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Band saw with aluminum table on a Power Stand in NYC - $200 - https://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/tls/d/brooklyn-power-tools-router-band-saw/7728502358.html Bunch of other stuff for sale too. Someone in that machine’s past certainly loved their Dymo label maker! Looks like there's a label wrapped aro...

JPG wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:37 pm My recommendation is to remove rust by electrolysis and minimal polishing.

Do you use a bathtub full of acid for tubes?

Greenie for sale in Northern Jersey for $150: https://newjersey.craigslist.org/tls/d/ ... 91975.html

Ad calls it a 'table saw from the 1960s'. If the first digit of the serial number is a '2' then it was made in 1954 or 1955.

Penetrol isn't a filler but it will stop deep corrosion from getting worse. Wax will fill pits somewhat if you want a smoother surface.

Resorting to profanity to get attention belongs in a locker room not on a tee shirt. Shows quite a lack of imagination. IMHO HopefulSSer has it right. It makes a bold statement that this is not longer your father/grandfather's woodworking tool. This may not be an official Shopsmith slogan either, I...

HopefulSSer wrote: ↑Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:56 am As has been noted here before, one of the more common reactions I get if I talk about Shopsmith to many other woodworkers is "Oh, they're still around? I had no idea...."

"My father/grandfather had one of those."

Only watched the final segment with the Shopsmith so far. Nick Cupps did a decent job showing the machine. He could be a little smoother in changing over to the table saw mode but his story of buying the company is good for the product image. I like seeing the entire setup with the dust collector to...

Email notifications have been slow lately. If the app knows you viewed the new posts I don't think it sends out an email. However, somewhere in the queue there's a delay before I receive email notifications so I may get an email after I've viewed a new post.

I've been receiving emails for new posts in threads I've posted in.

Post some pictures of the parts so we can accurately identify them. Used parts are available and you don't need the exact main spindle configuration the machine had originally.