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I talked with a few acquaintances and neighbors, read the original manual and detailed shopsmith book that my uncle purchased, broke out my hand tools and multi-meter and carefully stripped down the unit for maintenance.

There was still quite a bit of sawdust in almost every nook and cranny, but ...

Thanks for the welcome, I'm in the east SF bay. I grew up in Chula Vista around the time they built the 405 down to the border so I hope to make at least one nice Chargers sign with the scroll saw.

I'm pretty sure that this machine will be in near excellent condition as my uncle was a master ...

When my uncle passed in the mid 90s my father was allowed to have my uncle's Mark V 510 with a number of attachments (scroll saw, band saw, air compressor, dust collector).

This little beauty has been stored in a dry garage for about 15 years and remained unused.

Other than the cobwebs and dust ...