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There have never been any good deals around here. Usually a 500 goes for over $1000, and a 510 or 520 fetches near $2000. If they are loaded with optional tools, they sell for even more.

garys wrote:There have never been any good deals around here. Usually a 500 goes for over $1000, and a 510 or 520 fetches near $2000. If they are loaded with optional tools, they sell for even more.

As said before. Remember that the ones you see on CL are the ones not selling generally. In my time I have gotten a 510 with bandsaw, jointer, Planer, and various other accessories for $500, another 510 for $100 with bandsaw and jointer, and then a 500 for 100 with jointer. The deals are there but you have to find them quick or people like me snatched em up. My best way is to get a CL app and heck it daily or twice a day if your really looking for something ASAP.

However, now I rarely check. I have my 3 shopsmiths in my garage with almost every accessory I could want, and I have gotten my father in law hooked up with a nearly full set and a 510. If I do buy something though I generally only bounce at steals. (ie. My 510 with jointer term and bandsaw for $100 I sold the bandsaw and jointer for $100 total to make my 510 free. Made someones day too.

But that's just my 2 cents. (I also agree to be very cautious though.

Agree with using an app - I use cPro on iPad - free version , lets me search many cities at once. I usually search all ads in NC - check once a day. As mentioned, the ones you se on CL priced so high are usually not selling. When a good deal comes up they go in 1-2 days tops.

Craigslist is useless here. The population is too sparse, so whenever I search, it can't find even one Shopsmith in the entire state. That might likely be due to the fact that we have a real buy-sell site locally that gets all the ads so Craigslist gets nothing.
But, this is the listing of Shopsmiths available today.
https://www.bismanonline.com/mandan_nd/ ... w_drill_pr $1500

https://www.bismanonline.com/hillsboro_ ... hop_system No price

https://www.bismanonline.com/bismarck_n ... hop_system $1750

https://www.bismanonline.com/bowdon_nd/ ... sels_table $1250

These reflect the going price for a used Shopsmith in this part of the country.

jeremysavoy wrote:Agree with using an app - I use cPro on iPad - free version , lets me search many cities at once. I usually search all ads in NC - check once a day. As mentioned, the ones you se on CL priced so high are usually not selling. When a good deal comes up they go in 1-2 days tops.

Another endorsement for cPro here.

Around here (DC/MD/VA) I see at least a couple of 510s and an occasional 520 is the $500-800 price range every year. Of course you also get wildly unrealistic prices -- the guy asking $2000 for a rusty ER with few accessories. Just depends on the seller. There was a guy in Delaware selling a strip sander (among other items) recently and he wanted more than the price of a new one shipped from Shopsmith. It's been up for a while and will probably stay there until he gets reasonable.