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Cool . They turned that Mark 11 into a Mark 7!

rcf wrote:I added a storage cabinet under the way tubes of my shopsmith, to accomodate the legs of the main table, as in horizontal drilling etc, I put a hole in the back side, so the leg will drop down into it. The front clears just by a hair. The hole is plugged with an off the shelf plastic filler. (keeps the sawdust out of the drawers) So far I've had NO problems with this arrangement, been using it this way for some time now.

Nicely done. So how exactly is that attached to the underside of the shopsmith?

JPG40504 wrote:Be CAREFUL!!!!!!

I'm a cautious wood-worker. I've had a tablesaw before but it died and my shop is so small that I decided to go for a shopsmith. In fact, this is the first saw I've worked on that has a saw guard on it. Nice improvement!

I built this platform in a couple hours without any plans and few measurements. This Shopsmith had fell off the back of a pickup truck and broke most of the bolt holes in the base and headrest for the legs. I used studs in the holes for the tube lock bar bolts to secure the Shopsmith to the cart. They are 10" HF wheels and I use a HF trailer tow bar to move the unit short distances. It have the same width as the original legs. I use my Kobota tractor to load the cart on and off my trailer and/or move any distance. This cart was very stable much to my surprise. I tied a Honda 2K generator on a extension table for power for the Shopsmith and other power tools when building room additions and garages. All the power tools fitted nicely on each side of the cart and ths cart was easy to store each night. I called it my construction Shopsmith.
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mikelst wrote:If you do a google book search for popular mechanics it will take you to this link:)
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tkDAAAAMBAJ

This is a historical look at the mechanics illustrated magazine and well worth a browse. I like this a site(?) a lot.

Now if you were to pull up the August 1967 issue and get to page 148 you will find an article on building a new base for the Mark 2. Or you could just use this link and go straight there.]http://books.google.com/books?id=rtMDAA ... q=&f=false[/URL]

I think this could be adapted/modified for the Mark 5 with little on even no effort. This plan builds a replacement base for the ShopSmith that approximates the same footprint while allowing the tool to tilt either way (similar to the mark 7) It has built in provisions for raising the tool for a higher work height. It could be easily modified to give you a custom work height.

For some reason I just now 'discovered' this post.

Question: Did the Mark II have a different rack than the 5/V? Did the table rotate 90º both direction like the VII?

How else can the headstock UNDER the table work with the 'normal' table top "on top"?

At this link if you look at page 184 it shows the rack for the mark 2 and the mk 5 side by side. images 20 NS 21. yes they are different.
http://books.google.com/books?id=5t0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA180&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false

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I thought an paste of the images concerned might be helpful.

mikelst wrote:At this link if you look at page 184 it shows the rack for the mark 2 and the mk 5 side by side. images 20 NS 21. yes they are different.
http://books.google.com/books?id=5t0DAA ... q=&f=false

Ah So! NO rack! Thanks! Should have known since it was a 10E/R M5 transition model!

Actually, I believe that is not true. The MK 2 was introduced in 1958 as a lower cost tool to attract a new consumer who was put off by the 'high' cost of the MK 5. The MK 5 has been around since 1953.

mikelst wrote:Actually I believe that is not true. The MK 2 was introduced in 1958 as a lower cost tool to attract a new consumers who were put off by the 'high' cost of the MK 5. The MK 5 has been around since 1953.

Did not realize that timing. The design Is a 10/m5 hybrid.