Heo my name is Richard and I am an addict

[richardrouse]

Forget that. The tools!! Just give me the tools!!

[artman60]

Congratulations! Owning up to it is the first step! LOL. Post some pics when you get her all nice and shined up.

[richardrouse]

Oh man will have to

This is all going in my classroom though.

There is a Mk v 510 and over arm pin router in that pile and just about every accessory you could imagine

[garys]

I don't consider myself an addict. I have one Shopsmith that I've owned since 1988. I have built almost every piece of furniture in my house with it and all the built in cabinets in the house too.
That isn't an addiction. It is a practical way to have the finest woodwork in your house and do it cheaply.

[richardrouse]

Gary it is easy to see that you are in denial!

I have four shopsmiths now. I haven't made anything very useful with any of them yet, but I do make an awful lot of saw dust.

[ERLover]

And if you just like great designed, easy to rebuild machinery, they are great.

[oldiron]

I'm about as anxious as a blind dog in a meat house to chime in on this!!!

Lets face it, You simply cannot have too many Shopsmiths..........

As I was processing firewood for next winter and passed by my model 10's, I was thinking to myself, Wow, The ole gals are still running strong at the young age of 66, 67 and 68 years. They are 100% USA built and have virtually no plastic parts and from what I have heard, They still use models 10's to build the new Mark's...

How many other machines can lay claim to that???

Excellent score Gary!!!!!!!!!

Mike

[ERLover]

I have 3 tens, and not trophy wifes. 2 for sure have the original bearings, # 3 might have been replaced at one time. Other then some rust clean up on the tubes, and a switch and some wiring, after the fact, they were plug and play at 60+ years old when I got them.

[masonsailor2]

I am not addicted. Really. I could quit any time I want to. Just because I have four 510's and lots of spare parts and check CL daily doesn't make me an addict. At least I don't think it does. Well maybe just a slight addiction. Ok so I'm addicted. Can I get govt assistance to go to rehab for this ? Hmmm. Nope, don't want to be rehabbed. I LIKE IT !!!!
Paul

[skou]

My older brother used to think I was addicted, and thought that since the
mid '60s. (When we were kids, the guy next door had a Mark VII, and big
bro heard ALL the horror stories.)

So, last October/November range, he got one of my Model 10s, and LOVED
the lathe.

Last week he expressed a desire to get a decent drill-press, since his was a
desktop HF type one. I told him to use his OTHER (Model 10) drill-press.
Couple days later, he was raving about the build and quality of the thing.
Then, I told him to try it as a horizontal drill-press.

Now, he's addicted!

steve