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making pens seems like an excellent "first Shopsmith project". Our recently aquired 1955 mark 5 came with the drill press but did not come with a tailstock, mandril, or toolrest for chisels. Does anyone have these items for sale? Can anyone reccomend additional attachments that we might ne...

Thank you all. Will read the re-read the manual carefully and hope that we didn't do damage to the selector:eek:

We've just aquired a Shopsmith circa 1980. We are in the process of evaluating it but we are new to shopsmith and woodworking. The motor works fine but the speed selector doesn't turn to the slower setting when the motor is off. The selector turns fine when the motor is running. The manual instructs...