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Well, 2 weeks ago I never even heard of Shopsmith. I bought a 54 greenie shown in the other thread.
Tonight I went to look at one in craigslist being sold incredibly cheap. It had a bandsaw which i didn't have. it looked incredibly rusty in the pics. So i figured parts for my greenie, and a bandsaw.

Well, i was wrong...

Now I have a goldie. Tomorrow I post pictures.
It came with a jointer, something else I didn't have. It did seem to run good, quill was free moving, and the speed control worked properly.

It obviously sat in a damp garage, the tubes, and tales have a fair amount of surface rust. Tomorrow I will clean the rust off, and wax it.

Welcome to the sickness. Everything can be restored. Have fun!

Dick

oh, it's a sickness all right. 25 years ago, i got into Gravely Model L tractors, starting with a 1963. Now I got 5, with all sorts of attachments. I can see this will go the same way.

Dang dude.... another one followed me home today too.

I am posting four pics of my goldie. Freshly unloaded from my truck, two pics.

2 pics cleaned up. removed the rust the best i could, and waxed the tubes, and jointer. the band saw will be tomorrow.

well, only two would post.

can someone send me a pm on using img tags to post pics from another site? I can't remember how.

Hint, Hint, Hint.
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I tried that, and get an upload error. I am trying to link my pics off of facebook.

wodnek wrote:I tried that, and get an upload error. I am trying to link my pics off of facebook.

Waaaay tooo big I am sure.

One pix at a time ! Up to 5/post.

Welcome!!! Another one hooked and boated!!! Is the goldie a 1 1/8HP?

I did a serial number look up of the goldie, 379064. so that makes it a 61, I think, which should be a 1 1/8?
It is a good running machine through the entire speed range, and looks like it will be my primary worker.