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Hi folks: Here's an idea for an alternative rail system to the 520. My main table saw is a Craftsman 22811, which is modeled after the Ryobi BT3100. As many of you probably know, the Ryobi BT3000/3100 has a pretty loyal following. I had some extra rails I purchased years ago for an extended table a...

I have a speed increaser for under table shaper work and my last purchase of the 500 brought all manner of accessories and SPT's. Now to get the speed control working as intended. I also have the tube base to make it a user modified double tilt. With the speed increaser you get all the benefits of ...

I bought a new PowerPro back in about 2012. The electronics failed about a month before warranty expired. Not sure what ShopSmith fixed. About a year later, the display failed. I replaced it, and late last year the 2012 PowerPro died. I got my 1985 mechanical headstock out of storage, did a deep cl...

From time to time I have found the Gen 1 PowerPro headstock for sale on eBay. I think the low end price was around $1400 for a circa 2015 mfg date. I hesitated due to reliability questions I had after reading of overheating issues, issues with the electronics, etc. Would it be a correct assumption ...

I can't disagree with your solution. My headstock with the earlier toggle switch has detents on the ring which hang up on the little tension spring that prevents the ring from rattling. The headstock with the red switch doesn't have this problem. Thanks. Yeah, I didn't know it was different on the ...

By the way, what happened to the guy who developed an alternative version of the PowerPro upgrade? Did SS shut him down, or was the price not competitive? One thing I remember about it was the remote control. That is a nice feature to have. I went back and found a thread on this. I copied this from...

I admit that the variable speed control is my biggest dislike about any Shopsmith I have owned. It is at the low and high end speeds that become difficult to adjust. Yeah, but this is an easy repair. The speed control quadrant (aka pork chop), #504221 and/or worm gear, #504216, might need to be rep...

By the way, what happened to the guy who developed an alternative version of the PowerPro upgrade? Did SS shut him down, or was the price not competitive? One thing I remember about it was the remote control. That is a nice feature to have.

The end product may not be as important to me as much as the process that I use to make the product. Using the Shopsmith goes hand in hand through the process. If I'm not getting paid to produce the end product then that's how I live my life. The journey is more important than the destination. In a...

Never regretted upgrading to PP 10 years ago. In fact I bought a new PP w/headstock Gen 2 when they hit the market and don't regret that either. I have thought about the double tilt over the years (bought my first SS new in 1987) but have never pulled the trigger on it. I just can't see how it woul...