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I have compared the older 4th Edition to this new 4th Edition page by page. I did not read each page in both books but visually compared each page. The only differences I saw was the Shopsmith address on the Publishers page, the picture Fig. 15-13 on page 193 is zoomed out some in the new 4th Editio...

I neglected to include the ER serial number prefix when talking about the East and West plants. The East plant used the prefix E than ER than back to E. I am not sure why the ER prefix was used but speculation has it as "Eastern Revised". With all the information Everett has he may find ou...

The machined washer is part number 501451 and if you type that into the search box when not on the Forum it will come up. They are $4.95 each now plus S & H. I have not found these from any other suppliers.

By the serial number it looks like it would have Headstock version 5. Does your have an E or R before the number? I have had S/N R50474 (restored & resold) which has double wedge quill and way tube locks with the keyed quill lock, wide (approx. 3/8") cast on blocks for quill return spring h...

John you said

I still can't believe that in 15+ years of watching eBay daily then I have never seen one.

I have one I bought from ebay a while (less than 15 years) back. Some things escape our notice on ebay like small differences in a familiar item.

A nice little afternoon project and a good way to store with labels jig/scroll saw blades.

Opps! :eek: It is not an easy process to get it back together correctly. The following link may be helpful. https://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewtopic.php?p=32871#post32871 When Dusty said If you should decide to do this, do your homework before tackling the quill assembly. Doing your homework sho...

First check under the Maintenance and Repair section for Shopsmith Large Format Drawings, Illustrations and More by Everett Davis. This will be one of the first three topics. In it you will find a wealth of information on the Shopsmith tools. Some are directly linked there and others are on “My Goog...

Hi John, It is the third version of the carriage. I call it the light weight version. The first two I am sure you are familiar with. The original was the double wedge lock and the second was the single wedge lock. This one came out on the later Model 10ER around the same time as the 1/8" thick ...

You said thanks for the reply, I loosened the bolt it made no difference, I took the belt off it and both units slide fine the belts are new 23 in I have 3 sm and restoring them is quite challenging If I am reading it correctly the belts may be the problem. The original belt lengths for the Speed Ch...