1948 Shopsmith 10-E, Serial Number (E) 5052
I picked up this machine last fall based on its great array of accessories (that were all together worth much more than the asking price), including: full power mount adapter kit with pulley, rear fence lock, speed changer, Mark 5-style miter gauge, etc. I wasn't planning to keep it all together until I actually saw what good condition the base machine was in, under those 74 years of grime... So, I embarked on another restoration.
Once I had everything clean and functional, the next question was what color to paint it?? Well, after a bit more cleaning of the painted surfaces, the original paint was actually pretty good, so I opted to leave it as-is. I added a new platform, with factory legs and castors, plus one of the early table raising accessories, but otherwise it's all original.
I need to work on some of the accessories - the aluminum castings on the SPT adapters and rear fence lock never seem to hold paint very well - but I'm enjoying the base system for the time being. Need a little tuning on the speed changer, but it's running quite nicely.
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