Another learning curve (gloat)
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:31 pm
Well, you just never know what the day will bring....
As one of the many part-time ways I try to stay afloat financially, I pick up and deliver riding mowers for a small repair shop. Today I went for the second time to pick up a little mower for a little old lady (no, really, she's 93 and kinda bent-over, but very spry for her age.) The house her late husband designed and built has a shop area on the floor level between the garage and a storage area (living is overhead). Last time I was there I saw this really nice big Craftsman table saw. As I walked by it this time I mentioned to her that if she ever took a notion to sell it, I knew someone who would be interested. (Stay with me here.) She reminded me that she had already given it to her son-in-law, who used it occasionally, but she'd "like to sell that old Shopsmith to someone who could use it."
What???? As unbelievable as it may be, I had walked through that shop the last time I was there (last fall) and did NOT see the Shopsmith. Well, my ears perked up and I basically responded something along the lines of "uh, oh, huh? what? a what? did you say Shopsmith?" or something like that.
Turns out her hubby had bought this when they lived in New York or Vermont a long time ago. In fact, he had given a son or son-in-law his old one and bought this one new.
So we walked into the shop and I guess the reason I didn't really notice it last year is because it is a Mark VII !!! She wanted $200 and I didn't even think about dickering. Turns out he gave the son his Mark 500 and "upgraded" to a Mk VII.
Here it is upon arriving at its new home:
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And here it is "kinda" put back together:
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And here is the bandsaw they bought new at a demo in the local mall, but which appears to have hardly been used:
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It costs me an extra $100 for the bandsaw. So, I'm out $300 but I'm the proud new owner of a Mark VII, of which I know practically nothing except little bits I've picked up here. I am now on a new learning curve.
I haven't turned it on or anything (see, I have learned a little bit), but I'm pretty sure it is all there (except for a saw blade and lower guard (if they had one)). Actually, all I've had time for today was to figure out how to load it in my truck, then unloading it at the shop and rolling it in before it starts raining.
She even had the original books that came with it!!!!
I'm kinda excited! I now have THREE Shopsmiths in the shop and didn't have to beg my son-in-law to give back the one I "sold" him for a drill press.
This is my reward for patience, because there have been two Mark Vs on craigslist in the past month, $300 each, and I kept myself from calling on either on of them.
I can't wait to bring this baby back to life and I want to do it up right. When is another story as this is a VERY busy time for me. But at least I know what I'll be reading about online for the next several nights.
More pics to come, I promise....
[edit] OK, first questions; 1. where do I find the model number, and 2. is there a list of years/model numbers?
As one of the many part-time ways I try to stay afloat financially, I pick up and deliver riding mowers for a small repair shop. Today I went for the second time to pick up a little mower for a little old lady (no, really, she's 93 and kinda bent-over, but very spry for her age.) The house her late husband designed and built has a shop area on the floor level between the garage and a storage area (living is overhead). Last time I was there I saw this really nice big Craftsman table saw. As I walked by it this time I mentioned to her that if she ever took a notion to sell it, I knew someone who would be interested. (Stay with me here.) She reminded me that she had already given it to her son-in-law, who used it occasionally, but she'd "like to sell that old Shopsmith to someone who could use it."
What???? As unbelievable as it may be, I had walked through that shop the last time I was there (last fall) and did NOT see the Shopsmith. Well, my ears perked up and I basically responded something along the lines of "uh, oh, huh? what? a what? did you say Shopsmith?" or something like that.
Turns out her hubby had bought this when they lived in New York or Vermont a long time ago. In fact, he had given a son or son-in-law his old one and bought this one new.
So we walked into the shop and I guess the reason I didn't really notice it last year is because it is a Mark VII !!! She wanted $200 and I didn't even think about dickering. Turns out he gave the son his Mark 500 and "upgraded" to a Mk VII.
Here it is upon arriving at its new home:
[ATTACH]16891[/ATTACH]
And here it is "kinda" put back together:
[ATTACH]16892[/ATTACH]
And here is the bandsaw they bought new at a demo in the local mall, but which appears to have hardly been used:
[ATTACH]16893[/ATTACH]
It costs me an extra $100 for the bandsaw. So, I'm out $300 but I'm the proud new owner of a Mark VII, of which I know practically nothing except little bits I've picked up here. I am now on a new learning curve.
I haven't turned it on or anything (see, I have learned a little bit), but I'm pretty sure it is all there (except for a saw blade and lower guard (if they had one)). Actually, all I've had time for today was to figure out how to load it in my truck, then unloading it at the shop and rolling it in before it starts raining.
She even had the original books that came with it!!!!
I'm kinda excited! I now have THREE Shopsmiths in the shop and didn't have to beg my son-in-law to give back the one I "sold" him for a drill press.
This is my reward for patience, because there have been two Mark Vs on craigslist in the past month, $300 each, and I kept myself from calling on either on of them.
I can't wait to bring this baby back to life and I want to do it up right. When is another story as this is a VERY busy time for me. But at least I know what I'll be reading about online for the next several nights.
More pics to come, I promise....
[edit] OK, first questions; 1. where do I find the model number, and 2. is there a list of years/model numbers?
