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Thanks for the info. It appears to me the main difference between the 500, 510 & 520 is the table, and the M7 has the new digital power head. You are correct the upgrades are expensive!!! If at some point I decide I want a more accurate table would the incra TS fence be a better and less expensive option?
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Kinda like apples and apple baskets. An incra is an empellishment to a ss. It requires the ss for starters. Not sure of its compatibility with a 500.retired00 wrote:Thanks for the info. It appears to me the main difference between the 500, 510 & 520 is the table, and the M7 has the new digital power head. You are correct the upgrades are expensive!!! If at some point I decide I want a more accurate table would the incra TS fence be a better and less expensive option?
The M7 also tilts from both ends. Yes another 'upgrage.
Do realize that all these possible upgrades is indicative of the forward/backward compatibility which has been in place for over over half a century. Even the power pro 'upgrade' do it yourself 'option' can be applied to a early 1950's first model Mark 5.
That said, ss does not totally support all the older versions. but many many parts are still the same!
An addition to your profile noting your location could help us help you re CL! That is done in the user control panel.
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Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange
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Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange
retired00 wrote:Thanks for the info and the history link, very helpful. I need to get some of the CL owners to send the serial # so I can date them.
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Tony
You want to date them WHY?
SS 500(09/1980), DC3300, jointer, bandsaw, belt sander, Strip Sander, drum sanders,molder, dado, biscuit joiner, universal lathe tool rest, Oneway talon chuck, router bits & chucks and a De Walt 735 planer,a #5,#6, block planes. ALL in a 100 square foot shop.
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Ha ha, Bob, good one. I love our inaccurate language and its intricacies, even in written form.beeg wrote:You want to date them WHY?
But who knows, maybe some lady will have one for sale, send him the serial number and the sawdust (sparks?) will fly.
'55 Greenie #292284 (Mar-55), '89 SS 510 #020989, Mark VII #408551 (sold 10/14/12), SS Band Saw, (SS 500 #36063 (May-79) now gone to son-in-law as of 11-11), Magna bandsaw, Magna jointer 16185 (May-54), Magna belt sander SS28712 (Dec-82), Magna jigsaw SS4397 (Dec-78), SS biscuit joiner, Zyliss (knockoff) vise, 20+ hand planes, 60s Craftsman tablesaw, CarbaTec mini-lathe, and the usual pile of tools. Hermit of the Hills Woodworks, a hillbilly in the foothills of the Ozarks, scraping by.