Serial Numbers and Born on Date

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pds0006
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Serial Numbers and Born on Date

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I see people's signatures listing birth dates including months. I didn't see that on the ShopSmith user site, how can I figure this out for my '55-'56 greenie? Serial # 305904.
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Id' say 1955. http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/serialnumber.htm

What you might be seeing is the original owner, so they know WHEN they purchased it.
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beeg wrote:Id' say 1955. http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/serialnumber.htm

What you might be seeing is the original owner, so they know WHEN they purchased it.

Yep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!;)
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