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Most Shopsmith users do not use their blades to the extent that arbor size makes a difference. However, arbor size does make a difference in commercial applications where materials are being cut continuously all day long by the same blade and thousands of feet of lumber are cut. In these situations ...

Mine originally had a rubber infeed roller but I upgraded to the steel one when it was offered.

I bought my Mark V planer when they first came out before they even offered the Pro Planer. I added the 1 1/2 HP stand for it later when it was offered. I really like the handle on it like the one you have which is the same as mine. You can turn that round handle faster. Also it is much easier to ze...

I am getting everything back in new condition in my shop. That includes carbide tipped blade sharpening. I sent my 24 tooth Shopsmith rip blade and 60 tooth Shopsmith crosscut blade to Forrest Manufacturing for sharpening. They will sharpen any brand of blade the same way they sharpen their own blad...

The thing that most people forget is room to open the car doors.

I received my belt sander last Thursday. It looks and performs just like a new one. Tracking is just perfect and it is much quieter!

I received a phone call today from Sue at Shopsmith. The belt sander will be finished and shipped back to me this week. Cost $224.86 including shipping. So with my cost to ship it to them my total expense with be $307.36. Extremely fast turn around considering I just shipped it to them exactly one w...

I am looking for someone who has the Fall 1990 issue of Hands On! That was the last issue. I am willing to pay someone to scan each of the pages on a color scanner in PDF format and send me the file. I believe it only has 8 pages. I will then print it myself. That is the only issue I do not have.

What is an outfeed table on a Shopsmith? I just used mine today to sharpen my gouges, skew, parting tool, and roundnose without any problem. I did it all on the main table. I have the PowerPro headstock and I can reverse the rotation if I need to. However, there really is no need to do that. The onl...

I obtained my RMA # Monday and received the 20% discount before the deadline. I shipped it yesterday FedEx Ground at a cost of $82.50. $20 of that was the packing cost. I just took the tool alone to my FedEx Office locally and they packed it up for me. One benefit of using FedEx is when you buy a bo...