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SJErick1972, First, I would refer you back to my previous post above on this topic dated Nov. 1, 2021, for help. If it is a short distance that you will go back and forth to, I would suggest you move it yourself. Since that posting I moved last summer so I was faced with how to move my Shopsmith Too...

Below is a picture of the spring in place on a "B" Conventional Headstock and is the same one used on a "C" Headstock. As Steve said it provides a tension or friction behind the Speed Dial. It is not used on an "A" Conventional Headstock. The "A" Headstock had...

From the 3rd picture in your last post, I see the red putty is still in the collar's set screw hole. This tells me the Quill has never been disassembled. If you extend the Quill out further, you will see a groove in the top of the Quill. There is another set screw that is covered at the factory with...

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...