Mark VII user

[instramaker]

In 2003, while an antiques restorer for the Ritz-Carlton, Naples, Fl, a co-worker from another dept had purcased a home and among the things left by the seller was "this big old thing with a lot of extra parts" want it? I somehow felt it was a SS and he said that's what was. Turned out to be a Mark VII, S/N 402685, with a Magna bandsaw, belt sander 4" jointer, all lathe attachments, disc sander, mounted stones, saw blades, router bits, extention tables and many other misc parts. Wonderful thing was, after examining it thoughly, it hummed to life right away. Although there was the typical rusted ways, it cleaned up very nicely, and had been properly maintained. I've been using and maintaining this brute steadily and it's never let me down even doing heavy duty stuff. It IS missing the dust collector (that's why we have shop vacs), the knives and wedges as well as the 9 screws for the jointer (a 620-C), the front panel to the stowage compartment. I'd like to obtain these items but I'm having problems finding them. are the knives from the Mark V the same and does SS also sell the screws? anyone know where to get a complete working dust colector? For my info, from the S/N, can anyone tell when this machine was born? I was told '63, sound right? Wish I was sure how to upload pics.
Thanks for your help and thanks for being here for people like me.

[beeg]

Go here about uploading pics.
https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=114

Also call Shopsmith about the knives and screws, I'd almost bet they will fit yours. Parts for the MarkVII might be hard to come by.

[instramaker]

Just called SS, todays system uses five screws mine uses three, so I'd be required to purchase a new head assembly with the knives, wedges and screws, a few $'s more than I want to spend right now.
thanks much for the info on pics seems i didn't know to click the down arrow @ the paperclip. I get it soon 'nuff