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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 what should I do to return it to operating service?

I was considering following the manual steps for initial setup and/or routine service.

I look forward to posting pictures of my first few projects once the shp smith is back in business, my wife wants custom closets and I need to finish the boy's toy room plus get garage storage installed.

Welcome to the forum. There is a world knowledge here and many members willing to share it.

Welcome. If you have questions come back often.

I'll recommend Nick Engler's DVD's as a good source of information on getting your Shopsmith up and running smoothly;

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/cata ... _index.htm

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 carpenter in the Anaheim area and during storage it was pretty much undisturbed.

I found something over on the Shopsmith Academy for checking out machines of dubious quality that will work fine as I get my new baby up and running -

Used Shopsmith checklist

As things progress I'll post pics and if anyone is from the SF Bay Area send me a PM on the forums

Did anyone mention the Sawdust Session videos online, especially #21-25 (if I remember correctly)? When I rebuilt my '55 500 I found those videos absolutely indispensible.

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 the belts and motor were in superb condition, all the stop/locks were in good working order and all attachments to basic functions were there and in labeled containers except for the lathe cups so I am going to wait on anything to do with that function until I've become more comfortable with other functions.

As per the shop manual I lubricated (oil, graphite or wax as appropriate) the parts that were called out and made sure I had an isolated circuit in the garage.

Unfortunately before I do any serious work I'll have to add a new circuit as the entire garage is on the same breaker (20 amps) and I like my "beer fridge" to stay where it is, but my laundry room is on a separate circuit so that's not a concern.

I checked the basic functions of the table saw and drill press and everything ran smooth.

I'm looking forward to getting a few low key projects done to make my closets and kids' toy room a bit more functional before I start tackling some of the more difficult things such as custom inlays or major lathe work.

I'm very grateful to both my departed uncle and my father for letting this wonderful machine come to my family and I hope that everyone here can share in my shop re-education.

beeg wrote:Drewcof, welcome to the SS forums. Nice looking machine ya got there. But WHERE'S the inside of the leg rust?

The 'PO' did not have felines!:D Nor heavy dew!:rolleyes: