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It is one of the Shopsmith clones. Total Shop also made a 6 inch jointer for their machines.

Ron309753 wrote:I have one of the old old couplers and hubs (see picture). . . . But it looks like in the new kits both hubs have 4 grooves. http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/part ... xpview.htm

Is that correct? If so, I could put a 5/8" spindle hub on the jointer? YES

Hmmm, maybe I'm back in business. YES

Sincerely,

Ron

The hubs(4 groove/spline) are both intended for mounting on the HEADSTOCK. The hubs for individual spt's are in the parts drawings for EACH spt. The earlier versions if the coupling KIT had four hubs as described in post # 9 and as included in your 1950's version..

paul heller wrote:Tell me about this jointer. Has it been mounted on a shopsmith by someone? Are you sating it fits right in? I never heard of WoodMaster.

Paul

Hi Paul,

I have knot heard of a Woodmaster 6" jointer, but Woodmaster is a company that makes their equipment in the USA! I also have knot seen any product of theirs that resembles a ShopSmith, so I do knot understand mbcabinetmaker's reference to it being a ShopSmith clone???

Tim,

maybe they are thinking of the Smithy 6" SuperShop jointer. it's a 4 blade made by a clone company.

http://www.smithy.com/accessories.php?a ... =895&code=

I don't know if the Smithy SPTs are functional with the SS or not.

Ivan

iclark wrote:Tim,

maybe they are thinking of the Smithy 6" SuperShop jointer. it's a 4 blade made by a clone company.

http://www.smithy.com/accessories.php?a ... =895&code=

I don't know if the Smithy SPTs are functional with the SS or not.

Ivan

No, it is not "Total Shop" or the "Smithy." Woodmaster (NOTHING to do with Woodmaster we know today from KC, MO) was a clone (25 years ago?) that made their knock-off so blatantly identical to the Mark V that they were shut down. In almost every way, they were the same machines as a Mark V (even some internal replacement parts straight from SS would work, though not all.) Anyway, their bandsaw, for example, had a metal cover instead of the ubiquitous plastic ones. Their jointer was a 6" model and came in either 3-knife or 4-knife heads.
I don't think there were a ton of these machines and accessories sold, so they're pretty rare out in the wild. I had the opportunity to buy one of the 4-knife jointers several years ago. I can tell you absolutely that they fit on the Mark V with NO modifications at all. The only thing I had to do was switch out some hubs. As an added bonus, the knives are standard-fit knives, i.e., not tapered like the SS.
Also note, if you do find one, you'll need to retrofit your own dust shroud, but that's not too big a problem for a woodworker.

I have a total shop 6" jointer. I need the blades for it and can't find them. Can anybody help me with this issue.

I hope this helps you.
http://www.americannationalknife.com/2To7.asp

paul heller wrote:

kartoffelkopf wrote:Or, you could just watch for a WoodMaster 6" jointer that fits the mounting posts without any adapting. Harder to come by, but if you can wait, hold out for the 4-knife head instead of the 3-knife head.

Tell me about this jointer. Has it been mounted on a shopsmith by someone? Are you sating it fits right in? I never heard of WoodMaster.

Paul

Woodmaster is/was a Shopsmith clone in the same way that Total Shop and Smithy are.

Here is a post which has some WoodMaster pictures (none of the 6" jointer though):

http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewt ... one#p76129