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Well, I'm pretty much ready to fire it up. I have headstock and quill bearings, lathe centers and a wedge lock that should be here Wednesday. I still need a rip fence and a tool rest Here's what I did: Disassemble everything. Clean, polish and wax way tubes. Clean, polish and wax everything that sli...

Is it as simple as changing the cord and running the ground wire to the motor housing? That is how simple it is on an early Mark. You are talking about a Model 10, right? If everything is metal to metal between motor and headstock that will work. Someone with a Model 10 will likely answer with whet...

Is it as simple as changing the cord and running the ground wire to the motor housing?

Partly finished with one way tube and it's looking pretty good. I started with the one in the worst shape. I'll polish it some more and wax it then do the other one.

With these additional pictures I can tell you have the 5th version of the Headstock. The difference between it and the 4th version is the width of the mounting slots on the Spring Housing and the matching casting of the Headstock having the wider ones in the version 5 Headstock and above. I hope th...

New guy on the forum and new to Shopsmith. I just got a 10ER and really don't know anything about Shopsmith at all, except what I've read here and there in the last 24 hours. this thing is pretty dirty and rusty but it does run. I plan on getting it cleaned up to use, I won't make a show piece out o...

whiteb01, First welcome to the Shopsmith Forum. Your Shopsmith Model 10ER (even though it says ER) was made in later 1950 in the Western Plant as indicated by the R of the serial number prefix. Something I noticed in the picture of the entire unit is the Headstock's Way Tube Lock is missing. That m...

Hoping you guys can help a fella out. I just got this Shopsmith and it was given to me so the price was right (I hope). Now I need info on it. I've never had one and never really been around one. Have been searching the internet but there is a lot to go through. I'm guessing this is a 10ER, with ser...