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I am also refurbishing a 1955 model Greenie. I also had the same retaining clip left over. I will look tonight to see if it fits in the location as described above. Thank you all for your help. This forum is a wonderful treasure trove of information.

I knew it would be a bear to swap around and I will likely get a dedicated router & table. It's just good to know that it can be done in a pinch if need be.

Thanks to all for your insight.

JPG: I was thinking the exact same thing. One would just need to be keenly aware that the cutting operations would need to be fed from the "backside" of the machine so as to feed in the proper direction.

Thanks for helping me think that through!

Hi everyone! I'm new to woodworking and to the shopsmith. I have inherited a 1955 Mark V machine yet I love the under table routing of newer models. Has anyone ever tried taking the head stock off and reinstalling it and the table carrier in reverse in order to achieve under table routing? Is their ...