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If anyone is interested I have an original copy of the "Owners Manual" that was shipped with the very first 10Es. It says on the front page that Shopsmith is preparing an "Owner's Guide and Instruction Book" but in the mean time use these pages and that they will send you the complete guide when it is available.everettdavis wrote:You are absolutely correct Steve, the very first model was the 10E and that's what Hans sold first through Montgomery Ward that got them started so many years ago.skou wrote:Just a touch-up.
The "first" commercially available Shopsmith was the
10 E, not the 10 ER. As was mentioned, the ER was a
Revised version. The E model was the first. (Which, since it
wasn't the 10 or 10 A, may have been the 5th or 6th version,
but the first version sold.)
steve
In the revised document I cited the unmodified text of the original document presumed written by Nick Engler in the section titled A Little History. I believe that is the text you reference. I tried very diligently to leave his text as unmodified as possible.
I have attached a Vintage Machinery link to download the Montgomery Wards Operator Manual from that 1947 period submitted by a Dan Boschen, and as I reviewed it I didn't specifically find 10E/10ER references in it, which would make sense for a 10E manual since 10ER didn't yet exist.
Vintage Machinery cites it as a 10E owners guide and it is over 5 MB and too large to download and attach here in the forums I suspect. As a 10E / 10ER Guru I am sure you have had it for years. For those who might be interested in having it you may download it from
http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=2694
Thanks Steve!
Me Too. You should have my e-mail address.everettdavis wrote:I would like a copy. I will PM you my email address
jsburger wrote:If anyone is interested I have an original copy of the "Owners Manual" that was shipped with the very first 10Es. It says on the front page that Shopsmith is preparing an "Owner's Guide and Instruction Book" but in the mean time use these pages and that they will send you the complete guide when it is available.everettdavis wrote:You are absolutely correct Steve, the very first model was the 10E and that's what Hans sold first through Montgomery Ward that got them started so many years ago.skou wrote:Just a touch-up.
The "first" commercially available Shopsmith was the
10 E, not the 10 ER. As was mentioned, the ER was a
Revised version. The E model was the first. (Which, since it
wasn't the 10 or 10 A, may have been the 5th or 6th version,
but the first version sold.)
steve
In the revised document I cited the unmodified text of the original document presumed written by Nick Engler in the section titled A Little History. I believe that is the text you reference. I tried very diligently to leave his text as unmodified as possible.
I have attached a Vintage Machinery link to download the Montgomery Wards Operator Manual from that 1947 period submitted by a Dan Boschen, and as I reviewed it I didn't specifically find 10E/10ER references in it, which would make sense for a 10E manual since 10ER didn't yet exist.
Vintage Machinery cites it as a 10E owners guide and it is over 5 MB and too large to download and attach here in the forums I suspect. As a 10E / 10ER Guru I am sure you have had it for years. For those who might be interested in having it you may download it from
http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=2694
Thanks Steve!
I can scan it in and send it to those that would like a copy. It is 17 single sided pages so I suspect it will be too large to upload here.
Actually it is 23 pages.
JPG wrote:FWIW, the "E" had nothing to do with version a,b,c,d, but stood for "Experimental".
Maybe there were 9 preliminary versions.
And the added "R" stood for "revised"(more than once!)
