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I'd love to 'see' it too. That is a great find.

I had to turn away todays score. I would lose more shop/counter space than I would gain. The cabinets are in great shape, but they are MDF.
Edit: I forgot to add they were free!
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yeah all your free scores are nice
but there are not many people around here that will just give it away
them cabinets would be nice in one of my shops
but them farmers around here would rather let them rot then give em away or just shove them in another building and put more junk in them

Sf Bay area residents get rid of all kinds of great crap. Almost makes the super expensive housing worthwhile-ALMOST

Our farm sits just outside of the city limits at a Tee intersection. Anytime we have something to get rid of that is not worth the bother of selling we sit it out by the road with a "Free" sign on it. It is always gone within about 12 hours. Just last week my wife sat 4 tube framed steel lawn chairs that needed new canvas seats and backs made for them, out with a "Free" sign (we are cleaning out the basement). They were gone in two hours.
I don't mind giving stuff away but it absolutely kills me to throw something usable away.

nuhobby wrote:Just throwing this in here, a 1954 magazine special edition that I picked up at an Antique store Sunday afternoon:

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The articles already had some 10ER "clones" from Power Tools, Inc. (the "Supershop") and Emrick ("6 in 1 Shop"), ranging from $79.95 to $159.95.

But -- the brand-new Modern Shopsmith Mark 5 was shown, at $269.50.

Lots of neat nostalgia, and so nice to know that these Shopsmiths never die!

So what is that machine on the cover? At first I thought it was a Shopsmith 10ER, but then I realized the logo plate is on the wrong side of the machine. We're looking at the "back" side and the "left" end of that machine and the 10ER's logo plate is on the "front" side. Is that a clone on the cover of that magazine?

Looks a lot like a 10Er to me. My guess is that the photo is "flopped". I looked for anything else backwards but the only tell tale I could find was the clock which is not clear enough in the attachment. Chris, is it any clearer in the original? Or can anyone spot any other tell tales?

Paul M

shipwright wrote:Looks a lot like a 10Er to me. My guess is that the photo is "flopped". I looked for anything else backwards but the only tell tale I could find was the clock which is not clear enough in the attachment. Chris, is it any clearer in the original? Or can anyone spot any other tell tales?

Paul M

A mirror image was one of my first thoughts too. But I don't think it is. For one thing, the motor capacitor is on the correct side of the motor, not the mirror image side. Although this could definitely vary with different motors, there are a couple other clues. The knob that locks the machine in drill press mode isn't present in the view meaning it's on the other side which would be correct. And it sure does look like the saw guard mount and splitter are on the near side in the picture which would make that the "back" of the machine. But it is really hard to tell and I could be completely wrong.

Heath

I defer to your much greater knowledge of the 10Er. I have only one 10Er and it didn't come with a saw guard or splitter.

Paul M

RE: the magazine cover

Hi guys, I'll just go off on a humorous note. Firstly, the magazine was a special Workshop edition of "TRUE" magazine. In terms of literary prestige, I'm thinking "True" must have evolved into "Truism, or Axiom" which logically evolved into "Maxim," a present-day magazine of questionable aesthetics.

I think the cover art has a certain hand-painted illustration quality to it, which may explain why all the 10ER design cues don't add up (even when mirror-imaged, etc.). But the inspiration was clearly the 10ER.

I don't have a good image scanner, but you're not missing too much. Most of the magazine is black&white articles on making built-in-hutches under stairways, workshop gadgets, etc. All of it is treating plywoods like the greatest thing on Earth. I think most of us getting into woodworking these days are more into either solid wood or at least furniture-grade appearances rather than out-and-out plywood. Although -- I have seen a magazine these days called "Atomic Ranch" which is all about capturing "mid century marvels" (ranch houses) in their original style.