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Well I recently sold all of my Shopsmith equipment to give us a little extra money for vacation and I immediately began having withdrawls and started the search all over again. I ended up finding what I thought was a good deal.

An assembled Shopsmith that was never used with tags still on it
pro planer with power stand
bandsaw
sander
joiner
all brand new in the boxes!
The Shopsmith is 80's I beleive. The serial number is strange. It is 74948
All for $1150.
Do you guys think that was a deal? The market sucks around here so it is hard to guage!
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New in box mostly... sounds like a good deal to me.
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Post by davem1066 »

Sounds like a deal to me...nice score!
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Locally here in Western Colorado, there is a very inconsistent market, but yours would seem to be a pretty good deal. Congrats.
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jayp413 wrote:Well I recently sold all of my Shopsmith equipment to give us a little extra money for vacation and I immediately began having withdrawls and started the search all over again. I ended up finding what I thought was a good deal.

An assembled Shopsmith that was never used with tags still on it
pro planer with power stand
bandsaw
sander
joiner
all brand new in the boxes!
The Shopsmith is 80's I beleive. The serial number is strange. It is 74948
All for $1150.
Do you guys think that was a deal? The market sucks around here so it is hard to guage!
A Mark V at much less than new price with free spt as listed. Yes, I would say you got a good deal. A steal really.
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Post by beeg »

That's about the price I paid in 1980, just for the Mark 5. So I'd say ya got a good deal. Now lube and wax it, then align it.


jayp413 wrote:Well I recently sold all of my Shopsmith equipment to give us a little extra money for vacation and I immediately began having withdrawls and started the search all over again. I ended up finding what I thought was a good deal.

An assembled Shopsmith that was never used with tags still on it
pro planer with power stand
bandsaw
sander
joiner
all brand new in the boxes!
The Shopsmith is 80's I beleive. The serial number is strange. It is 74948
All for $1150.
Do you guys think that was a deal? The market sucks around here so it is hard to guage!
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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and if been sitting that long, the belts may have a set to them.
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Thanks guys. I plan on cleaning and lubing before I even turn it on! :)
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