Wall mount Shopsmith

terrydowning · Post by **terrydowning** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:27 pm

jacobsm wrote:I called shopsmith about the bench mount but they don’t carry any. It might be something they had in the past.

I mainly used the shopsmith for lathe and drill press. I just picked up a Powermatic 90 lathe. So at this point turning it into a nice drill press makes sense in my shop. Don’t have room to keep it full size.

Make it a mini or a shorty

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:40 pm

jacobsm wrote:I called shopsmith about the bench mount but they don’t carry any. It might be something they had in the past.

I mainly used the shopsmith for lathe and drill press. I just picked up a Powermatic 90 lathe. So at this point turning it into a nice drill press makes sense in my shop. Don’t have room to keep it full size.

OK Let's turn this into a discussion of how to mount 'what you do have'.

The 'normal' end castings mount to the 'legs' by bolts from the sides of the casting into the top sides of the legs.

A block of wood(or more substantial material[metal brackets]) could mounted to the wall for attaching the end castings through the original casting mounting holes.

Alternatively clamping with u-bolts(or clamps) attached to the bench tubes.

Orrrr a tiebar at both ends attached to the wall(kinda weak!). Create a wooden saddle between the wall and tubes(use tiebars to maintain spacing).

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jacobsm · Post by **jacobsm** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:49 pm

Make it a mini or a shorty

I have extra tubes I could cut down, but think it would be to unstable.

mbcabinetmaker · Post by **mbcabinetmaker** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:28 pm

I had this Total Shop mounted to the wall for many years. I used angle iron and 8/4 maple. It worked great and left the tie bar in place.

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ddvann79 · Post by **ddvann79** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:42 pm

mbcabinetmaker wrote:I had this Total Shop mounted to the wall for many years. I used angle iron and 8/4 maple. It worked great and left the tie bar in place.

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Bingo! That's pretty cool! What made you take it down?

peterm · Post by **peterm** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:51 pm

You could do what I did here:
https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=6925
but mount it on a sturdy shelf fastened to the wall.

jacobsm · Post by **jacobsm** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:58 pm

Mark,
It looks great. Going to try to copy what you did. Did you add any extra support to your shop wall? or just bolt into the studs?

mbcabinetmaker · Post by **mbcabinetmaker** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:02 pm

I took it down when I got a Shopsmith with a lift assist and did some shop refitting. Those old Totalshops were heaver and had cast iron tables and were hard on the back to lift so I bolted it to the wall.

I did not add any extra support in the wall. I used lag bolts to attach 2 inch angle iron and bolted the maple to the angle iron.

fyrfyter5 · Post by **fyrfyter5** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:00 pm

If you wall mount it, can it be used as a router table as well with a modified table?

damagi · Post by **damagi** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:33 am

mbcabinetmaker wrote:I had this Total Shop mounted to the wall for many years. I used angle iron and 8/4 maple. It worked great and left the tie bar in place.

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This seems like one of the most stable options I have seen. Replacing the base arm pivot with allthread going through a wood or metal bracket makes perfect sense.