Mark V Pre or Post 1986 Worktable

joshh · Post by **joshh** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 3:51 am

woodhead wrote:Joshh, I will keep you in mind when I do an update. I suppose you want the complete set of 510 rails.

Kip

Yes I do

kgoodell · Post by **kgoodell** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 1:37 pm

Not only do the previously mentioned differences exist they are also at different heights. My Shopsmith was purchased in early 1987 and has the table on the left. I bought an extra table on eBay and it is the table on the right. If I use the newer table to extend the width of my main table the height is different by about 3/32”. The newer table is lower so my crosscut sled rocks.

woodhead · Post by **woodhead** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:05 am

It would be difficult to get the 520 rails to line up with different tables, for certain they have to all be the same style. Thanks for the input, it is very easy to get a mismatch set of tables on ebay; quite often the seller does't know what it is they are selling.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 12:59 am

The middle hole on the 'main' worktable is in a different location on the two versions.

The rail tube thickness is different. I believe the elevation differences are due to the rail tube thickness.

The most obvious visual indicator is the holes in the front face of the rails that provide access to the mounting screws.

The 'left' one in the pix above is the earlier version.

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Mark V Pre or Post 1986 Worktable

I have both style main tables