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Yeah, pretty much decided that. The are very nicely made.

Checked the tubes this morning and tubes they are not. They are solid steel bar!
Bandsaw, jointer, and jig saw.
I’m liking them better every time I look at them.

It was all green when I got it. I painted both base and cover.

Artistic licence, JPG. The Metalic Turquoise was the closest colour I was able to get and while I like it a lot, it is pretty “in your face” so I copied the headstock and went two tone turquoise/silver.

I’ve been wondering the same thing since I posted the last pics but I haven’t checked it yet. I will today. In order to join the tubes to the bars the way they are at least the ends have to be solid so either they are bars or have end plugs welded in. As for the offset, my guess is the same reason a...

So likely owner custom offset mounts? That makes sense. ShopSmith guys are a clever and resourceful bunch.

Do you think the same goes for the jointer and jigsaw mounts?

Which ever bandsaw I decide to sell will definitely have the stock tubes. I’ll be keeping these.

Okay, I checked the castings and they appear to be the same, meaning only the tubes are different and could probably be swapped.

There is no sticker on the bandsaw. There is a cast number on the table bottom that almost matches a Jan-Feb 1958 serial number but it’s a number short. Both the jointer and the bandsaw have tubes that terminate on an offset plate whose other end carries the bench end tubes. 20230905_165256_Original...

The tubes are certainly different than any of the (three) others I’ve owned but I haven’t checked to see if the casting is. I have a newer one here as well so I can check. Might it just have the accessory offset tubes to allow drill press mode with the bandsaw on? The jointer has the same tube setup...

Thanks Russ, I would prefer to think of the machine as an original unit and not a mashup of parts from two or more. That works with the apparent history of good care too. The machine was in very good shape when I got it. I’ll see if I can find “before” pictures of the other greenie I restored to che...