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I thought I should make a list of my serial numbers and since some are greenies I will list those here for accounting. These are all 3/4 HP of course. The headstock on my Frankensmith is a greenie and its serial number is 341443.
I have two other greenie headstocks I could get to tonight and they are serial numbers:
292289
270686
I didn't have enough light or time to get to the ones in the storage building. I also need to look at the serial number on the greenie I gave my son.
Everything in the shop except for the Frankensmith is a 1 1/8th HP unit with the poly vee.

I just picked up my first ShopSmith.

From what I have been able to find it is a 1956.

Serial number is 326199.

I would like to know how to make it a table saw?

It didnt come with a blade or anything to hook a blade to.

Seems to me there is a fitting that goes where the drill chuck is?

wpbailey wrote:I just picked up my first ShopSmith.

From what I have been able to find it is a 1956.

Serial number is 326199.

I would like to know how to make it a table saw?

It didnt come with a blade or anything to hook a blade to.

Seems to me there is a fitting that goes where the drill chuck is?

Welcome to these forums, wpbailey!,

You must use this saw arbor, or this saw arbor, and yes, it goes in place of the drill chuck. There is a set screw that holds the chuck on. Just loosen it and slip it off to reveal the business end of the quill. Buy yourself a blade (I think a 9" one for your unit) and mount it to the saw arbor, slip the arbor on the quill, tighten the set screw, drop your table down on to the blade, and you have yourself a table saw. You do have the table, right? What about saw guards?

wpbailey wrote:I just picked up my first ShopSmith.

From what I have been able to find it is a 1956.

Serial number is 326199.

I would like to know how to make it a table saw?

It didnt come with a blade or anything to hook a blade to.

Seems to me there is a fitting that goes where the drill chuck is?

NOTICE THE ARBORS MOUNTED ON THE BLADES BEING DISCUSSED.

http://www.shopsmithacademy.com/SS_Arch ... Blades.htm

I have a brownie and a 510 not counting all the ER's but I know the catalog show a different arbor for the 500 and the 510's I have boxes of arbors I have no idea which ones were designed for which. How can I tell which one is for the 500 or 510. That way I can tag them and use them correctly. I know Bill was talking about the length but not sure why.
Thanks for the education.

wlhayesmfs wrote:I have a brownie and a 510 not counting all the ER's but I know the catalog show a different arbor for the 500 and the 510's I have boxes of arbors I have no idea which ones were designed for which. How can I tell which one is for the 500 or 510. That way I can tag them and use them correctly. I know Bill was talking about the length but not sure why.
Thanks for the education.

I have never had a 500, nor arbors for one, but I believe that the 500 arbors are shorter in length then the arbors for the later Mark V models. The arbors that I linked to in post 42 above are both for the model 500.

a1gutterman wrote:Welcome to these forums, wpbailey!,

You must use this saw arbor, or this saw arbor, and yes, it goes in place of the drill chuck. There is a set screw that holds the chuck on. Just loosen it and slip it off to reveal the business end of the quill. Buy yourself a blade (I think a 9" one for your unit) and mount it to the saw arbor, slip the arbor on the quill, tighten the set screw, drop your table down on to the blade, and you have yourself a table saw. You do have the table, right? What about saw guards?

I have the table but I dont have the gaurds.

I see there are two arbors you listed. One is a 5/8" and one is an 1 5/8". How do I know which one it takes?

The 5/8 is for blades you can buy locally and the other are arbors made to fit the Shopsmith saw blades you can order or might have from SS.

wlhayesmfs wrote:The 5/8 is for blades you can buy locally and the other are arbors made to fit the Shopsmith saw blades you can order or might have from SS.

Thanks for the information.

I see so many items for these machines on eBay but how do you know they will fit mine? Mine is a 1956. I see the bandsaw and sanders and so on. Are they all the same?

I just lucked into a Greenie, my first ShopSmith!

I saw a SS about 10 years and have all ways wanted one, but just couldn't afford it. I picked this up for $200 and it is in much better shape that most that I have seen.

Serial # 36130 To my reckoning that means Jan. of 1960.

Haven't had a chance to use it yet but hope to fire it up this weekend.