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03-18-2007, 06:49 PM
I have done both the 500 and 510 to 520 and the difference is in what parts you get. For the 500 you need a new table and extension/floating tables, new saw blade arbors, new hub for the disk sander and of course the tubes and associated parts, and dust collection parts for the saw along with the table saw insert. Lathe tool rest and safety kit. (Think that covers most of it.)
The 510 you already have most of the parts so you get new rails and safety kit.
Either way you end up with a 520.
To have all the advantages of the 520 you must have the larger motor (std since 196?) and the two bearing quill (let's not get into a discussion of the quill issue).
On the used 510 I got it was missing the tie bar guard (ref # 155) so I don't know if it got lost or was never added.... the holes were undersized to fit the screws that came with my order so maybe they had change hole sizes or maybe that is why it was never added??? Anyway the upgrade kit assumed that was there already and that was the only extra thing I had to buy...
I love the 520, like a new saw!!!!!!! (The upgrade cost more then I paid for my shopsmith new back in 1976...... new price was as I recall $745) But then how many companies have a product that can be upgraded like this so many years later???????
Ed
The 510 you already have most of the parts so you get new rails and safety kit.
Either way you end up with a 520.
To have all the advantages of the 520 you must have the larger motor (std since 196?) and the two bearing quill (let's not get into a discussion of the quill issue).
On the used 510 I got it was missing the tie bar guard (ref # 155) so I don't know if it got lost or was never added.... the holes were undersized to fit the screws that came with my order so maybe they had change hole sizes or maybe that is why it was never added??? Anyway the upgrade kit assumed that was there already and that was the only extra thing I had to buy...
I love the 520, like a new saw!!!!!!! (The upgrade cost more then I paid for my shopsmith new back in 1976...... new price was as I recall $745) But then how many companies have a product that can be upgraded like this so many years later???????
Ed