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I guess I will need to really need to start looking at the manuals while I am out on tour because right now i am as lost as a 1980’s Easter egg. I did some machine shop work in the Navy when I had to make my own tools for working on optical systems; periscopes, binoculars, alidades, sextants and ...

Looking closer at the picture you provided I see you also got a Bandsaw and Jointer. Nice additions. :) The serial numbers will tell when they were made.

The Bandsaw is an older one having the cast iron table. If needed there are the current PDF Bandsaw Manual and parts diagrams at the links ...

Gentlemen,

i would like to say a very big thank you for all your information and help so far. I look forward to day full of wood chips and sawdust while I attempt to make something out of nothing, as they say. My extent of “woodworking“ is the work bench i made out of scrap lumber salvaged from a ...

The green one has Mark 2 on the front of the headstock. This is the serial number on the gray one. It does have SS in front of the number. I have never owned any equipment like this before so to say I am a green thumb would be an understatement. Not sure when the last time either machine was ...

These are them. The green one in the foreground is definitely a Mark 2 not sure what exactly the gray one is. I have pictures of them individually but the size is too large to post here. I cannot find a data plate on either one to find date of mfg nor serial numbers. I’m looking forward to working ...

I’ve just acquired 2 shopsmiths, 1 a Mark 2 and the other I believe to be an older Mark 5. I have some attachments for the Mark 5; table saw, joiner, band saw and tailstock for lathe plus a box of stuff I have yet to go through. The Mark 2 has the 12” disc sander and that is about it. I’m trying to ...