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This is what the stop spring looks like on a 1954 MK 5 and some info on the purpose it serves------Dave
https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=4032

That's it! That's the information and pictures that I needed and was hoping for! Many, many thanks to all of you members who responded and ...

Mikelst:

My casting has a rectangular opening instead of the polygonial opening you have on your photos.

Cayuse

Monday I called Shopsmith. A lady answered the phone and I asked a number of questions including the manufacture date of this Mark V. She told me it was made September 1954, as per serial number.

I called this morning spoke to a different lady and ask questions including the question I posed here ...

I just purchased a previously owned MK V, born September 1954. Previous owner separated drive head from motor housing and removed the entire speed control unit to replace speed control handle (lost or missing, not with the machine). I noticed when I looked at the video provided by Shopsmith that ...