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if so what adapters if any do you need to mount it to the arbor?
I’m wanting to turn a grinding wheel relatively slow for grinding knives.
I’ve searched ebay for the grinding wheel and cover but none exist presently.
i picked this up from facebook marketplace from a guy who was moving. it’s a 1970’s era. not sure what model exactly. haven’t had time to mess with it since i got it…
HAS:
table saw
drill
lathe (but missing the lathe cutting tools)
disc sander
jointer
Wanting:
lathe tools for carving
band saw
locking casters? (is this a thing for these)
where’s the best places to find accessories for these?
and are the accessories interchangeable between models/versions?
I have a used Mark V. So my first attempts at turning were with a few short pieces of 2x2 lumber I had cut to size with the bandsaw. I mounted it with the spur drive and live center on the tailstock. I was following the manual to start roughing smaller than 2" at speed C. I was using the large shopsmith gouge that came with the Mark V. It worked ok till I hit a knot and then it would stop turning and make a squealing noise until I pulled the gouge away and then it'd spin again. I thought, OK I'm pushing too hard as IDK what I'm doing. This helped sometimes.
The issue I had though was basically at the knots I could not provide enough pressure to really turn that area and not have it stop spinning at least a few times. I guess I kind of expected more torque out of the shopsmith.
I did try and sharpen the chisel a bit on the sanding disk, which didn't really seem to make much difference.
So I guess my questions are
Is it a big problem that this happened? - I tried to minimize the time cause I can't imagine it's good for the machine to jam up like that.
Is it expected that knots in store lumber just cannot be turned on the shopsmith? Or is my machine no good / need something fixed?
Should I use a different chisel here or do something different from using the large gouge to make the square round? Is it something that is solved with technique?
Hey all, does anyone know if there is a set screw to tighten the quill from rattling? It is such a minute wobble that I can still use it for a bandsaw and disc sander, it really only makes the lathe feature unusable. If I can find this magical set screw it would probably only need a quarter turn to solve the problem. Ha anyone else encountered this? Thank you.