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Since thee is working closely with Nick my concern is mitigated.

As a history lesson Bill Mayo(RIP) could enlighten thee regarding his use of shopsmith 'stuff' in his used shopsmith endeavors and the visit by lawyer types.

Inertia. Does the chuck have a locking set screw to secure the adapter to the chuck? Teflon tape likely made it worse(low friction fit). With no locking set screw(with pad to prevent scaring the adapter threads) the adapter MUST be torqued to the chuck with considerable force. IF you intend to only ...

It will be interesting how long the mothership tolerates the use of the shopsmith trademark!

"Nice" (including superlatives) does not do it justice!

Continuity check the start switch and connecting wires. An interesting 'test' would be to remove the capacitor from the start circuit and try the free spinning test. I predict no difference.

I am still stuck in “drawer purgatory” but I am now ready to install them. Prior to gluing them up, I decided to build Nick Engler’s gluing jig. Here is a link to The Workshop Companion website: https://workshopcompanionstore.com/ This is a fantastic gluing jig and provides a dead flat surface with...

Any hand held sander(powered) would be a better approach.

Slow is the method I have used in the past. The plastic must NOT melt. I have even run 1/4" as an edge finisher through the jointer (again, slow).

1/2" would have to require even slower.

That explanation makes wonder what the correct range of new 1/2" shorter belts is. ;>}










Ya I do realize that explanation assumes the initial setup is unchanged during the subsequent belt stretching.







I can also see why the numbers were prudently removed.

I believe the "new" two bearing idler shaft assembly is directly interchangeable with the "old' water pump bearing. Second retaining screw needs to be added to eccentric.

BTW the 'button' bearing is part of the control sheave.