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This winter I opened up the headstock for the first time on my Shopsmith. My Dad bought it new in 1981, and gave it to me around 1989. I've been happily sawing wood with it ever since. This winter I finally broke the plastic coupler in the quill and had to tear it apart. I was amazed at how little s...

I have a sharpening shop about a mile from my house. Doesn't everybody? Try looking in your yellow pages.

I used a wobble dado for about 20 years. It was adequate for anything where the curved bottom of the groove wasn't important. I always wanted a different one I could shim up and have it cut flat bottom dadoes. Recently, I purchased a low priced 8" dado made by Mibro. I'm pleasantly surprised. Y...

I'm betting you will find a lot of wonderful uses for the sycamore wood. I don't think you can own too much wood. It just isn't possible. The one thing I don't like about sycamore is the smell. The tree smells. The freshly cut wet wood smells. I've never had any cured sycamore wood in my hands, but ...

I'm sorry for your loss. This is a part of life we all don't want to deal with, but it has to be done. Just try to move on and enjoy your life from here on. I have a similar day tomorrow. I lost my cousin who was my age. She had serious health problems for the past 10 or 15 years, and it now came to...

If I understand correctly, you need the round insert in the table where the blade goes through. It shows up on the second page of parts diagrams.
516173 should be "New table insert" 3 1/4"
502736 should be "Old table insert" 2 1/2"

One of them should fit your table.

I've always used maple for cutting boards because of its closed grain. It is hard enough to stand up well to the knives without losing splinters like the softer woods.
The worst cutting board I've ever seen was plywood. Cutting on it made splinters everywhere and nobody wants that in their food.

That is sad for woodworkers. Where do you go after your wood supply store closes? I'm very lucky here in that I have an wonderful wood supply store. He is a combination custom woodworking shop that does incredible work, and also a full service supplier of any available domestic or imported wood we c...

I've yet to meet a chemical paint stripper I like. Hopefully someone here has an answer for us.
Whenever possible, I strip old finishes with a small orbital sander. For the odd shaped pieces, I use chemical stripper, but it always has been an awful mess to clean up after stripping.

What did you say? I can't hear you. I haven't heard "worth a hoot" either for over 40 years since I spent a year in Vietnam with an artillery battery.