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I had a Goldie and it died. So while I was getting the money together to have the headstock rebuilt I found a Shopsmith on craigslist for the cost of the rebuild. Man this thing has so many extra we couldn’t pass it up, so here is the problem. It came with the Pro Fence and Table System Upgrade, which is nice but makes an all ready crowded garage more crowded. I should explain that I made my Goldie a mini and have my band saw on it. I keep the motor from the headstock and will someday get the up and running, someday.
So can I sell this thing or what should I do with it? I know I won’t use it so it is just collecting dust under my beautiful new Shopsmith, it is by the way is awesome. Any thoughts let me know, I thought maybe if I sell the stuff that I won’t use I could put the money towards buying the pulleys and blades I need to get my band saw up and running.

What made the Goldie die? Did you do an autopsy? I think that you should do a little post mortem surgery on the Goldie and see if it can be resurrected. If you think that the motor died I would try to pull the motor and take it to a reputable electric motor repair shop to have it evaluated. Use the Goldie headstock as a learning experience and learn what is inside and what makes it tick. There is a lot of knowledge on this website and people are here to help. Let us know what you decide. Now that the Goldie is a shorty you may want to keep it as a sanding station or an SPT station.
Bill V
PS Please update your profile and post your location. There may be someone close by that can help. Hope you are not in North Pole!!

wa2crk wrote:What made the Goldie die? Did you do an autopsy? I think that you should do a little post mortem surgery on the Goldie and see if it can be resurrected. If you think that the motor died I would try to pull the motor and take it to a reputable electric motor repair shop to have it evaluated. Use the Goldie headstock as a learning experience and learn what is inside and what makes it tick. There is a lot of knowledge on this website and people are here to help. Let us know what you decide. Now that the Goldie is a shorty you may want to keep it as a sanding station or an SPT station.
Bill V
PS Please update your profile and post your location. There may be someone close by that can help. Hope you are not in North Pole!!

Yup. I'd keep it but I keep every thing.

Now you should correct me if I am wrong but I think you have said that the Goldie failed and its' remains are now a mini that serves as residence for your bandsaw.

Too bad it is a mini and not a shorty. I would suggest that you fix the headstock, mount it on the shorty as a drill press and keep the band saw there too.. Now the extra table, headstock and fence are consuming the space allocated to the mini.


I would also strongly recommend that you utilize your Goldie as a learning station for you. By rebuilding that headstock, you'll gain the knowledge needed to maintain both machines in top condition and save the cost of having a rebuild done by someone else.

Believe me, you can rebuild that headstock. Just take your time, use your head and be patient. Once done you'll realize it was a piece of cake.

Remember, the forum is always here as a fallback.

BTW Where are you located. You might be a neighbor to one of us and don't even know it.

Welcome to the forum. Looking forward to hearing that the Goldie has been "resurrected".

There were many parts inside the headstock that needed to be replaced that is just not in my budget. The motor is still working strong so will use this to power up the band saw. I also have my scroll saw (non-Shopsmith) on the table and use it as a saw horse for small fast cuts. My newer Shopsmith has a lot of extras which was a big factor in buying this instead of putting the money towards the Goldie. Because of space in my one car garage the option was either make it a mini and keep her or get rid of her completely and since this was my first Shopsmith and a Goldie she stay and is a bit smaller. Space in the garage or lack of is a key factor here, for what I do the pro fence just isn't worth giving up space.

I'm confused. I thought you had a newer Mark V and the Goldie.

dusty wrote:I'm confused. I thought you had a newer Mark V and the Goldie.

I purchased the Goldie first, then after using it for a couple of years it died. I knew it was an old unti when I bought it so I knew I would have repairs down the road. When I took the headstock apart there were numerous peices inside that had been damaged and after looking at the replacements list it looked to be better to have the headstock rebuilt.

This was about a year ago, and after a morning at Lowes where they were doing a Shopsmith demo, I was told Craigslist had some good deals on newer units.So I got on craigs list and looked at what was posted under Shopsmith and found the unit that I now also own. the serial number is 0062-- so this should have been built around 85 or 86 from what I can figure. It came with many extras too many to list, lathe tools, pro fence lathe sharpening system, shop lamp never opened and the maintanence kit to name a few. So for what I would have paid to rebuild my old unit I bought a new one with many new tools and upgrades, some I can use some I just won't.

houldenback wrote:I purchased the Goldie first, then after using it for a couple of years it died. I knew it was an old unti when I bought it so I knew I would have repairs down the road. When I took the headstock apart there were numerous peices inside that had been damaged and after looking at the replacements list it looked to be better to have the headstock rebuilt.

This was about a year ago, and after a morning at Lowes where they were doing a Shopsmith demo, I was told Craigslist had some good deals on newer units.So I got on craigs list and looked at what was posted under Shopsmith and found the unit that I now also own. the serial number is 0062-- so this should have been built around 85 or 86 from what I can figure. It came with many extras too many to list, lathe tools, pro fence lathe sharpening system, shop lamp never opened and the maintanence kit to name a few. So for what I would have paid to rebuild my old unit I bought a new one with many new tools and upgrades, some I can use some I just won't.

I filled my shop with tools by buying tool lots that had something I wanted and selling off what I did not want. If you bought the new machine for the headstock, mount it on the Mini frame. Keep what accessories you do not want (note I did not say need;)) and sell the rest. If the new machine is truly the Pro Fence (6 T-slots on the fence), you should get a decent price for it on FEEbay or you could go try out the Shopsmith Trader site, craigslist or the ssug.org.

I actually didn't buy it just for the headstock, it was bought it to replace my dead machine. Then after searching out ideas on what to do with my old machine I came across a web page that talked about making a mini out of an old Shopsmith. I thought why not and so I did just that. I had placed my scroll saw on it just to get it out of the way while I reconfigured the garage. This made me realize that I could make this my table for my scroll and band saw, gave me a good reason to keep Goldie as well. So now I have Goldie Jr. and my full size Shopsmith, I just need to start weeding out the extras that I won’t ever use.

houldenback wrote:I actually didn't buy it just for the headstock, it was bought it to replace my dead machine. Then after searching out ideas on what to do with my old machine I came across a web page that talked about making a mini out of an old Shopsmith. I thought why not and so I did just that. I had placed my scroll saw on it just to get it out of the way while I reconfigured the garage. This made me realize that I could make this my table for my scroll and band saw, gave me a good reason to keep Goldie as well. So now I have Goldie Jr. and my full size Shopsmith, I just need to start weeding out the extras that I won’t ever use.

Extras or duplicates? Some things come in handy when there are two(extension tables for one!).

The direction you need to go is completely obvious to me. You just need to make that garage over to a 4 car garage...


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