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Saw this from carbonman today, http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewtopic.php?p=259103#p259103 and noticed the vise. I have one of these, NOS, :D Columbian vise, purchased in 1978 from Lowes and unboxed Tuesday. Update time frame, most likely 1990-1995. I was working out of town in Monroe, La when...

JPG wrote:Relieve the quill return spring tension SLOOOOWLY.

Get a 1/2" router chuck for that 1/2" bolt rather than the drill chuck.

Nice projects!!!!

Will do.

I will.

Thanks! I appreciate it.

Haven't been around for awhile. Life happens. Had too many house projects to get done. A new top for my garage bench. https://i.imgur.com/hanJLbG.jpg?2 A new table for my sanders. https://i.imgur.com/LWZDqg2.jpg?1 Built a flip top cabinet for SS and planer. https://i.imgur.com/6axBnYx.jpg?1 Built a ...

Santa brought me an oscillating spindle sander http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc224/pepperblues/ca062779-cbb5-431a-8b0c-8dfc6a85ca2b_zpspdrziexy.jpg and an air filter unit. http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc224/pepperblues/bc4a5fd2-4634-4cda-8496-f91ee033cac0_zpsxrmcs0et.jpg Both are very nic...

[quote="tomsalwasser"]It appears from everything I find on the google that the installation should provide for the metal surface of the jaws to be just below flush with the bench top. I have been using one of those for years and it hardly shows any ware. I mounted mine exactly like that. V...

So I have just inherited my grandfather’s Mark V No biggie. I'm a newbie, too. I inherited my Dad's SS. The speed control did not work. That was my "get your feet wet" intro to the Mark 5. Watch the videos, pull the covers off and started taking stuff apart. I got new parts and replaced t...

ERLover wrote:I new there had to be a way,

Thanks! I love this site.
This is what gave me the idea.

don't need to be crude and ugly to be effective. The band saw has never been moble. Since I moved it into my tiny basement shop, it has to be moble. Smooth. http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc224/pepperblues/8eb1c63b-3919-40e7-9544-7c644c6db67d_zpsfzwrh9lz.jpg http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc...

What is the box "thingy"?
What is the white wheel on the left? Very nice work.

I love a good home brew fix. Cheap and effective.


..........glad I decided to pony up the bucks
for the SS fix.