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StoneyD, Since you are doing an overhaul of your Bandsaw I have an additional recommendation for you. If yours is an older Bandsaw it may not have the Nylon Bolt in the Guide Bracket for the Upper Guide Column. The picture below shows the Nylon Bolt in place on the bracket mounted in the Bandsaw. _ ...

As JPG said, Occasional blowing out the accumulated crud may help prevent this. If done often enough, blowing the dust and debris out of the Headstock will help keep the "crud" out of the motor itself. This will also help keep the dust from "gumming up" other moving parts in the ...

It is time for an update. Shopsmith has reintroduced the Conventional Headstock on what is now being called a Mark 5. This is what was last called a Mark V 520S which was discontinued not too long ago. This reincarnation using the name Mark 5 will certainly add to the confusion of "what Mark mo...

StoneyD, Bandsaw basket case? It may look that way but everything "wrong" with it can be fixed. I own or have owned 11 Shopsmith/Magna Bandsaws ranging from 1056 to 2006. I have even had one with the rubber tires cracked as you described for yours. What a pain to remove and getting the whe...

Thanks JPG, I'll have to re-check my documentation again for that.

Lchance62, Welcome to the Shopsmith Forum. The shorter Quill Assembly came from one of two possible sources. As JPG said the Mark 2 used a shorter Quill than the Mark 5. The other possible source would be a 1961 "Goldie" Mark 5 with a C hand engraved at the end of the serial number. See th...

Glad to hear you were able to get it all back together. I still can't tell when the spacer use began. The oldest manual I have found it in so far is a Mark V 500 & 510 combo manual dated 3/86. It wasn't included in the parts drawings as late as the Mark 5 Parts List and Drawings I have dated 3/7...

ShawnMorton, Welcome to the Shopsmith Forum. You are correct that the Carriage Bolt and the Knurled Nut (in the middle of your picture) is a set used on the Aluminum Bandsaw Table. A similar set is used on the Miter to attach a wood extension to the Protractor face. (Sorry I don't have a picture of ...

Klaw19, The ad is for Total Shop tools not Shopsmith but rather a Shopsmith clone. It's why thing look different. There were a number of Shopsmith clones made in the past. Besides Total Shop you may find Wood Master, NIC Homeshop, Master Woodcraft, Master Shop and others. Parts are very similar but ...

JPG, Good question but I don't have an answer. In parts lists and drawings for the Mark 5 through those dated 3/74 do not have the Spacer. I have fewer consecutive manuals and drawing/parts lists after that. jimbeaux, You are correct that Mark V serial number 83461 was made in March 1981. I don't kn...