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Kris, to be clear, you got the Shopsmith for $100 and you paid Battels $37 to diagnose and replace the start capacitor? If so, looks like the you still owe the machine. :D Maybe you should buy it the 520 upgrade or something else nice. ]


Yup, to say the least, right time, right deal, right place ...

not to say i have never been over sold before.. but Vince at the repair shop did everything he was supposed to, by taking me back to his bench and showing me the problem and he gave me back the "spent" capacitor... Hell he could have told me to rub my belly and jump on one foot to make it run and i ...

As anticipated Vince at Battels Hardware had me running in 25 minutes! Guess it was the capacitor... he showed me how mine failed the tester... either way i'm into this SS for $137, and a couple of hours driven around. take a look i think she's pretty nice!

the only thing she's missing for now ...

Yup i'm in Huntington beach... She's a little scattered as i give the other parts some TLC.. but after my trip to whittier tomorrow i should be back in business and will post pics of the whole set up. thanks
kris

guess that "motor shop" was more of an appliance repair place... good guys dont get me wrong, they tested electric, everything was spot on and looked great, he checked the centrifugal contacts, they looked great...capacitor checked out too... but he said too seemed like motor didn't want to get up ...

thanks for the tips. chisel marks will be done first thing! but i dont think im gonna open her up myself... motor shop 2 mins away and at the price i got this thing... paying a pro to pop it open and to check it out is fine with me... i check'd other threads and did everything recommended up until ...

some pics:

Yes i can rotate shaft freely, the motor does spin with the belt off... but it seems really bogged down....

i do have the sanding disc on and have turned it while slowly getting speed dial back to slow... no luck there. i will post some pics later to show how "nice" everything looks, and lack of ...

Okay so i bought it!!! its in really good condition, minus the humming motor... and it has the PRO fence system and it is a 1987, (after checkin serial)

So i have watched a couple vids and read the manual on cleaning and general TLC... gave a couple of drops of oil in the rights spots... lubed all ...

nice!! also if it wasn't evident, i'm pretty much a newbie, but think i can follow good advice if i run into any major issues with it. and I've weighed the pros and cons.... with the help from this forum and my research over the last week, i think it is now becoming a "no brainer too"!