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Russ,
BTW Thanks for posting all the great photos of your different machines. That really helps to visualize the parts mentioned.

Russ,
You certainly have lots of knowledge and good historical & practical information. Thanks for sharing. I got the mark 2 for free and thought I could just swap out the ways to save me the time of clean-up / polishing the way tubes on my Mark V. From what you have done I believe that I can ...

Russ, JPG and Ed,
Russ, thanks for taking the time to address my questions. I wonder if the product you used to fill in the rust pitted ways was JB Weld. They make a product for ferrous metals and also aluminum. It is a heavily filled epoxy putty and when cured does allow for some shaping and or ...

Russ,
Thanks for chiming in. I was hoping you would because you seem to have restored older machines and would have accurate information about the Mark 2 machines. On the Mark 2 I have the Shopsmith plaque is missing, (it looks like it was attached just with adhesive) so I won't have any serial ...

Ed & JPG,
Is there a "market" for the parts I have for the Mark 2? A lot is missing. I do have the headstock with decent chuck. The motor was replaced. I have the ways. and al castings for the ways, table and table saw table, miter gaurge, turning tool rest and the pivot part to turn the headstock ...

Ed, Thanks for the reference. I wonder if the "ways" from the Mark 2 will work on the Mark V? On the Mark 2 they are exactly 48" long. I believe they might be longer on the Mark V. I didn't know that Shopsmith was still in production. I am surprized that the timeline of the Shopsmith production does ...

Hello,
I am a new member. Joined because I have a Mark V Machine and have just acquired a machine painted green identified as a MARK 2 which I thought I could use some parts to replace the "ways" of my Mark V machine. Doing my initial research I realized that not much would interchange from the ...