Smitty
JAN/FEB
2004
Volume 47/Issue 1
IN
THIS ISSUE
Project
Articles
•
A New Kitchen
• Wooden Utensil Rack & Knife Block/Cutting
Board
• Gallery Rail Paper Towel Holder
DEPARTMENTS
•
Ask Smitty
• Owner’s Gallery
• Letters from Owners
•
New Baby Workshop Calendar
Academy Notes
Clean
Cuts - Pt. 4- Using Oriental Waterstones
Service Pointers
Keeping
Your MARK V Running Smoothly
Safety Tips
Router Safety
What's
New
Bandsaw
Cover and 6" Drum Sander Sleeves
EDUCATION
• Find
A Shopsmith Woodworking Academy Near You
•
National
Woodworking Academy in Dayton, OH
ONLINE
CATALOGS
• Online Accessory Catalog
•
Request
Printed Accessory Catalog
• Online
Replacement Parts Catalog
MARK
V INFORMATION
•
Find
A Shopsmith
MARK V Demo Near You
•
Request
MARK V Information Package
LINKS
•
Links Worth Visiting
•
Free Woodworking
Tips
FEEDBACK
Contacting
Shopsmith
Copyright
2004.
Shopsmith, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
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Adjusting
Worktable height when using the Shopsmith Speed Increaser
From K. Bradford via email:
I recently
purchased the Shopsmith Speed Increaser with the intent of using my Shopsmith
MARK V as a Router Table/Shaper...but have found it to be extremely difficult
to adjust the height of the table. Is there any attachment available or
jig that will allow accurate, minute adjustments to the height of the
Worktable, quickly and easily?
This
is your lucky day! Shopsmith has just introduced a brand-new product that
will help you solve this problem. It's called the Adjustable
Stop Collar. Just slip it over the front Worktable Tube with the narrow
collar up. Tighten the setscrew on the narrow collar, locking it to the
Table Tube. The bottom collar then rests on top of the Table Carriage...and
when rotated, will raise or lower the Worktable 1/16" per turn, giving
you a total of about 7/8" of adjustment.
Needs
fix for sticky drawer glides
From Tom Darsheid, (Chesterfield, MI):
I'm installing drawer glides in a workshop cabinet. Some of them
don't slide in and out freely. They're sticking and one is pretty hard
to push in and pull out. Is this due to the cabinet being too narrow or
is it something else? What can I do?
Without actually seeing them “in person”, it's hard to tell.
However, some guesses would be...
1) As you said, the cabinet may be too narrow. If you determine that this is the problem, you could always rout or dado shallow (1/16" to 1/8") grooves in the drawer sides to provide some “relief” for the glides.
2) Your glides could be defective. If they're bent, or the glide wheels stick during operation, they won't work properly. You could try some spray-on silicone lubricant.
3) Also, glides come in a variety of qualities...some inexpensive models don't work very smoothly no matter how good a job you do of installing them.
