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Blue Max Bandsaw Tires are found on ebay sold by BAND SAW TIRE WAREHOUSE. You could contact them to see if they will ship to the UK.

If I am reading this correctly, you are ripping 34" long boards (a 5.25" by 34" board at 2.5") and the first came through straight as an arrow but the second has the "arc" to it. Even though they had been jointed is it possible the second board did not have a totally st...

It was the first Gray painted Mark 5's in the 1960's that had the crinkle finished paint. I have a Bandsaw from the 1960's made by Magna American Corporation with the Gray crinkle finish paint although it has been repainted once by a previous owner, so it has lost some of that crinkle texture. It wa...

Steve, If you have a Model 10E or 10ER like the one shown in the first picture of my previous post keep in mind they have not been made since the end of 1953. That being said many of the current Shopsmith accessories will still fit it. The Model 10's have the same size reverse tapered 5/8" Spin...

Adding the access hole behind the logo plate on the back side of the Headstock can be done by marking the hole diameter and drilling holes around the diameter leaving a spot for the logo covers pins as seen below on the "B" Headstock in the picture. This is the same spot that the pins of t...

OlympicFail, I hope I haven't discouraged you about your Shopsmith purchase. Some of yesterday's comments I made are for future readers of this topic to help them better understand what to look for when considering buying a Shopsmith Mark 5/V. The link below is to a PDF from Shopsmith titled Buying ...

Serial number 288846 was made in January 1955. It is an "A" Headstock which, unless modified, doesn't have the removable rear logo plate to access the Idler Shaft Sheeve and back of the Speed Control Assembly for lubrication. It's the main downside of the "A" Headstock itself. Un...

Ed, David and HopefulSSer, The 2006 Model 505 I bought a few years ago did have the locks installed on the Main and Extension Tables even though it had no Floating Tables and related parts. Simply ready to go for that 510 upgrade. :D John, Not a bargain but an interesting display model at 15" W...

As David said, it isn't a Mark 7, and you can't really tell what you're getting from the pictures. But at least a 505 with PowerPro, Belt Sander, and Jointer and all looks to be in good condition. The value of it is hyped up especially since it isn't a Mark 7, but a Power Pro upgraded Mark V 505 as ...

tprowood, Not all sellers of used Shopsmith parts understand the differences between the Mark V Models and therefore tend to list the part from the model it came from. Even then they don't always label them correctly. Sometimes it is more important to know what year it was made when looking for Mark...