Identifying a year of manufacture

roneg · Post by **roneg** » Fri Mar 01, 2019 5:25 pm

I'm looking at a SS on Craigslist, but the serial number
030191 isn't helping me to determine what year the model 555540 is, or any information about it. Can anyone help me with this?

Ron

jsburger · Post by **jsburger** » Fri Mar 01, 2019 5:34 pm

roneg wrote:I'm looking at a SS on Craigslist, but the serial number
030191 isn't helping me to determine what year the model 555540 is, or any information about it. Can anyone help me with this?

Ron

SS went to date codes at some time in the 80's. That machine was made March 1 1991.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Fri Mar 01, 2019 5:54 pm

roneg wrote:I'm looking at a SS on Craigslist, but the serial number
030191 isn't helping me to determine what year the model 555540 is, or any information about it. Can anyone help me with this?

Ron

Your Mark V is closely related to mine. Same Model #555540. The serial number (date code) on mine is 111791.

Like all things in life - time has brought about some changes. Mine is now a Mark V Model 520 with Double Tilt.

chapmanruss · Post by **chapmanruss** » Tue Mar 05, 2019 12:00 pm

Shopsmith went to date coding December 1987. Previous Mark 5 and Mark V 500 made by Shopsmith Inc. will have an SS in front of the serial number and start at SS 1001 to approx. SS 222500. Mark V 510 will have a 51- in front of the serial number for those made before date coding. There are Mark V serial numbers from 1981 and 1982 with the SS prefix that will match date codes. Date codes will show up as 030191 or 03-01-91. Earlier Shopsmith Mark 5's made by Magna Engineering Corporation, Magna Power Tool Corporation, Yuba Power Products and Magna American Corporation do not have the SS serial number prefix but their serial numbers are higher than the Shopsmith Inc. numbers starting at about 260400 to about 382600. These Mark 5 machines include the Greenies, Goldies and early gray paint schemes.

roneg · Post by **roneg** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:51 am

Thank You all...
jsburger
dusty
chapmanruss

Ron

Drake8302 · Post by **Drake8302** » Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:37 pm

The sticker on my 510 was missing when I got it, but the vent says 51-006272. So does that mean mine was made 6-2-72?

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 2:48 am

Drake8302 wrote:The sticker on my 510 was missing when I got it, but the vent says 51-006272. So does that mean mine was made 6-2-72?

From two posts back - "Mark V 510 will have a 51- in front of the serial number for those made before date coding."

That is why thine has no date sticker.

br549 · Post by **br549** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 7:49 am

Drake8302 wrote:The sticker on my 510 was missing when I got it, but the vent says 51-006272. So does that mean mine was made 6-2-72?

Yours looks to have been made in 1986.

Drake8302 · Post by **Drake8302** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 8:25 am

Thanks guys I really appreciate the help!

chapmanruss · Post by **chapmanruss** » Thu Mar 07, 2019 11:13 am

51-006272 was made in November 1986.

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