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can you get only the adapter for the ss for like the oneway chuck? does it fit other chucks or do you have to buy a oneway chuck only? the reason i ask is i think i know where i can get a chuck but do not know if i can use it or not on the shopsmith. any advise or information will be helpful. thanks...

So what is wrong with wd-40? i use it all the time. even when i get vapor lock on the old truck i had,just spray in the carb and wala it would run again. So again what is so wrong with wd-40. We had a buffer machine,also called a roto, that every one hated to use because the roto brush would stick o...

thanks for the reply. i thought the same that it was for honing but was not sure.

I bought a 1953 Shopsmith a while back and now am getting around to checking out all the stuff i got with it. What do you use a rubber-bonded abrasive wheel for? It has the writing of( max rpm of 3450 with acc.no 22140 art. no. 84-3448, Made especially for SHOPSMITH by CRATEX MANUFACTURING CO.)5/26/...

From the brackets of some kind picture A, looks like a piston shaft for an air compressor. i just took one apart and it looks like that. The compressor was one that is compressor and motor together as one unit. I had to take the shaft loose from the concentrical part of the thing to get the motor ou...

I would still like to get the plans for the wooden ss. Does any one have one out there? if so will some one sell the plans to me or what.my email is ralphtaff@yahoo.com

I finally did it. I fixed up the m5 to look like a 10er and using the pulleys and a different motor ( the guts are out of the headstock) i got the Ring Master to work real good and cut three bowls out real fast after i adjusted the angle and lined up the cutters. Boy what a sweet sound that made to ...

Well i have to wait to get the $350.00. SPRING TIME AND THE WIFE BOUGHT $300 WORTH OF FLOWERS. Can you believe that. Oh well next month i will order the parts.It SURE is hard to live paycheck to paycheck. I used to not have that worry i had a business and it took care of that part, just charge it an...

That i can answer the Scroll saw is MORE labor intensive all the way. LAYOUT IS ABOUT THE SAME. You have to drill small holes for entry holes for the blade.Some times you do not get the same angle as the saw blade. To cut each ring is slow some time you do not get one ring cut when you have to chang...

John aka pinkie, did you get your manual? if not email me at ralphtaff@yahoo.com i think i have one i will have to copy to the computer then email it but i will not bother if you already have one.