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dusty wrote:Excellent job, John. It is almost certain than when brand new it did not look that good. I have one question though. Will this get used or is it a museum piece.

If it was mine, I might move it into the house.

Well, it won't be the display machine. The display machine is going to be the one you see in the back ground of the picture above that is in drill press mode. That one was probably a Magna demo machine because it has a Shopsmith logo on the back side of the head stock.

So this one will get used or I will sell it if someone is interested. I have this ones older brother S/N 83973. It will be refurbished next and become a dedicated drill press. That will free up the current drill press machine to become the display machine complete with a 4E jointer, A34 jig saw and almost all of the accessories Magna sold.

dusty wrote:Excellent job, John. It is almost certain than when brand new it did not look that good. I have one question though. Will this get used or is it a museum piece.

If it was mine, I might move it into the house.

Consulted with SWMBO about that?

JPG wrote:

dusty wrote:Excellent job, John. It is almost certain than when brand new it did not look that good. I have one question though. Will this get used or is it a museum piece.

If it was mine, I might move it into the house.

Consulted with SWMBO about that?

I don't know about Dusty's but mine would be OK with it.

jsburger wrote:

JPG wrote:

dusty wrote:Excellent job, John. It is almost certain than when brand new it did not look that good. I have one question though. Will this get used or is it a museum piece.

If it was mine, I might move it into the house.

Consulted with SWMBO about that?

I don't know about Dusty's but mine would be OK with it.

Neither would mine ....

Boy, this thread is like pizza dough, it just keeps stretching on and on and on ....

OK, Dick, I am getting close to the end. The upper saw guard is done and all I need to do is paint the miter gauge head and the miter gauge slot extension and then I will post a few pictures of the completed machine and call it done. They have been primed so I am almost there.

This looks beyond great! But I think the title is misleading. "Restoring" implies putting back to original factory condition. I'm certain this 10ER did not look this good when it was new. Proposed new title: "Tricking Out 10ER S/N 83974."

algale wrote:This looks beyond great! But I think the title is misleading. "Restoring" implies putting back to original factory condition. I'm certain this 10ER did not look this good when it was new. Proposed new title: "Tricking Out 10ER S/N 83974."

Thanks Al for the kind words. I think it turned out pretty well for my first attempt. I learned a lot of things that will help with the next one to make it easier. I experimented with a lot of different process with this one. Mostly with the cleaning and polishing of the aluminum and chrome/nickel plated parts.

I am not sure tricked out is appropriate since I just reconditioned what was there. Maybe I should take the final pictures and post them under a tricked out 10er thread and link to this thread.

As I said before, the next one will be this ones older brother S/N 83973. It will become my dedicated drill press and the current DP will be the display machine since it appears to be a Magna demo machine. I just don't know where the display machine will be housed. I may have to add on to the shop or put it in the house as Dusty suggested. My wife would be fine with either.

algale wrote:This looks beyond great! But I think the title is misleading. "Restoring" implies putting back to original factory condition. I'm certain this 10ER did not look this good when it was new. Proposed new title: "Tricking Out 10ER S/N 83974."

I saw an article, I believe, on Hot Rod Magazine's website, about a guy that restored a '70 Roadrunner Superbird to "brand new" condition. And by brand new, I don't mean perfect, by any stretch. It was an orange car, and the correct overspray INSIDE the front fender had to be as manufactured. Underbody corrosion coating had to be missing in spots, just like "factory"!

This car was "PERFECT" in showing what the new car looked like, even including the size markings on the sides of the (HEMI) block. Chrysler used to put an A, B, or C, on the block to tell what oversize over the piston was. That barely showed through the engine paint. So did this restoration. (I just posted a few of the "details" he took care of, this guy spent YEARS on the restoration.) Original oil filters on that engine, from Chrysler are green. And sell on Ebay for $25 hundred! Yes, his does. Also all 5 tires are original tires.

John, yours is NOTHING like that Superbird! And, I'm GLAD!

steve

Found it.

http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/151 ... storation/

steve

John, You did such a nice job, That ole gal would look just as nice sitting in the house as well as sitting in your shop....

Do start the "Tricked Out 10E/ER" thread.... I'm anxious to see how many folks fire up with it.

By the way, The pictures are excellent!

Mike