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Terrific, thanks for the information.

jsburger wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 9:11 pm The serial number is a date code. The machine was built on Sep 18 1990.

Thank you very much, that is something that is so obvious now but surprised how it went over my head before.

I can’t seem to find the year of my Shopsmith Mark V. These are the numbers - Serial number 091890 Model number 555160 I’ve had trouble taking the table off. I get it to the top, but it won’t lift off. So I’ve been looking online and I haven’t seen any hints on how to do it smoothly, thinking it mig...

Thank you RFGiuy.

Thanks Robert. I've watched and he's fun to watch.

Wow! What a great idea. Thank you. Now the only thing I have to figure out is how to get one to Alberta, Canada? Seems Shopsmith won't ship here and the company that used to do Shopsmith's operations in Canada as closed up. I also have an even bigger problem now. I just helped my son buy a used Shop...

Just bought the Talon Oneway Scroll Chuck Kits with the SS mounting piece from Lee Valley, for my Mark 5 SS and wondering if anyone has some input to share? I'm hoping to make a bunch of Christmas presents in the near future. Looking for some good ornament and other Christmas present ideas? Somethin...

I keep seeing "Folks, restrict your responses to e-mail or PM", but I don't know how to do that in this site? Help appreciated from anyone.

Thanks everyone for your help. Problem fixed.

Why hasn't ShopSmith fixed the drill press sliding table? I've seen so many others have the same issue, yet as far as I can tell ShopSmith hasn't helped us out with the drill press table sliding down the way tubes, with even slight pressure from a drilling action! Maybe I've just not found the metho...