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On this day, one more Sawsmith 500003 has been saved! I still need to go through it thoroughly but it looks to be in good shape aside for most of the column lift assembly being missing. I guess its back to stalking eBay.

I broke two down for paint a couple weekends ago. Take a set of long hex wrenches (unless he has the one that comes with the SS), a large slotted screwdriver, an adjustable wrench, a hammer, a block of wood, and a can of liquid wrench. the tie bar piece on the non-pivoting end of the way bars seems ...

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I have found their online CS to be very responsive. I received a copy of the oscillating drum sander manual within a couple hours of asking!

I went 80 miles to pick up a short for 150 today. But the best part I guess was I saw on CL an guy had a band saw on a dedicated power station for 150 on the way. No complaining but now I need a table too as I may make the shorty a kinda dedicated drill press if I need too.
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That one slipped by me. I am not driving all over the state of Florida buying cheap Shopsmiths now. Only when they are super cheap like this one. I check Ebay almost every day so do not under stand how I missed it. I only do Craig's List a couple times a week.

It wasnt up for long, i saw it at ...

300 bucks for a 80s model 500 with jigsaw, beltsander, jointer, strip sander, planer, and bandsaw? It was a little beat up looking but if I were in FL I would have been all over it!

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or like an in wall ironing board? when you are done then you just fold up one leg and fold it away lol

ah, thanks for the replies. i am always considering how best to utilize the SS stuff and the 10ER does have a nice small footprint when mounted to the wall like that. After seeing Fred's lathe setup I know I will be trying at least one 10ER with a UTR for a dedicated lathe. The double ended drill ...

nice, does the 10ER have an advantage over a Mark V as a drill press? I see a lot of folks around here using them in the dedicated drill or lathe mode and the concensus seems to be that it is a better lathe.