Share your Magna memorabilia!

[JPG]

Ya the dowel belongs holding the extension table.

[jpdalton]

Also, the dowel should not be there for the longer knob spot.

Like I said, it needs cleanup. That picture was pretty much straight out of the car, so that dowel and a number of other extraneous pieces had not yet been removed. It’ll be a lot more true to the original when I’m done!

[chapmanruss]

One of the fun things about some of this old stuff is we can learn things about the tools. On the display board the Saw Guard hangs from a dowel using the hole in the splitter. Now we know what the hole is for.

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[jpdalton]

Original AO Smith motor tag and an A34 jigsaw tag.
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Stumbled on these recently - tags from and early (Magna Engineering Corp) Mark 5 and Model 610 jigsaw. Don’t forget to fill that oil reservoir!!
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[jpdalton]

Now we know what the hole is for.

Sometimes the simplest explanation is the best!

[jpdalton]

Back in the early days of the Mark 5, when a man needed information on the First Modern Power Workshop, what did Bob Chambers and the gang at Magna Engineering Corp provide?? Apparently a packet of literature - this one originating from the Cleveland office for an east coast client

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…the latest glossy brochure (this one clearly stayed in the envelope - it’s the best condition example I’ve ever seen), and your own copy of “what to look for when you buy power tools…” (that has been redesigned and reprinted by the mother ship)

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…and a list of your local retailers. This one is kind of special to me, as the list includes the hardware store my dad used to take me into as a kid…

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…and of course a letter from Bob himself!

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[jpdalton]

This is a Shopsmith-branded cutoff wheel, from back in the 10E/10ER days, using the old part number scheme. The sleeve is pretty mangled, but the wheel itself looks to have little to no use. According to the accessories catalog sheet, it’s great for cutting asbestos when you need to do that at home, so I’m covered for that eventuality…

If I recall correctly, I acquired this with a super clean 10ER machine (I didn’t even know the fence bars on the main and extension tables were chromed until I saw this example), complete with speed changer and lots of other add-ons, for $50!
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Accessories catalog featuring the cutoff wheel.
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[edma194]

Here's a few more items from the Magna and Yuba eras.

The lathe chisels are Yuba brand but came when I acquired my first Shopsmith, a 1954 Greenie. Note the Y logo on the chisel handles. They must have been obtained by the original owner after he purchased it. I thought the machines always came with lathes chisels, don't know why he got a set later on.

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The coupler seems to be the original from 1954. The hubs and interior packaging are missing. I never used that one, kind of worried how it would hold up, and it wasn't even 40 years old when I got it.

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Ed,
I would be interested in seeing what you come up with for restoring those battered and beat up boxes.

I'll follow up before long with a thread on this subject soon. Some stains can be removed, wrinkles and folds flattened, tears repaired, and in some cases recoloring can be done.

John,
Thanks for starting this wonderful thread. I easily get lost in the technical stuff and forget about the broader experience of Shopsmithing. You, and others, have some wonderful memorabilia to show.

[chapmanruss]

The Lathe Chisels have always been an additional accessory not included with the basic Shopsmith tool beginning with the Model 10E through the Mark 7 now for sale. Sometimes Shopsmith Inc. included them with a starter set of extras. The Shopsmith 5 piece Chisel set dates back to the Model 10E and there have been 10 variations over the years that I have seen. 9 labeling changes and 4 different handle sizes/styles. Shopsmith no longer sells their own labeled Chisels but has been selling the 8 piece boxed set from Savannah Woodworking Tools & Accessories since 2017. I'll try to get a picture of the different Chisels added here this week.

Below is a picture of one of my early Power Mount Coupler Kits.

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Below is a picture of the Universal Hold Down original Model 10 version I have. I also have the Mark 5 version using the 5/32" Allen "Shopsmith Toolbox" wrench. Notice the use of it on the Miter. This requires adding a counter sunk hole to the end of the bar.

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One of the other fun things I have is the selector wheel like the speed wheel from the Model 10 (of which I also have) that is the two sided Board Feet Calculator and Miter Finder.

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[jpdalton]

Over time, I’ve been fortunate to acquire a few of the old 10-ER table inserts in their original packaging. And unlike the early Mark 5 table inserts that came in cardboard boxes (that are durable enough to be found still today), the packaging for the 10-ER table inserts were just paper envelopes, so not as common to find those having survived the last 70 or so years…

Also, there were some table inserts that just weren’t all that common in the first place - like the no-slot insert and the shaper insert (for the sanding drum and shaper bits) - making it really hard to find them and their packaging together.

And then there’s the part number change from 4-digit to 5-digit, and with it, a change in packaging! So, lots of variety of hard to find items makes this a fun collection category…

With all that said, here are a few of mine:

First, a more common dado slot insert, but with the early 4-digit part number, and even the original retailer price tag! Hechinger’s was a big DC-area retailer at that time.
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Next is the shaper insert with the “newer” packaging with the faux wood look, used throughout the Magna/Yuba (and somewhat in the Magna American) M5 period.
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Finally, a couple of examples of the no-slot insert, with both the older and newer packaging.
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