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JPG & Russ, Thanks for identifying these for me. I have only used it very little. Several years ago I turned some walnut legs for a dining room table. I’ll use it mostly as a lathe, so parts C and E are most important and are what I thought they were. Better safe than sorry, though. Cleaning and...

Let’s see if posts any photos; I tried to reduce the quality. You are right about the Allen wrench head; my Torx screwdriver works, though.
Charlie D

Can anyone identify these parts and tell me what they are used for? “D” has a Torx head screw in the lower end that appears to be for locking something in the angled hole the Q-tip is in. These came with my Shopsmith ER, serial number R32797 (1947?). Is C a tail stock and E a headstock for the lath...

Can anyone identify these parts and tell me what they are used for? “D” has a Torx head screw in the lower end that appears to be for locking something in the angled hole the Q-tip is in. These came with my Shopsmith ER, serial number R32797 (1947?). Is C a tail stock and E a headstock for the lathe...

chapmanruss,
Thanks for the information and the pdf file. Both will be a great help.
Charlie

My Shopsmith is similar to this (2 belts), but name plate says it is a Model ER. Is that the same thing as Model 10E and/or Model 10ER? I’m new to the forum, too. This post was helpful; not much anywhere else about the 2 belt setup. Got some more questions about my old machine, but got to figure out...