Looking for History

[e.friedl]

Yes the plastic is still strong enough so I can and do, crank the head stock up and down. I can't say it strongly enough how much I appreciate this feature. I will admit it isn't very handy (so just flip the lever and disengage the gears) in the horizontal but vertically it is four stars.

[redleg]

Another advantage that the Mark VII had was it was more portable than the Mark V of its time. I got some Mark VII parts from a carpenter who was t-boned. The insurance company took most of the wrecked Shopsmith.

The Mark VII separated into a bottom section where the vacuum bag was located and a top section with headstock and tubes with the flip of two levers. While I'm sure most people wouldn't load it by themselves he said he did. He took it to the job site with him.

The new Mark 7 separates but the top section is less stable when separate.

[redleg]

Another advantage that the Mark VII had was it was more portable than the Mark V of its time. I got some Mark VII parts from a carpenter who was t-boned. The insurance company took most of the wrecked Shopsmith.

The Mark VII separated into a bottom section where the vacuum bag was located and a top section with headstock and tubes with the flip of two levers. While I'm sure most people wouldn't load it by themselves he said he did. He took it to the job site with him.

The new Mark 7 separates but the top section is less stable when separate.