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Just curious to see what mods or jigs people have put together for their shopsmiths.

A few that looked pretty cool to me:
http://www.hicklerbanjo.com/shopsmith_mod.html
http://www.shopmachineadventures.com
http://backyard-workshop.com/projects/m ... lathe.html

I also saw in an old ShopNotes that somebody had adapted their photography enlarger to work on the shopsmith way tubes...pretty cool.

Though not specifically shopsmith, the stuff on http://woodgears.ca/ is pretty cool.

I take no credit but I have these (as most of you already know) with my 10ER.


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Just wish I could find a bandsaw nearby to use the spt mount.

Paul M

http://armchairdiy.com/making-modifiyin ... uter-plans

I love the idea of the OPR, but before I invest in the shopsmith branded one I would definitely consider a DIY version like what Popular Mechanics did back in their February 1997 issue. Theirs is for a single post drill press, but adapting to the shopsmith's dual post design would be simple enough.

Not mine, but a local piano repair shop has this to shave piano hammers to the precise width:
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I understand these are available for piano repair shops. Lovely piece of work, uses UHMW plastic.

He has 2 10ERs, one for horizantal work, and one for drill-press work, and inherited them (and the shop) form his Dad.

Derek in Surrey, BC

When I first was using the Mark-V, I was too impatient to make any jigs.

As time went on I was pretty happy to make some jigs even if I used them only once...

A home-made "Sand Flee":
http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/attachm ... 1217464621

A multi-adjustable bandsaw Resawing guide:
http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/attachm ... 1207933921

A pretty strange Fluting jig which made one nice screwdriver, but I didn't use again. Others have posted much nicer fluting/routing methods, using for instance small trim-routers well-attached to the tool-rest post:
http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/attachm ... 1225671909

I am planning a new jig from a Shopsmith VII frame. I purchased the 2 end castings on E-Bay from a VII for $35. The VII has four way tubes held by the end castings. With the frame set up with out the head stock I will have 2 places to mount the add on tools, band saw and belt sander with belt driven motors. The 2 top way tubes I could have a bearing slide that would either hold a skill saw or a router to make cross cuts. I need to get 4 way tubes a little over 4' so i can cross cut 4' x 8' sheets of plywood. Much like a panel saw or like the old delta saw buck with the capacity of the dual arm saw. With the right under frame and sturdy bearing slide I could also mount my chain saw to slab 4' logs. Any thoughts? I would love to hear your opinion on this jig idea.

damagi wrote:http://armchairdiy.com/making-modifiyin ... uter-plans

I love the idea of the OPR, but before I invest in the shopsmith branded one I would definitely consider a DIY version like what Popular Mechanics did back in their February 1997 issue. Theirs is for a single post drill press, but adapting to the shopsmith's dual post design would be simple enough.

Any particular reason you need the router on top? There are good reasons to invert the process like I did here: http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/showpos ... stcount=22

Paul M

I like the lathe duplicator you could post more photos.
Would be fun to make that jig