Shep wrote: > I am slightly puzzled by the mechanism, which has two slides, the lower one > parallel to the bed, and the upper one, with the normal facility for setting > to an angle. All previous versions I have encountered do not have the > lower slide. Any old South Bend operators remember the purpose of this > lower slide? It's been too long since I've seen one. However, if you want to go over to Yahoogroups, there is a South Bend group. All the manuals and parts diagrams should be there in the files. JerryK MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.