Opr

[scottss]

My question is with the shopsmith mounted opr do you raise the power plant above the router arm? In one of the sawdust session it look like the power plant had been removed.

[dusty]

Has there been a sawdust session that featured the OPR? I thought the first OPR session was this coming Saturday.:confused:

[james.miller]

In the first Sawdust Session on mortising it looked like the headstock had been removed, probably to make the video easier to see.

[charlese]

My question is with the shopsmith mounted opr do you raise the power plant above the router arm? In one of the sawdust session it look like the power plant had been removed.

You place the headstock toward the left side of the table before raising the tubes. Here's the manual - instructions are included. - http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/productmanuals/OverarmPinRouter.pdf

I found it is quite a heft to lift this way without a power lifter. The only power lift I have is an "armstrong" type. It might be a good idea to remove the headstock for this operation. I hadn't thought of that before. You could give it a good cleaning while it is off.

[dusty]

charlese

That is one of the first signs. I know you have heard others say that "something else" is one of the first signs but they weren't being completely truthful.

Finding it difficult to raise your Shopsmith up into the drill press mode is truely one of the first signs of needing that "lift assist" . Up until now, you were young and vital. Now you are beginning to be like many of the rest of us.

Get the Lift Assist. It is fantastic, especially for us oldees.

Not available in drug stores.

[scottss]

Another opr question. Can you mount a router under the table of the opr like the regular router table?

[dusty]

scottss

If it's not designed that way, I'd bet that changing it so that you can is not much of a problem. Looking at the picture, it looks as though no mod is required except for hanging the router (cutting a hole for an insert).

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/catalog/rm_overarmpinrouter.htm

You'll get an answer from a definitive source soon. I know there are a couple OPR owners who participate here regularly.

Cutting a hole for the insert may weaken the table top. I don't know how thick it is. This would suggest a need for under-table reinforcement.

P.S. If this question doesn't get answered before then, it would be a good question for this week's HandsOnline Sawdust Session.

[reible]

Hi,

The router table mounts to the main table (saw top) so you may find that mounting a router below is not going to work very well.

The older version like I have is made to have a router in the arm and one mounted below. If I ever get to it I will post some "tricks" I have found to using that "feature" that will make you think just how special the old design is.

Of course the new version has a few "tricks" that the old one can not do... so if I were a rich man, a very very rich man, I'd own both.

Ed