Thanks for the great responses. I was wondering how I should clean it and I even got advice for that!
There are some challenges to maintaining the old model because the nameplate does not open and it looks like the headstock is one solid piece.
I will probably go ahead and buy the saw guards and ...
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- Wed Feb 14, 2007 5:03 pm
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Updates to an Original ShopSmith
Hello--
I have just inherited a ShopSmith from my grandpa that was sold to him in 1954--the serial number is 285849. It has green paint so I'm pretty sure it was the original model of the Mark V. It took some tuning up to get it running well again (it sat in storage for about 20 years) but I am ...
I have just inherited a ShopSmith from my grandpa that was sold to him in 1954--the serial number is 285849. It has green paint so I'm pretty sure it was the original model of the Mark V. It took some tuning up to get it running well again (it sat in storage for about 20 years) but I am ...