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Does anyone have the Shopsmith Lathe Safety Shield that they just put on sale? If so, how do you like it? How does it attach to the headstock? I have been looking for something like this but it still looks pricey even on sale.

It uses the same mounting system as the light, the mounting bracket mounts to the carraige. See installation instructions.

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/cata ... 845538.pdf

Thanks for the info. That is what it looked like in the picture but the description indicated it was attached to the headstock. How do you like it?

Don't have it, but the discounted price has me thinking about ordering one.

Ordered one. I have a Mag Switch that it would mount on, and I can use it on my midi lathe also.
Bill V

I finally decided to order one as well. It is a lot bigger than most other shields I have seen.

I have one and love using it! It is well worth the money!

I have really been wanting to get back to more turning, I've not done any recently. In the past I just grabbed a pair of safety glasses and sometimes a dust mask. More recently I have been paying a lot more attention to dust collection and lathe turning can be a literal fountain of fine dust up toward your face. Such a shield isn't likely to stop a flying timber nor the general cloud of fine dust but it could stop any number of small flying bits and it could do a lot to at least maybe redirect the fine stuff to where it might be sucked into a DC. I don't really worry about the stuff that falls to the floor but I do have serious concerns about the "smokey" looking dust that hangs in the air.
I have been thinking a slightly different direction though. I have been planning a floor stand to hold both a good sized plexiglass shield and a 4" DC hose. the reason to put it on a floor stand for my use is so I can hopefully use it with any number of machines.
I have an antique IV stand that I was thinking about using. It has a very heavy cast iron base but easy rolling casters. I have used it for years at various locations to hold work lights for hard to see locations.
I also have several of those multi-jointed drafting lamps that I no longer use and was thinking of using a couple of those, maybe even a third to use as an actual work light. I picked them up at garage sales, usually for about a buck or two. One heavy one has little lock knobs so you can lock into position.
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Now I'm off to the magical world of about 2 acres of grass mowing I didn't get to earlier this week, tearing down and building three new horse fences, cutting an open drainage ditch about 150' long and plowing a couple of garden plots...
The fellow that rents much of my crop ground is probably out in his barn lot doing a "Please don't rain for a while" dance.
It's been a tough spring for a lot of folks across the country...


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I have mine and bought an extra mounting foot. I can use it on my Delta Midi lathe or on the Shopsmith. The most annoying aspect is the static build up. Can't seem to get rid of it.
Bill V

wa2crk wrote:I have mine and bought an extra mounting foot. I can use it on my Delta Midi lathe or on the Shopsmith. The most annoying aspect is the static build up. Can't seem to get rid of it.
Bill V

If you can't get a grounding solution that works for the shield....Another option might be fabric softener. I don't know if this would work or not on the shield, but I hear that mixing water with liquid fabric softener helps with dissipating static charge. I don't know if this would leave a streak on the shield though or cause any problems, but just a thought.