Chasboy1
Member
Hi Rick, on my Shopsmith, I have adust chute for the 12" sanding disk that didn't fit because they changed the disk design from when mine was made in 1954. I was about to sell the chute when I decided to give it one more try. I remembered I had a 5/8" to threaded 5/8" arbor made by a machine shop teacher so I could use the Sears blades my Dad gave me. Well, the short version is that the disk fit on the end, (the arbor has a slot for the locknut) and all I had to do was adjust the outer cover so the disk could spin freely, which it did. Now that the problem is solved, I'd like to have an arbor made that fits the spindle and then has a non threaded end for the disk's set screw. Attached is a pic of what I have now.