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Jacob has been very helpful so far. I'm confident in my mechanic abilities and so I'm going to try and do the work myself rather than ship the headstock ocross country and back - I just can't see giving UPS ~$100 for that. We'll see how it goes. Everyone I've read feedback about him so far says he i...

Thanks to everyone that have chimed in here with help and advise. I looked up the repair service I mentioned on eBay and found out that it is none other than the same Jacob Anderson that makes the DVD's several of you have been recomending. As a frequent eBay seller myself I was VERY impressed to se...

Bill - Thanks so much for the info. I've also seen folks on eBay that do repair / upgrade deals. Too bad there isn't anyone out there that would do an exchange for a fee - take mine in for a rebuild and return an already rebuilt unit. My serial number is a low one though so maybe it has collectable ...

Hey - good to hear from a local! :D It is very much in my abilities but not time plus I need to get more parts to finish the job. Just thought it would be faster to get someone who has done the conversion before to do it. What would help is if Shopsmith sold a kit for the conversion. I'll check out ...

Thanks for the reply. If all else fails I'd send it into Shopsmith as I'm sure they would do it right :-) I'd like to try a local option first and if that fails then off to Shopsmith it will go.

Greetings Everyone and Happy Holidays- I live in the Seattle Washington area (Auburn to be exact) and have an old 1955 era Mark V that has finally stopped working :( I replaced the motor a few years back and bought the 2 bearing quill in prep to do the conversion but didn't know (at the time) that I...