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Posted: **Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:46 pm**

I'm just practicing...

I will have some visitors in the shop in a few weeks and with 5 or 6 Shopsmiths in a line somebody will likely try to turn a speed dial.

Out of a half dozen I only really worry about one guy. A BIL married to one of my wife's sisters. Everybody else would be fine by me just mentioning that you must not try to turn the speed control without the unit running but this one is sadly pretty far gone and if I ask him to not turn them he is likely to try it as soon as my back is turned. He just has some pretty serious problems now (he was always a bit strange

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I was always a little disappointed that SS didn't make better provisions to prevent the problem. They did have plans for a little piece of steel with a hole that you slipped over the dial crank handle and locked down with a padlock and I may whip out something like that for all of my units. I have long found that a lot of "unfamiliar" shop visitors have an almost uncontrollable urge to turn that speed dial whether they are 8 or 80...
I guess I could just buy a string of PowerPro's to replace these but that would take up about 70 years of shop budget.

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Posted: **Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:21 pm**

robinson46176 wrote:I'm just practicing... I will have some visitors in the shop in a few weeks and with 5 or 6 Shopsmiths in a line somebody will likely try to turn a speed dial.
Out of a half dozen I only really worry about one guy. A BIL married to one of my wife's sisters. Everybody else would be fine by me just mentioning that you must not try to turn the speed control without the unit running but this one is sadly pretty far gone and if I ask him to not turn them he is likely to try it as soon as my back is turned. He just has some pretty serious problems now (he was always a bit strange )
I was always a little disappointed that SS didn't make better provisions to prevent the problem. They did have plans for a little piece of steel with a hole that you slipped over the dial crank handle and locked down with a padlock and I may whip out something like that for all of my units. I have long found that a lot of "unfamiliar" shop visitors have an almost uncontrollable urge to turn that speed dial whether they are 8 or 80...
I guess I could just buy a string of PowerPro's to replace these but that would take up about 70 years of shop budget.

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Hey how about hanging a little sign on the speed dial saying;
"If you turn this dial it will cost you $8,000 CASH!"

Posted: **Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:24 pm**

robinson46176 wrote:I guess I could just buy a string of PowerPro's to replace these but that would take up about 70 years of shop budget.

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But ShopSmith would GLADLY let ya order them.

Posted: **Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:53 pm**

Then you could just remove the cranks!:eek:

:D;)

Posted: **Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:36 am**

One more reason to replace the dial unit with powerpro.

Just as soon as my budget can afford it.

Posted: **Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:59 pm**

A small amount of black break grease on the knob might discourage touching it.

Posted: **Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:38 pm**

ss50th wrote:A small amount of black break grease on the knob might discourage touching it.

Or just plain old(as in nasty dirty used) grease!:D

Posted: **Fri Dec 30, 2011 4:56 pm**

I have found that a couple of pieces of duct tape criss-crossing over the speed dial and holding it steady to the headstock discourages the turning from guests in my shop. When they see the tape, they think something is broken and ask about it instead of turning the dial.

Also, the tape seems to be too much work to remove before turning the dail, so they don't bother with it. Writing the message "Warning: High Voltage" on the tape doesn't hurt either, and usually helps keep hands off the entire machine when they read that.

Posted: **Fri Dec 30, 2011 8:04 pm**

woodburner wrote:I have found that a couple of pieces of duct tape criss-crossing over the speed dial and holding it steady to the headstock discourages the turning from guests in my shop. When they see the tape, they think something is broken and ask about it instead of turning the dial.

Also, the tape seems to be too much work to remove before turning the dail, so they don't bother with it. Writing the message "Warning: High Voltage" on the tape doesn't hurt either, and usually helps keep hands off the entire machine when they read that.

Hey! I do have several electric fence chargers I am not using now...

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