There was an annual consignment auction at the next town east of us. It was actually an on-line auction but since the warehouse was only about 18 miles away he was able to go look at what they had the day before. He did bid on quite a few items but in many cases somebody else wanted it more than he did. He did buy a 15' bat-wing mower, 4 livestock gates, a welding cart (for his new torch set) and a batch of "miscellaneous" items including a lawn tractor rear axle with wheels and tires, a starter for "something" (included) and one item that may pay him well. That item was a transmission for a Model A Ford that he bought for $7. They don't make those anymore you know. I went with him to pick his stuff up so I saw the 10-ER.
The 10-ER which looked complete and pretty good generally in spite of being filthy dirty included a large box of extras. He didn't really want it but it was selling quite cheap and the bidding was slow to start. He only bid a little on it because he saw that it had a SS mortising set in the box and he didn't know that I owned a set. Actually I have 2. One is used and has 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2" chisels and bits. The other has not been used but only has the 3/8" chisel and bit.
The thing that caught my eye that made me wish that he had kept bidding a little was that it had the variable speed drive which seemed perfect and my 10-ER doesn't have one. It sticks in my head that he said it only sold for about $40.
Things were a bit busy with folks paying for and picking up their stuff etc. so I failed to take a pic of the 10-ER. A second shot down into that big box might have been interesting too.
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Francis Robinson
I did not equip with Shopsmiths in spite of the setups but because of them.
1 1988 - Mark V 510 (bought new), 4 Poly vee 1 1/8th HP Mark V's, Mark VII, 1 Mark V Mini, 1 Frankensmith, 1 10-ER, 1 Mark V Push-me-Pull-me Drillpress, SS bandsaw, belt sander, jointer, jigsaw, shaper attach, mortising attach, TS-3650 Rigid tablesaw, RAS, 6" long bed jointer, Foley/Belsaw Planer/molder/ripsaw, 1" sander, oscillating spindle/belt sander, Scroll saw, Woodmizer sawmill
To bad he didn't get it. People parting them out would have gladly paid $40 for it just to resell the Speed Changer on eBay. Who know what other goodies that box contained. Hopefully it went to someone wanting to restore it.
Russ
Mark V completely upgraded to Mark 7
Mark V 520
All SPT's, 2 Power Stations & Crafter's Station
Model 10ER S/N R64000 first one I restored on bench w/ metal ends & retractable casters.
Has Speed Changer, 4E Jointer, Jig Saw with lamp, a complete set of original accessories & much more.
Model 10E's S/N's 1076 & 1077 oldest ones I have restored. Mark 2 S/N 85959 restored.