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Bill,
Other than the larger access hole and a different switch I don't know of any.
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Ed, Here are a couple of pics of the bench I built a few years ago for my shop up in the woods. It is not very tidy, but it never is. It moves fairly easy and is stable when the wheel is dropped. I have never used a real woodworkers bench as I am not a real woodworker just one that enjoys building t...

Ron, Most people scoff at $.02 worth, but I always put it in my pocket and as a result my pocket is always full. Both the 510 and 520 are in excellent shape, so now it is just a matter of building jigs. I am off this morning to look at a 510 for a friend. I turn a bit so I think I will try my hand a...

Tim,
Colorado at 7000 feet, nice place to work in the summer time, but would be brutal in the winter. Just the opposite for Phoenix. I have so many jigs and fixtures for my 500 it will take a while to adjust to the 520.
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Bill, Thanks for the good information. I think I will swap the 510 carriage with the split and put it on the 520. The 520 upgrade must have been an earlier version of the carriage. I might as well make the 520 as new as possible. One has the C head and the other has the B head from 89. Both run well...

Tim, I think the 520 is an upgrade from a 510R, so the carriage may be from the original 510. The 510 was born a 510. I have always used a 500 so I don't know much about the 510 or 520. I became interested in the 510 and 520 after reading all the posts from folks that have them. I just happened to b...

I recently acquired a 92 model 510 and a upgrade 520 unit and I noticed a little difference in the carriages. The shopsmith replacement number is the same for both the 510 and 520 carriage and yet two different methods are used to secure the table legs. I added the pics so that you can see the diffe...

Gary, Take the time to go through your SS Band Saw manual and check and double check each adjustment on your saw. Use the correct blade for the material you are cutting and pay close attention to the blade speed. Don't crowd the saw, band saws like to cut at their own pace. I guess in the end one ju...

Welcome, but having grown up in Iowa I thought it was all rural. You will find a wealth of help from the folks on this forum and you may find yourself hooked on Shopsmith for a lifetime. Sorry about the cold temperature, you will have forgotten about it by the middle of August.
ldh

Take a look at this site and see what a 10ER could look like http://mkctools.com/. Makes me feel bad for my poor old 10ER.
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