current progress on this journey is 'paused'(temporarily).

P.S. Thanks for rattling my cage!!!! As a result I have come to realize I have been neglecting the mother ship thread. I have created threads that need to be linked to from there. (Motor)(bandsaw)(belt sander) . . .

Reason for neglect, I forgot the mention of including SPT's. The 510 restore IS paused.

I shall attempt to correct that forthwith.