Need advice on buying a green ShopSmith Mark V

edward · Post by **edward** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:49 am

Thanks folks. Got the serial. It's a '56. No rust to speak of, no pitting, no corosion. The attachments are there but have not been used by the owner (he bought it for the bandsaw, but then found a grey one and liked it better). So what do you think? $350?

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:55 am

Assuming you have good reason to believe the Shopsmith operates:

The way I see it - the band saw and jointer are worth the $350. Therefore the Shopsmith is a freebe. I'd go for it.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:04 am

edward wrote:Thanks folks. Got the serial. It's a '56. No rust to speak of, no pitting, no corosion. The attachments are there but have not been used by the owner (he bought it for the bandsaw, but then found a grey one and liked it better). So what do you think? $350?

I agree with Dusty! What did the previous owner do with 'the "grey" one?

edward · Post by **edward** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 12:59 pm

Keeping it.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:22 pm

edward wrote:Keeping it.

How Come he is getting rid of the spt's(bandsaw jointer etc.)???

edward · Post by **edward** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:58 pm

The second grey one had all that, plus it was grey, which is why he bought it. So his first one was grey and without bandsaw.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:11 pm

edward wrote:The second grey one had all that, plus it was grey, which is why he bought it. So his first one was grey and without bandsaw.

So he had 3 (1 greenie,2 grey) and sold you the greenie with non-grey band saw/jointer? This scenario just keeps going and going and.......

edward · Post by **edward** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:18 pm

No. Sorry. Grey SS 1 was without bandsaw. He bought green SS w/ bandsaw. Then found grey SS 2 also w/ bandsaw. Liked it better than green. Bought it. Now wants to sell green.

edward · Post by **edward** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:19 pm

Do the motors on these "bog down" like I read somewhere?

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:27 pm

edward wrote:Do the motors on these "bog down" like I read somewhere?

Depends on your definition of 'bog'! They DO have a smaller motor(3/4HP vs 1 1/8HP). Only on very aggressive cutting would you consider it to bog down. They operate just fine if you use them less aggressively. They were designed to be a 9 inch saw so a 10 inch blade WOULD bog more often.