What am I doing wrong

[rbenstead]

I'm 56 yr old and I remembering looking at magazines when I was about 10yrs old wanting a Shopsmith. Never got one untill this past summer. Well lets say I got two of them. Over all those years I had a stand alone tilting arbor table saw. It's taking me awhile to learn all the tricks of the trade with the Shopmith. I'm not use to having a saw blade that moves out. The light bulb is shining brighter every day I use it.

[a1gutterman]

I'm 56 yr old and I remembering looking at magazines when I was about 10yrs old wanting a Shopsmith. Never got one untill this past summer. Well lets say I got two of them. Over all those years I had a stand alone tilting arbor table saw. It's taking me awhile to learn all the tricks of the trade with the Shopmith. I'm not use to having a saw blade that moves out. The light bulb is shining brighter every day I use it.Just remember, you can ask any question here. There are no dumb questions and we will knot even laugh at you (publicly, anyway!).:D

[dlbristol]

Don't beat your self up, I spent a good 2 hours trying to figure out how to get the 45 cut lined up before I realized that the SS had this little thing called a quill, it moved in and out and works quite nicely for all kinds of things. Like lining up the blade and slot, drilling, sanding and such!:o They should advertise that more!
I didn't cut the ring off, but I came very close. I reserved my best SS senior moment for throwing away the key and vertical handle for my planer. They were packed in two little bags, and I very carefully disposed of them with the other packaging. I couldn't just throw them in the trash, oh no, I had to burn it as well! :eek:
The ring will take some of the crunch out of the falling head stock, but it will still bend the insert. Yep, did that as well, although I will tell you that is one of those "ya only do it once" deals. It taught me to do the 5 point check.