Keith Palmer
12-15-2008, 4:03 PM
John Taliaferro asked for pics of it so here you all go!
My grandfather bought it new at Montgomery Wards in 1949. He then gave it to my dad who, in turn gave it to me. I found that it had too much vibration for turning, so I designed a solid one piece shaft to replace the quill spline drive assembly.
The only function of the shopsmith that I lost was a drill press, and I have a seperate one I use.
The new shaft has a 1"x8 tpi with MT#2 end as well as a 3/8" through hole for knock out and a locking bar. I also added a 5/8" end on the pulley side to drive my 50's era ToolKraft 9" bandsaw and my shopsmith 4" Jointer.
I added a 10" Atlas metal lathe tailstock to a custom riser block mounted to a second carriage assembly. I can turn a true 12" over the toolrest and 24" length.
I have added a zipped word doc I had written up on the shaft conversion if anyone is interested.
All comments and questions welcome!!
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My grandfather bought it new at Montgomery Wards in 1949. He then gave it to my dad who, in turn gave it to me. I found that it had too much vibration for turning, so I designed a solid one piece shaft to replace the quill spline drive assembly.
The only function of the shopsmith that I lost was a drill press, and I have a seperate one I use.
The new shaft has a 1"x8 tpi with MT#2 end as well as a 3/8" through hole for knock out and a locking bar. I also added a 5/8" end on the pulley side to drive my 50's era ToolKraft 9" bandsaw and my shopsmith 4" Jointer.
I added a 10" Atlas metal lathe tailstock to a custom riser block mounted to a second carriage assembly. I can turn a true 12" over the toolrest and 24" length.
I have added a zipped word doc I had written up on the shaft conversion if anyone is interested.
All comments and questions welcome!!
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