Ralph wrote:

Lyndell Thompson wrote:

Mac, Bill noble needs a second opinion on the shopsmith shaft
diameter. My SS reads .6171" (about 1/128" shy of 5/8") with my el
cheapo vernier caliper. Ditto for the inside diameter of all my arbors
and I have some newer ones like a 1-1/4" sawblade adator from a mark
V. Anyway, if you have a way of measuring your SS (if you still have
it) Bill and I would appreciate the info. Same applies for anyone else
here. Bill thinks maybe mine is smaller, but all the arbors fit good
and snug. The problem is.......he has access to a manufactured adaptor
that says it fits SS and it is 5/8" true bored (he dosen't have a SS
to test it on though). I think that mfg. may have made it a little
sloppy but I don't know for sure. Any help from anyone will be most
appreciated. Man I can't help it if someone got into the non-filtered,
left-handed cigarettes when they manufactured this thing in 1949 (I
checked the serial # for a fact). But by trying newer arbors at least
they are consistent. I am joking about the above comment on the
cigarettes. Not joking about the year of mfg. I really like my
shopsmith and that is a good thing. It is all I have to work with.:-)
TIA Lyndell

Been using a shopsmith for quite a while, 20 years. The shaft at the
time I bought it was (is) 5/5" dia.
OOPs, Make that 5/8".