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This is for the dial gage.

When I am squaring the table to the blade I gently apply gentle side pressure on the dial gage base until it touches the side of the miter slot. I use the same side of the miter slot for all of my readings and it appears to be accurate.

A little pricey but top grade are the HSS brad point bits from Lee Valley Tools. http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=42247&cat=1,180,42240 They are available in 64th inch sizes and the 29 pc set is tops. The bits from Shopsmith are also good and will last a long time. I have a set ...

For the soft spots of the spalted wood I have heard of a couple of ways to turn it. 1. soak the soft part in a mixture of water and white glue for several hours then let it dry before turning it any further. 2. Soak the soft part in diluted lacquer and let it dry. This is much faster but might not f...

.006" runout isn't bad, try marking the blade in relation th the set screw on the arbor then rotate the blade 90 degrees and check it again. With some blades you will see a big difference at the diferent positions and you can dial in almost no runout. Forrest blades are usually very close and d...

The Wet or Dry black sandpaper works well used wet and lasts longer because the water takes the sanding dust away. They sell a hard rubber sanding block to use it with for auto body sanding.

I was told be SS that the old Greenie headstock was even heavier.

If you use JB Weld you won't be able to replace the bearing when it goes out.

You can buy #1 jaws for most chucks I bought mine at Woodcraft. The 4-jaw chucks I have used for wood turning are not high precision like a machinist's chuck but with a little experimenting you should get good results.

Maybe I missed something but what are you using to hold the work in? I have two 4-jaw chucks and neither of them is accurate enough to hold work (pen blanks) for precision drilling. If I understand what you are saying then this might be the problem. If you were using a metal lathe for drilling and w...

I would suspect that one or more of the washers are upside down. The cupped side goes up otherwise the edge of the washer will stick down and catch the knife.