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I would say ss from 1976 I would agree! There was a period after Shopsmith, Inc resurrected the brand in 1972 that they were still actively supporting the old Model 10-E/ER machines with items like this. I think the timeline for end of support was about the time they ran out of most parts necessary...

erectormik wrote: ↑Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:44 am I recently returned mine for some programming update due to a few bugs that show up every so often.

Can you say more about this?? Was this for your PP2, and if so, you had to return the whole headstock for this, or just the electronic interface?

I wanted to show some of my advertisement Dale - thanks for sharing, and contributing to the thread! Do you have a picture you could share of the back of the Special Miter Gauge sheet? I haven’t seen that version, and I’m curious if that came from Magna American Corporation , or Shopsmith, Inc. ? A...

Magna Owner’s Club ID Card It’s 1965, and you just bought yourself a brand new Mark VII or Sawsmith RAS. Congratulations! So what now…?! Join the MAGNA OWNER’S CLUB , of course! Maybe this is what they called a Facebook group back in the Johnson Administration?? . IMG_3122.jpeg IMG_3123.jpeg

tfrayne wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 10:42 pm My 1956 greenie very nearly done.

Really well done!

Sandpaper - Through the Years While I find the disc sanding feature to be one of my very favorite features of a Shopsmith, it’s pretty clear America bought an awful lot of sandpaper back in the day that it never used! Maybe it was evidence of what a pain it was to change sheets before the days of s...

chapmanruss wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 12:33 pm Mostly by the Model 10E's they came with. Some of my earliest Serial number Model 10E's came with the heavier Sanding Disk.

That’s exactly what I was looking for - that’s always the best provenance!

Something to know about the 12" Aluminum Sanding disks is there were two versions of the six ribbed Sanding Disk as seen in the pictures below. The earlier version, on the left, is heavier. Russ - thanks for sharing! What’s the provenance that confirmed for you that the heavier disc is Magna-m...

MartinH wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 7:35 pm I just registered with the forum and hope this is the correct area to post a question like this.

Martin - just saw your post and sent a PM with more info. I should be able to assist you.

Sanding Discs - Through the Years Russ Chapman was kind enough to post a picture and share some background on the 10-inch combo (flat and conical) sanding disc that was standard on the Mark VII, and he motivated me to look for one. Happy to report I succeeded in finding one, and it arrived this wee...