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I just bought a Shopsmith Mark 5-B ss197064, does this tell me what year it was made? Also what does the B stand for?
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You can find the answer to your serial number question here -- http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/serialnumber.htm
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wlg64 wrote:I just bought a Shopsmith Mark 5-B ss197064, does this tell me what year it was made? Also what does the B stand for?
Thanks in advance, wlg64
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I would say Jan/Feb 1985 was the birth date. You can see that here.
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Thanks, that is about what I thought. I don't understand Mark 5-B.
Thanks for any help, I am full of questions.
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wlg64 wrote:Thanks, that is about what I thought. I don't understand Mark 5-B.
Thanks for any help, I am full of questions.
wlg64
When you find out the significance of the [-B] let us know.;) i.e. Idunno!
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Does the "B" refer to the headstock casting type?
My dad's 1951 10er, 2 more 10er's, same vintage, a Goldie MK5, a 510 shortie with 34inch tubes, bandsaw, jointer, jigsaw, belt sander, a ton of small SS goodies and still looking...you just can't have enough Shopsmith stuff
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trainguytom wrote:Does the "B" refer to the headstock casting type?
If so, when did they start that? The 'B' casting has been around since the 1950's, and the 'C' was a 1990's thing. We be looking at a 1984 vintage(we think).
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Just a guess, but is that "B" really an "R" and something Shopsmith adds as part of a headstock rebuild?
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I called SS and they told me it was made Jan. 1985 Model 500. It was advertised as Mark V-B, guess the seller I got it from did not know ether what the B mint.
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