Very nice job on the restore. It is very satisfying bringing old machines back to life isn't it? Not just Shopsmith's but any older machine that you can acquire and refurbish is usually worth the effort. I recently picked up an old Rockwell drill press to have as a stand alone as pulling out the Shopsmith and configuring it into drill press mode was getting tedious. It only cost me $100 plus another $130 for the replacement table as the one it came with was broken and poorly repaired and just broke again on the way home. It is a very nice basic drill press and I added a keyless chuck that I got on Fleabay for $18.00 bucks that has worked beautifully. I am currently refurbing a Taiwanese made benchtop drill press for my buddie who does a lot of welding for me. He is a welder by trade and has all the welding stuff which I do not. He needed a drill press so I traded an old car audio amp for the drill press. I am going to start reassembly tonight as all the painting was completed last night.
Here is the Rockwell
And here is my 1954 SS 500 that has been posted before but I like the silver/black paint I went with which is just personal choice. This one is actually disassembled and store in the attic of my garage shop as I have three Shopsmith's now and I just don't have the space for all those Shopsmith's. Wish I could find someone who wanted to buy this machine I tried to sell it last year but couldn't even get a sniff at $300 and that is a steal with all the work I put into it. So the previous statement that rebuilding these will not enhance the resale is spot on. I may disassemble my Mark VII and give it the JPG treatment and once again try to sell both of them as I have a Shopsmith Mark V 1984 vintage which I use all the time and really need the space now.
Michael Mayo
Senior IT Support Engineer
Soft Designs Inc. albiemanmike@gmail.com
1960's SS Mark VII, 1954 Greenie, 1983 Mark V, Jointer, Bandsaw, Jigsaw, Dewalt Slider, Delta Super 10, Delta 8" Grinder, Craftsman compressor, Drill Doctor, Kreg PH Jig, Bosch Jigsaw, Craftsman Router and Table...........and adding more all the time....
The 10 ER fell thru
Moving on to rebuilding a 1963 Goldie
Has not seen much use but metal is in rough shape
Aluminum, headstock and way tubes.
Great job Michael Mayo, on the restoration of you shopsmith and drill press.
There is something about these old machines, they are simple and easy to fix.
This is a great site to get help from also
