for the new Mark VII

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Originally Posted by truxton

I have a shopsmith MKVII circa 1960's. I have replaced the plastic gear that pulls the headstock along the way tubes. I gave a piece the the plastic gear to a friend who machined one from steel. Its seems to me a gear to advance the head stock would be an advantage. As long as we are talking about improvements, I think the table carriage should be mounted on linear bearings to give the table a nice smoth ride along the way tubes.

Would be more useful on the headstock! Bearing surface reduction might be an 'issue'.