SEPT/OCT
2002
Volume 45/Issue 5
IN
THIS ISSUE
Project
Articles
•
The Toy Train
• The Cold Frame
• The Toy Puzzles & Kitchen Helpers
DEPARTMENTS
•
Ask Smitty
• Owner’s Gallery
• Letters from Owners
Academy Notes
Using
the Shopsmith Mortising Attachment to Drill Square Holes
Service Pointers
MARK
V Wedge Locks & Way Tubes
Safety Tips
Using
the Shopsmith Safety Kit
What's
New
Incra
Miter Gauge 2000
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
2002.
Shopsmith, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Using
the Shopsmith Safety Kit
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Here
at Shopsmith, we're always working to promote safer, more accurate woodworking.
This means the continual development of new Safety Aids to help you protect
yourself from personal injury when working with your Shopsmith Power Tools.
The foundation of our efforts in this area lies in our award-winning Shopsmith
Safety Kit.
The components of this Kit are designed to hold, push or otherwise maneuver workpieces close to moving blades, cutters, bits and discs. In addition, they also help to maintain even pressure on the stock curing cuts, delivering improved accuracy and control. The Kit consists of:
- A hooked-end Push Stick to help you push stock from 1-1/2" to 5" wide into the blade or cutter when making “through cuts”.
- A rubber-bottomed Push Block to help you push stock 5" or wider into the blade or cutter when making “through-cuts” - or for advancing the stock over any blade or cutter when making partial cuts that do not go all the way through the stock, such as dado or groove cuts, etc.
- A narrow Fence Straddler to help you push stock that's narrower than 1-1/2" into the blade or cutter. This device hooks over the top of your Rip Fence and will help you safely push stock as narrow as 1/4".
- A Feather Board to help you hold your stock against your Rip Fence (or other Fence) when making a cut. This device contains flexible “fingers” to exert continual pressure against your stock and help prevent kick-backs in the event of a snag.
This Kit is standard equipment with every new MARK V sold since 1982. If you have purchased a used MARK V that didn't come with a Safety Kit, or if you have an older unit that you purchased new prior to 1982, you should order a Safety Kit for your own protection. Since the introduction of the Safety Kit, Shopsmith has also introduced a number of other devices to bring added safety and control to various operations. Among these are the following:
- A Rip
Fence Mounted Feather Board that mounts to the T-Slot in the
top of your Model 510 or 520 MARK V Rip Fence. This device is used to
exert DOWNWARD pressure on workpieces, preventing them from rising off
the Worktable surface during specific operations.
- Auxiliary
Fence-Mounted Feather Boards mount to the Auxiliary Fence Kit
to help hold workpieces down against the Jointer Table during jointing
operations - and down against the MARK V Worktable during Dadoing, Grooving
and Molding operations.
- A Jointer
Feather Guard that replaces the gray aluminum “pork-chop”-shaped
guard on earlier model Shopsmith Jointers (standard equipment with current
Jointers). This Feather Guard automatically exerts inward pressure against
the Jointer Fence during cuts and helps prevent dangerous kick-backs,
as well.
- A Shaper/Router
Guard Retro-fit Kit that includes a Quill-Mounted Feather-Guard
for exerting downward pressure on the workpiece; a Feather Board for
exerting inward pressure against the Shaper/Router Fence; a Rear Fence
Guard; a See-Through Shield; and a Vacuum Attachment.
- Router
Table Feather Boards for holding workpieces firmly against the
Shopsmith Router Table Fence or Pro Fence System Router Table Fence
during certain operations.
