Shopsmith Forums

Am way behind in my responses. Never found out any more information. But did one better. Started spending time with Bill Mayo. Taught me things like how to pull out the start winding in most headstock motors & cross connect a DPDT switch to have both forward & reverse along with other SHK- s...

Visited Bill a number of times years ago. Every time I visited, he taught me things he came up with over the years to improve the Shopsmith. First lesson was taking the headstock motor apart & pulling out the start winding leads to connect to a DTDP switch. The switch allowed reverse, as well as...

thanks, anybody ever take over Bill Mayo shop/supplies. As of today a couple people expressed interest in Bill’s Shopsmith repair parts and supplies, but didn’t followed through. With exception of a couple things, the shop remains the same. Ann has no idea about the stuff in the shop. Shopsmith stu...

Greetings all. Have some desert ironwood along with a lot of river birch. Need to cut up. Understand a carbide tip bandsaw blade is required. Tried looking up Lenox carbide bandsaw blades without any luck. The Lenox website has at least half a dozen different types of carbide blades. Didn't see any ...

It's been a year since Bill passed away. Was lucky enough to know him & spend time with him and his wife over the years at their home. He taught me a lot: how to modify a motor by digging out the start winding & add a DPDT switch to permit reverse mode as well as forward. Bill left a shop fu...

Have a 2 panels in my house- a 200 amp main in the basement & a 100 amp sub panel in the garage/shop. Each have their own surge protection. The main has a large Eaton protector outside the panel. The garage has a Square D snap-in protector. Depending on where you live, these devices may not prot...

Took a friend to a demo today to the demo at Lowes in Langhorne, PA. Wanted to see the new Mark 7 / Mark V Table-Raiser & my friend see a Mark 7 in action. Took almost an hour to drive there. Was told the only type of hydraulic lift sold by Shopsmith was the Lift Assist & there was such lift...

Anyone know what size the bench & way tubes are on a shorty? I need to make space. Thanks in advance.

I just learned from Ann that Bill passed away at 6:15 this evening. He was a good friend and a mentor to me. He will be missed.

Thanks Dusty. Is this the one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Volf5Y ... B0uiCMRV4y

Looks a number of Mark Vs could then be stacked in the same footprint as one. I really should start scaling down, but...