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Think it's getting a little off topic but... Didn't want anyone to think that they need to adjust their User CP setting.

Just to 'prove' they existed!;)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Corded-Electric-Shopsmith-Mark-V-System-In-VERY-Good-Used-Condition-/181513061431?pt=Power_Tools&hash=item2a43058437

And for when it 'disappears'.

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&quot wrote:Just to 'prove' they existed!;)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Corded-Electric-Shopsmith-Mark-V-System-In-VERY-Good-Used-Condition-/181513061431?pt=Power_Tools&hash=item2a43058437

And for when it 'disappears'.

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I never doubted you in the first place, Oh great "Galloping Ghost"! I do hope that the guy gets his reserve price, as the machine shows every sign of being well-loved, indeed.

My own weekend was interesting. I decided to compromise and bid on a just a couple of those prematurely-rusty SS machines in the online auction from back in post #47. I wound up buying a decent metal-wheeled stip sander on a rusty Power Station, plus a rusty old-style overarm pin router, for a total of forty bucks. The strip sander completes my SS SPT collection, which alone is more than worth the modest investment. And both machines came with genuine SS casters, making it a real bargain.

It does get a bit weird when we delve into the source of the rust. The not-so-old guy who was auctioning the stuff had inherited it from his brother. It was in his horse barn, but he was not a woodworker. Seems that his recently deceased brother had kept the equipment in a shed that was shared with about a dozen barn cats. Which all liked to whiz on the machines, having nothing much else better to do.

So 40 bucks for the SS stuff was not overpaying, in hindsight. The OPR router table was toast.

Now here's the really good news. While it was the SS stuff attracted my attention, a vintage Stanley 2358 miter box, complete with a 28" x 6" Disston backsaw, was also on sale. I scored the pair of them for two bucks! The miter box is already freed up, with the help of some PB Blaster. Steve will be jealous. It is solid cast iron, circa 1950. Cast "malleable iron" that is. Advertised to be "virtually unbreakable".

The Diston backsaw will clean up nicely as well. The handle was grimy, but otherwise pristine. It' a big heavy honkin' thing.

Next step: get good at sharpening and using handsaws!

What's a handsaw?:D

ChrisNeilan wrote:What's a handsaw?:D

I thought you'd never ask! Historically, it's a tool that that, in my hands, made joinery look as if it had been done by a gang of adolescent beavers.

I sense that this is about to change. Here is what my new/old miter box and backsaw look like:

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Except that mine is considerably rustier (for now), and slightly newer.

BuckeyeDennis wrote:I thought you'd never ask! Historically, it's a tool that that, in my hands, made joinery look as if it had been done by a gang of adolescent beavers.

I sense that this is about to change. Here is what my new/old miter box and backsaw look like:

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Except that mine is considerably rustier (for now), and slightly newer.

JUST A LITTLE!:D

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Wonder if whoever bought the '2000' realized the best parts were 'out in the grass'. Wonder what whoever bought the SS will do with the 'grass stuff'?

&quot wrote:JUST A LITTLE!:D

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Wonder if whoever bought the '2000' realized the best parts were 'out in the grass'. Wonder what whoever bought the SS will do with the 'grass stuff'?

Hey, the miter box already a little less rusty! I'm working on getting it disassembled, and the PB Blaster alone has already revealed a nice blue-gray paint underneath the rust on the casting. Very much like color of my '52 10ER.

I was bummed about the "grass stuff". I think it went for $17. My plan was to snipe it for $25. Then show up early, and give the 510 tables and Excalibur fence etc. to the folks that bought the corresponding machines. That would have left me with, as near as I could tell:
1: a SS biscuit joiner
2: a nice pair of 5' connector tubes
3: a SS sharpening guide
4: some lathe duplicator pieces
5: and a bonus prize, a nice Craftsman Router Crafter

What went wrong? My trusty old XP machine with the hardwired Ethernet connection, already logged in and ready to snipe, decided to freeze up for about two minutes at just the wrong time. That'll teach me.

Better hurry up on this one.
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/for/4667716116.html

fredsheldon wrote:Better hurry up on this one.
http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/for/4667716116.html

What a shame. I bet it would clean up pretty good, and just think only 3 hours away.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/tls/4662119397.html

I thought I had posted this one earlier, but I guess not.

GONE!

A friend who saw my first Model 10, always wanted one, but I didn't know until I asked him if he would pick this one up for me, when I had the cash saved up.

No! But, we just got it for him. A fair amount of rust on the jointer, as well as the way tubes. Speedchanger center sheave needs work. Needs a new left leg, which I have spares of. Motor works just fine. Has the shaper head, with a few sets of blades.

steve