I am going to have a pause on this project. My planer (DW735) threw a chain and it broke two links. It is an older model I bought used and abused a few years ago. I will repair it and hand it off to my son. In the meantime I ordered a new one from Home Depot. With military discount it was $540. That's without the infeed/outfeed tables because I can transfer parts from the old one to the new one.
The day it broke, I went back to the house to sulk and browse CL for another used planer. Did not find one.
However..... I did find a Mk V 500 greenie!
Asking price was $140 and that seemed fair because it came with a model 610 jigsaw. Brought it home to put next to my 520. I think it will make an excellent slow paced project.
Spent a few hours cleaning to get it to a point where it "presentable." From the looks of it, I will need at a minimum a new power cord, new wheels, all of the panhead screws, one accessory mount lock, a tailstock and everything associated with the table saw besides the table itself.
I tore into the jigsaw yesterday and I find no evidence of it ever having oil in it. The white plastic yoke was broken. I may have done that by slowly spinning it by hand. But it was otherwise very clean inside with no oil residue of any kind.
Not sure about the jigsaw's age, but looking up the Mk V SN it shows to be a 1956. I have ordered a reproduction manual for it and a 3D printed yoke.
