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Just a quick update. First, I found out that it is a 1985 model (S#207352). Second, I did as everyone suggested by manually turning the sander and then letting everything click into place. I then oiled as shown on another post here and plugged it it. I crossed my fingers and it started right up with...

Thanks everyone for the information. I am going to clean it, oil it, and then I am sure come back with more questions. Thanks again.

Thanks everyone for the posts. Sorry for the stupidity but I am really new to the ShopSmith so here are some stupid questions ( I tried to stay up late last night reading the manual but I fell asleep) :) Beeg - Is the sanding disk on the quill or do you mean where the table saw blade is now? Can I t...

So I have just inherited my grandfather’s Mark V and moved it from Storage to my workshop. I was so excited that my Uncle had given it to me and I am looking forward to passing this down to my son at some point. The problem is that when I got the shopsmith I started to turn stuff to see if there was...