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One supplier worth looking at is SuperGrit (http://www.supergrit.com)

They have sheets, discs, and quite a few other products. The prices look good; as
I haven't purchased from them yet I can't say anything about the quality.

Concerning greenhornet's problem with the speed-control quadrant problems and the 510 which now only "hums", here are a few thoughts based on my limited experience. My own 500 Greenie had a speed control which was becoming harder and harder to turn, especially CCW (to reduce speed). I took...

They do currently have stock (on-line) for the Oneway chuck kit with the 5/8" plain adapter... the kits with the threaded adapter are (still / again) out-of-stock. Coupon code BFRIDAY will save you an additional $5 off of one of these (or any other on-line order over $50) for the next couple of...

Home Depot still has some of the Oneway chuck kits (with the 5/8" plain adapter) available online at the sale price. The kits with the 3/4" 16-thread adapter are out of stock. HD is also running a "$5 off of orders over $50" Black Friday coupon special... it's good through the we...

I just finished doing the full bearing upgrade (autotrack, upper guide, and lower guide) according to the plans and parts list posted in this thread. The used Shopsmith bandsaw I had bought was apparently of a relatively recent vintage (larger aluminum table, and single ball bearings on the upper an...

Rob - bingo! Thank you. With your hint, I remembered (as I should have, before!) that I have a few old Shopsmith catalogs in the pile of stuff I received from my Greenie's former owner when I bought it some years ago. Upon blowing off the dust, I found #555033 listed as a 5/8" gouge in the 1984...

I just bought a set of six Shopsmith lathe tools in an eBay auction. Five are the standard set (#555026 through #555030). The sixth is a gouge, #555033, which is no longer listed in Shopsmith's online catalog. It doesn't show up on Google with anything interesting. It's intermediate in size between ...