scottscreeker
01-23-2007, 11:08 AM
Thanks for your prompt response, Dean. I cannot tell you from direct observation what length blades the 610 requires as I threw away the piece that broke before I found Shopsmith no longer supports the 610 and I only have the ends which remained in the upper and lower chucks. From reading other posts on the Shopsmith User Group website, I gather I need 5" plain end blades. The ends of the blades I removed from the chucks do not have pins, but do have 1/16" holes that may have held pins that were driven out before the blades were installed. Several forum/user group posts refer to doing that. I do mostly general wood cutting. I was given this attachment along with an ancient Mark V and have only used it a couple of times. I've only used the Mark V occasionally as a table saw and don't do a lot of woodworking or have much experience. The only jigsaw blade that came with the machine broke over a year ago. I just replaced the Gilmer belt on the power head and decided to go ahead and try to get the jigsaw back up and running, too. I think I'll buy some blades at Lowes and see if they fit. If they don't and I haven't broken them, I can always return them.