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Hi all,

I have a Mark V, that I bought new in the mid 80's. It has the old style table and fence system. I've built a lot of nice pieces with it and it served me well when I had limited space. I now have a larger shop and may opt to sell my Mark V (reluctantly) for a cabinet saw. It has all the original standard accessories and the addon bandsaw. Can anyone tell me what I might be able to get for it on Craigslist or Ebay?

JML

jml wrote:Hi all,

I have a Mark V, that I bought new in the mid 80's. It has the old style table and fence system. I've built a lot of nice pieces with it and it served me well when I had limited space. I now have a larger shop and may opt to sell my Mark V (reluctantly) for a cabinet saw. It has all the original standard accessories and the addon bandsaw. Can anyone tell me what I might be able to get for it on Craigslist or Ebay?

JML

Read the user agreement!

What it is worth is what ever you can get for it. That will vary greatly(location location location).

Sorry I'm new to the forum. I admit I did not read the User Agreement.

Hi,

Well before you run off and sell the shopsmith you might want to check this site out for guidance on doing thing like an upgrade to a 520. This alone is like a whole new machine, while expensive it gives you a lot in return.

Depending on how old the machine a new two bearing quill might be of additional value to you.

As far as table space, if that is an issue, we have several people who have posted a lot of good ideas how to increase what you have now or even if you upgrade to the 520, there are lots of ways to make that even a large platform.

If you are not up on the latest offerings you might want to check the following announcement:
http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/announcement.htm?f=6
Yes a new headstock is coming with some nice features including a larger speed range and more power.

Even if you do decide to go for the new table saw the old shopsmith still will have a lot of functionality left in your shop. Some people here have table saws but depend on the shopsmith for the other functions...

It is of course your decision but you might want to spend a few days reading here, just to see what is the latest on the user front.

Ed

Thanks for the advice Ed. I love the functionality of my Mark V and would love to keep it but my new shop isn't THAT big. I have looked into upgrading but usually balk at the expense.

jml wrote:Thanks for the advice Ed. I love the functionality of my Mark V and would love to keep it but my new shop isn't THAT big. I have looked into upgrading but usually balk at the expense.

The new cabinet saw and bandsaw,I think is going to cost ya much MORE than the upgrade.

jml wrote:Hi all,

I have a Mark V, that I bought new in the mid 80's. It has the old style table and fence system. I've built a lot of nice pieces with it and it served me well when I had limited space. I now have a larger shop and may opt to sell my Mark V (reluctantly) for a cabinet saw. It has all the original standard accessories and the addon bandsaw. Can anyone tell me what I might be able to get for it on Craigslist or Ebay?

JML

I hope you don't sell, but the best way to get your answer is to go to those sites and see what others are selling for. Doing that will keep you out of trouble on this site.

jml-

Beeg and Ed have great advice. While I like looking at new tools as much as anyone else, I am also of the opinion you would be farther ahead doing the upgrade. Also I would not get rid of any pieces. From what I have learned on this forum, you may be able to modify them to suit your needs. Besides, if you give up the SS just because of the sawing factor, you'll also give up your drill press, horizontal boring machine. or disc sander. Do you really want to do that (assuming that you do not have those already in your shop)?

BPR

ryanbp01 wrote:jml-

Beeg and Ed have great advice. While I like looking at new tools as much as anyone else, I am also of the opinion you would be farther ahead doing the upgrade. Also I would not get rid of any pieces. From what I have learned on this forum, you may be able to modify them to suit your needs. Besides, if you give up the SS just because of the sawing factor, you'll also give up your drill press, horizontal boring machine. or disc sander. Do you really want to do that (assuming that you do not have those already in your shop)?BPR

One of the things I like about my small "fleet" of Shopsmiths is that sitting in my shop right now are 10 SS table saws, 10 drill presses, 10 lathes, 10 horizontal boring machines and 10 disc sanders. That is not to mention almost unlimited options for powering my SPT's many of which I can normally leave sat-up. Lots of flexibility for all of those other accessories too. There is little chance that I would ever be "down" waiting for parts when I want to be doing something. That is important to me since hopefully I will be in at least limited production by early January.
I tend to find it a little ironic or amusing some times when others tell me that they would never spend the money for even 2 or 3 "extra" machines but they will then run out and spend $300 or more for some shiny (sometimes over-hyped) add on gadget that accomplishes little for them.
Of course you have to have a little space but even in a fairly modest shop there are often ways to get things fit in. Making mini's is one way to squeeze in one more. When I was buying mine I paid from $35 to $800 for them but several of them came with enough SPT's that I didn't need that I sold for enough to buy the next unit.
It may seen strange to have so many of a tool that has table saw as its primary function and not use any of them for that. The main thing I like is the flexibility of set-up. I know of no other tool with the flexibility of Shopsmith and I now have so much flexibility that I can hardly stand up...

Thanks for all the responses guys. I appreciate the input. There's almost nothing I can't do with wood and the SS has a lot to do with that. Think I'll take another look at the catalog and see what I can do. See you all around the forum.

JML