mortise question

jaybird · Post by **jaybird** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:50 pm

Evening all, I have a chance to buy a mortise & hold down for my mark V 500, now my queston is, will one from a 10 E work with the mark V 500,,

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:51 pm

JUST guessing, but I'd say NO. The nw one only works on the MarkV's.

reible · Post by **reible** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:06 pm

If you have access to an actual view or photo then you should have a good idea by looking at the one at the shopsmith site or catalog and comparing that one to the for sale one.

If you have the orginal fence for the 500 it has a hole in top and the mounting hold down fits in that hole for its mounting. If you got the upgraded fence with the t-slot on top then it needs to attach to that using a t-nut.

The older version can be drilled and tapped to work ie to attach to a t-nut but it is a bit of a task...

I think you might be able to just buy the bar but I'm not sure of that, a call to shopsmith might be in order.

Ed

jaybird · Post by **jaybird** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:26 pm

Yes there is a pic of the one I want to buy, it sure looks like the same as the one for the 500, no I haven't upgraded the fence as of yet,, I'm just not sure of the differences in the 10 E ER & mark V in the way these would attach, but as I said they sure do look alike,,,,, Thanks...

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:59 pm

Just happened to be doing a bit of research into 10E's and ER's. If you can view the two photos of the mortising attachment - yes they do look the same.

Photo # 1 (from page 15 of the 10ER manual - courtesy of Song of the Great Lakes site) http://www.songofthegreatlakes.com/pics ... 10er15.jpg
You'll have to enlarge this photo to 200%

Photo #2 (from the Shopsmith on line catalog - Again an enlargement is helpful. http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/cata ... chisel.htm

jaybird · Post by **jaybird** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:44 pm

Thanks for all the good info, these two look alike, I'm thinking that they hook to the fence the same, I guess the only thing I was worried about now is if the mortises were the same radious in hooking to the shopsmith, I'm assuming they do...

Thanks...

RobertTaylor · Post by **RobertTaylor** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:11 pm

i've drilled and tapped several of the mortise hold down rods without any difficulty. i put a 3/8"-16 by 3/4" long set screw in the rod leaving about half of it stick out. then they can be used on any shopsmith. however the newer rods are not expensive if you have other items to order. otherwise the shipping is more than the rod.