There is a saying , "a grinder and paint make me the welder I aint". I was a welder but now I'm on VA disability. I will probably fall back on that idea for a while when I need to weld something, since I am extremely rusty where my welding is concerned.
I've been looking for ideas to modify the 500 table for a while. I'm curious if the concept could be adjusted to pull the conduit out and up on each side to ultimately be the guide for a different fence (given the generally questionable consistency with the 500 fence).
I'm sure it could, but it would take more metal working/welding skills than I have to do it. At that point I would start looking for a used 510 or 520.
AC welders create a mess with splatter and the welds aren't as strong and clean as a DC welder. Since the HFT buzz box welder is no good for aluminum, it was worth it to convert.
@@cyclesurgeon i see! Now foolish me when i had more money but less time just got a TIG which, i believe can simply be set to either AC or DC according to your substrate. But as you made the point for adding angle iron could do so with any welder!
@@toddharshbarger8616 Yeah, you need AC for TIG welding aluminum and the patience to learn to TIG weld. As I said in the video, I'm a slap-dash welder at best, but my metal does stick together when I'm done.
My real question is if you have a 510 why do you need this. Don't get me wrong I see the need for more than one SS as I have one on a wall permanent a 500 then another 500 I use with the belt and disk sander most days but also use it as my lathe most the time. Then My 510 that has the jointer and spends 90% of its life as a tablesaw. I am in the look for a second 510 table and plan on putting another carriage on my 510 but use a 500 carriage and table post & I am going to use linear rails to modify and mount my secondhand 510 table and have a really Badass sliding table saw with double main table size. Then an extension pole could lock the tables together to prevent sliding. Unlike a tail table both would go up and down with a hand crank too and could be set at the same angle. I have had the Idea for a bit but I need to find a good second 510 table. Maybe just pick up a entire machine on market place next time I find one around 500. Use the table to make my system and chop down the new SS to a shorty and make a sanding station with the belt sander and strip sander. I do also have a powerstation. But the one-car garage is getting a bit full. Lol Plus all the welding equipment and SS free stand planner too. I love ShopSmith I was raised on a 500 my dad got it when I was 4. That was 45 years ago. I also made a bad ass router attachment that uses a 500 table and carriage that hangs in place of the tail table. It holds a 2.5 hp router that basically is mounted to the extra caraige that the 500 table comes down over the router. The carriage is not on the way tubes it instead sets into the tail stock and places the end table. This looks well made not knocking it just if you have a 510 they are so damn nice for a table saw compared to the 500.
Because it was there, and ideas become earworms. If I don't build it, it won't go away. My shorty now lives in my buddy's Quonset hut in New Mexico, along with two more of its brothers.
Good idea! I love DIY improvements and mods!
There is a saying , "a grinder and paint make me the welder I aint". I was a welder but now I'm on VA disability. I will probably fall back on that idea for a while when I need to weld something, since I am extremely rusty where my welding is concerned.
I've been looking for ideas to modify the 500 table for a while. I'm curious if the concept could be adjusted to pull the conduit out and up on each side to ultimately be the guide for a different fence (given the generally questionable consistency with the 500 fence).
I'm sure it could, but it would take more metal working/welding skills than I have to do it. At that point I would start looking for a used 510 or 520.
Breathing new life into a 50 year old machine! I love it!
Why did you convert ac welder to dc?
AC welders create a mess with splatter and the welds aren't as strong and clean as a DC welder. Since the HFT buzz box welder is no good for aluminum, it was worth it to convert.
@@cyclesurgeon i see! Now foolish me when i had more money but less time just got a TIG which, i believe can simply be set to either AC or DC according to your substrate. But as you made the point for adding angle iron could do so with any welder!
@@toddharshbarger8616 Yeah, you need AC for TIG welding aluminum and the patience to learn to TIG weld. As I said in the video, I'm a slap-dash welder at best, but my metal does stick together when I'm done.
My real question is if you have a 510 why do you need this. Don't get me wrong I see the need for more than one SS as I have one on a wall permanent a 500 then another 500 I use with the belt and disk sander most days but also use it as my lathe most the time. Then My 510 that has the jointer and spends 90% of its life as a tablesaw. I am in the look for a second 510 table and plan on putting another carriage on my 510 but use a 500 carriage and table post & I am going to use linear rails to modify and mount my secondhand 510 table and have a really Badass sliding table saw with double main table size. Then an extension pole could lock the tables together to prevent sliding. Unlike a tail table both would go up and down with a hand crank too and could be set at the same angle. I have had the Idea for a bit but I need to find a good second 510 table. Maybe just pick up a entire machine on market place next time I find one around 500. Use the table to make my system and chop down the new SS to a shorty and make a sanding station with the belt sander and strip sander. I do also have a powerstation. But the one-car garage is getting a bit full. Lol Plus all the welding equipment and SS free stand planner too. I love ShopSmith I was raised on a 500 my dad got it when I was 4. That was 45 years ago. I also made a bad ass router attachment that uses a 500 table and carriage that hangs in place of the tail table. It holds a 2.5 hp router that basically is mounted to the extra caraige that the 500 table comes down over the router. The carriage is not on the way tubes it instead sets into the tail stock and places the end table.
This looks well made not knocking it just if you have a 510 they are so damn nice for a table saw compared to the 500.
Because it was there, and ideas become earworms. If I don't build it, it won't go away. My shorty now lives in my buddy's Quonset hut in New Mexico, along with two more of its brothers.