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SEPT/ OCT 2001
Volume
44 / Issue 5
IN THIS ISSUE
Project
Articles
•
Colonial Dry Sink
• Hanging Wall Desk
• Child's Pounding Bench and A Wooden
Toy Top
DEPARTMENTS
•
Ask Smitty
• Owner’s Gallery
• Letters from Owners
Academy Notes
Finishing
Touches - Pt.1 Preparing the Surface
Service
Pointers
Jointer
Service Pointers
Safety
Tips
Table
Saw Safety
What's
New
The
5-Foot Connector Tubes
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
2001.
Shopsmith, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Are
older model Shopsmith MARK V's upgradable?
From
Art LaCombe, via e-mail:
I purchased my Shopsmith MARK V about 20 years ago. Can you tell me
what model I have and whether or not it is upgradable?
You probably own a Model 500 machine. If the rip fence has a rounded top with no ribbing on the sides, it's a Model 500. If your rip fence has a flat top with a T-slot in it…and ribbed sides, it's a Model 510. There are two upgrades available for Model 500 machines. A model 510 upgrade which gives you a larger main table and carriage plus a floating extension table system for added workpiece support and an enhanced rip fence. There is also a Model 520 Pro Table & Fence upgrade. For more about these, check out part numbers 555142 (500 to 510 upgrade) and 555769 (500 to 520 upgrade) in the on-line Shopsmith Catalog at our Shopsmith.com website.
Freezing
his buns off in frigid garage shop
From
Troy, via e-mail:
My project list for my Shopsmith and I keeps growing and growing. My
problem is that it's too darn cold to work out in the shop! I've been
researching portable heaters on the web and have found a whole mess of
them to choose from. My shop's in a 20' x 20' garage and both the furnace
and water heater are in there, too. I have concerns that an open flame
heater might ignite the sawdust in the air. I do have a dust collector
for my tools but need a "bulletproof" type of heater since it stays cold
here for 5 months out of the year. Any suggestions?
Although I don't profess to be an expert on shop heating, I understand what you're saying about open flame heaters in a shop. I wouldn't go that way either, if I were you ! My first reaction would be to look for some sort of radiant heater…without exposed electrical coils or open flames. There are a number of oil-filled, radiator-looking jobs available. However, we're talking about a GARAGE shop…BIG space. It could take 10 of these babies, going full blast and sucking electricity like the MGM Grand in Las Vegas…and they still may not do the job. Since your furnace is in the garage, maybe your best plan would be to cut a hole in the furnace plenum (the “box” all your furnace pipes connect to) and install a BIG, damper-type register that you can open when you're in the shop and close when you leave. Another option might be a separate, through-the-wall furnace. They used to be available for $300 to $500.
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