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He finally came back with 1800.00! I think that is very high. I really don't know what I would have paid, but by the pictures it wasn't in perfect shape not to mention I couldn't even test it due to whatever repairs the motor or head unit needed. I'm just going to walk away and wait for the next ...

I had placed an ad looking for used, broken, and even undesirable shopsmith parts and equipment. I just enjoy the whole refurbishing process. I got a response from someone that has what looks like a 1980ish 500 with an upgrade to 510 table and fence ( and the seller mentioned this ) he seems to know ...

You will have a lot of fun refurbing it! its amazing what you can do with this equipment without spending a ton of money. here is my final piece completed! This is the jigsaw before and after and now its time to make saw dust instead of rust,steel, and aluminum dust! I had to resize my pictures and ...

finally finished the belt sander. here are before and after pics. the jigsaw is going back together now and will have pics up soon of that. its quite amazing how nice you can make a piece of abused rusted equipment looks so close to new!

Yes there are a few "go nowhere" freshwater canals. But gulf access is 90% of the canals. Some of these canals are so far inland that it takes up to 90 minutes or better to get to the caloosahatchee river and another 20 minutes to get to the gulf of Mexico. I am 40 minutes to the gulf, but I used to ...

That's right JPG and don't forget you can't park a company vehicle in the driveway that has any kind of sign on it! But where else can you go that every other street has a gulf access canal in your backyard!

Maybe lawn tractors! Code compliance in Cape Coral Florida doesn't allow anything but one boat behind your house! Lol

Thanks dan1999, it's good to hear from my piers that it looks good. I tend to be critical of my work sometimes and beat myself up. I did remedy the rust on the lower tubes since that picture. The rust slowly returned after three weeks and I had to stop it. I will have before and after pics of the ...

It's not that I wouldn't want five of them, but I'm limited on space and I'm not willing to give up my garage parking space. Especially now that it's rainy season in sw Florida! But I might be able to squeeze two if it was the right deal!

Thank you jpg40504 for the pics and details. Looks like a good investment and easy to store. You have been a big help. I will check my local harbor freight for larger containers of evaporust. That product is unbelievable I don't know how I have never heard of it till this forum!