New member with questions about my father's Shopsmith

gnuse · Post by **gnuse** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:02 pm

I will mount the extension table and take some photos. Yes the leg is adjustable for height.

Maybe others will know more and recognize the table.

I know it is time to get the bead blaster back into operating service.

Thanks for all of this help. I wish my father could be a part of this. I have the manual out and page by page am working through it. After some time it is starting to make some sense. The oil, grease, anti-seize, Dremel brushes, Scotchbrite, etc. is getting a workout. This has actually been good, as it has made me familiar with ALL of the parts I have come into contact with so far.

I now wonder what he thought when this box arrived at his door step back in the 80's?

.....seems so long ago. Hope my kids have the same enjoyment out of this Shopsmith. I'm enjoying it and haven't even made any sawdust yet.

I look forward to my first project, simple as it may be.

oldc6 · Post by **oldc6** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:29 pm

I know this a woodworking forum but, THOSE SPRINT CARS...... Tell a little more history about them if you would. I like the woodworking deal in the winter but, come summer nothing beats a sprint car at "FULL SONG"..... Here in minnestoa the dirt tracks are all frozen in now. I can remember those cars running at the state fair track.. A chevy v-8 sounds good wide open but an OFFY with that long exhaust pipe sounds like heaven........... thanks

reible · Post by **reible** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:10 pm

Hi,

The parts you have shown are from shopsmith and are for the Rear Support Table when it is mounted on a model 500. It is a 515361 table bracket assembly, that and some nuts and bolts were unique to the 500.

Ed

gnuse wrote:Greetings. I am now the caretaker of a Shopsmith that I gave to my father back in the late '80s. He is suffering from Alzheimers so I am having to learn about this great tool with too much of his input. It is amazing how many pieces I just can't identify. I am attaching a photo with some yellow arrows to what appears to be an "add-on" that I don't know where it came from or what it's use might be. As you can see, it has become quite rusted. Any help appreciated. I am sure I will be returning with more questions as I am in the midst of a restoration. It suffered from the corrosive air in Florida, so I am becoming familiar with it one bolt at a time.

Thanks.

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:10 pm

Oh yeah, I forgot something

WELCOME to the forum Gnuse.

"oil, grease, anti-seize"??? What ya doing with the sawdust magnets?

gnuse · Post by **gnuse** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:41 am

beeg wrote:Oh yeah, I forgot something

WELCOME to the forum Gnuse.

"oil, grease, anti-seize"??? What ya doing with the sawdust magnets?

These are being used very sparingly in places that sawdust rarely goes (I know, it goes everywhere) and I am using some of these new dry lubricants where sawdust is absolutely going to go.

gnuse · Post by **gnuse** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:46 am

oldc6 wrote:I know this a woodworking forum but, THOSE SPRINT CARS...... Tell a little more history about them if you would. I like the woodworking deal in the winter but, come summer nothing beats a sprint car at "FULL SONG"..... Here in minnestoa the dirt tracks are all frozen in now. I can remember those cars running at the state fair track.. A chevy v-8 sounds good wide open but an OFFY with that long exhaust pipe sounds like heaven........... thanks

The 1946 Kurtis Kraft midget has the very first Offenhauser 110 c.i. motor built after the war. I am the third owner (caretaker) of the car and it still has most of the original bodywork, the original engine, WWII aircraft gauges, but it was converted to torsion bars and disc brakes in the 1950's. It is painted as it was when new, owned by a track owner Joe Shaheen in southern Illinois. I was driving it a Zephyrhills, Florida some years ago and a fellow came up to me with a scrapbook of newspaper articles showing him driving my car, winning races.....early in the year I was born! It was fun sharing his memories. He told me about some of the other drivers around the St.Louis area that drove it also, one named Bettenhausen among others.

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:05 pm

gnuse wrote:The 1946 Kurtis Kraft midget has the very first Offenhauser 110 c.i. motor built after the war. I am the third owner (caretaker) of the car and it still has most of the original bodywork, the original engine, WWII aircraft gauges, but it was converted to torsion bars and disc brakes in the 1950's. It is painted as it was when new, owned by a track owner Joe Shaheen in southern Illinois. I was driving it a Zephyrhills, Florida some years ago and a fellow came up to me with a scrapbook of newspaper articles showing him driving my car, winning races.....early in the year I was born! It was fun sharing his memories. He told me about some of the other drivers around the St.Louis area that drove it also, one named Bettenhausen among others.

Fun stuff!