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Heathicus saved the day. He sent a key as promised and it worked!!

Thanks you very much sir - I cannot wait to use all of the tool attachments and work on projects with my sons.

Mike

I did take him up on the offer. I am waiting to see if that works first.

And yes it does say Mark VII and not 7. Still new to the tool and forum

Thanks much.

It looked like there might be a similar item for the shopsmith dust collector. Do you know if that might work as well? I do not have one but I might be able to find a replacement key or part for that.

Would the locksmith be able to make a key or would he need to replace the whole lock mechanism? I am not sure how the lock is tied into the switches to keep it from working. I would just go to the hardware store and get a lock and replace it if it was a simple cabinet lock but I suspect it is not ...

I was able to get a Shopsmith Mark 7 (I am told the old model) - not the one with the push button panel. The problem is, it does not have the safety key that is an actual metal key that goes into a lock located underneath the Rev/Stop/Fwd switches on the headstock.

The folks at Shopsmith.com said ...