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Keven,

When you said

I'm glad you can talk to Skip.

If you are referring to me talking to Skip, I am sorry if I have misled you since it has been many years since I have talked to him which was before he retired.

I don't know how many Power Pro units have needed repair or more importantly what percentage of Power Pro Headstock sold have had problems. JPG has said it best Reeves mechanical drives are simple and reliable. Stepping motors and control circuitry are complicated and more prone to failure. Such is ...

tprowood, At the time your Shopsmith was made there was only one model the Mark 5. Notice I called it a Mark 5 and not Mark V which changed in 1980 to using the Roman numeral instead of the number. The Shopsmith tool itself didn't change at that time. When Shopsmith Inc. (the company) introduced the...

tprowood. Welcome to the Shopsmith Forum. Serial number SS 41594 is indeed from 1979 and August to be more precise. I have found it is common to get non-Shopsmith parts when buying a used Shopsmith tool. I cannot identify the parts in question other than they are sitting on a Mark 5 Main Table but t...

Definitely a clone but the first I recall seeing named Shop Mate. Notice the power switch location on the lower front of the Headstock in the third picture from Miltinker. Also, it appears to have a smooth top cast iron Extension Table like the one pictured below with a Mark 5 Extension Table from t...

STEVE, Until you can get a picture of the Shopsmith you have to show us, below is a Model 10ER from late 1951 or early 1952 to compare. The Model 10E was introduced in November 1947 and replaced by the 10ER which continued through 1953. _ R64000.jpg . Below is a Mark V from 1982. The Mark 5 was intr...

Like JPG's suggestion I use a 2" ID PVC pipe slightly longer than the Bench Tubes with a cap glued onto one end and a cap that slips onto the other end. This uses about a gallon of liquid to submerse the Way or Bench Tube inside the PVC Pipe. Evaporust is a great remover of rust on metal parts ...

DOWeaver, You said, I remember reading about some chemical that you could use if the rust pits on tubes where deeper than you could sand out. I believe you already know this but others looking for advice may not. Sanding of the Way Tubes is not the best method for rust removal and evening out rust p...

Dloz,

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Below is page 26 of the 10:56 Owner's Guide. The nylon collar is A3408 in the exploded view but is B3408 in the parts list. That is what I was referring to.

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Note in the close up below it is A3408

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