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I’m having a problem with a Greenie I rebuilt and I’m asking for your help in resolving it. This Greenie had an “A” casting and I rebuilt it from the ground up with new bearings and belts. I had spare sheaves from previous rebuilds in addition to what was in the Greenie and I don’t remember what com...

I PMed you. Thanks.

Now it is 6 years later. I have an additional Greenie. The P.O. had made it into a shorty to fit into his small shop. I rebuilt it with a B headstock and other parts from here and there. I use it as a sanding station so the speeds I used were midrange. So I never ran it through the entire speed rang...

Here's a new CL listing for a SawSmith RAS someone might be interested in.
http://limaohio.craigslist.org/tls/3274796496.html

I just don't have the space. Darn!

Composites can normally be worked with ordinary wood working tools. You can do lots of stuff with composites. BUT they normally are not structurily sound. The reason they go over the posts is because the posts provide the strong (safe) structure and the composite sheaths provide the appearance. When...

I forgot to mention that I converted to a poly drive, installed new drive bearings, and had new bearings installed and bad wire insulation repaired on the motor. This latter was about $140. Also put on bigger wheels (not SS)(rolls really nicely). Things appear OK except for a short ratchet sound whe...

I wanted to post the pictures of the final product before I started in on my new project. [ATTACH]18359[/ATTACH] This is the headstock. It's not the original red A casting. That is now in the hands of one of our members. He did not tell me whether he was going to repaint it or not. This is a B casti...

I just bought a used Shopsmith sharpening guide that didn't have a user guide or instructions. I looked on the SS site and couldn't find the instructions. I have the general sharpening section from the Power Tool book but am looking for the specific user guide. Can someone tell me a source for it? O...

I do it only on the sides.

Sunset22, see your PMs