Two Shopsmiths cut Tubes
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Two Shopsmiths cut Tubes
Multiple SS? I've wondered about just that. I'm now down to ONLY room left for 1 SS and I love the Bandsaw & Drill Press but since I have the Conical sander I can see having one SS being set up as a DP and another SS set up as a BS. The Conical sander would be easily converted from the DP mode. The only way I could accomplish that would be to cut the tubes and hope I could get the two units to fit where only one is now. Possible?
Yeah, probably possible. You have a lot of possibilities.
Do you have 2 Shopsmiths right now? Or are you thinking about adding a second one. If the latter, might I recommend picking up a 10ER for your dedicated drill press? Then you could use your Mark 5/V for horizontal functions. Even with the tubes cut down to make it shorter, you can leave room for the carriage and table so you'll still have table saw, disc sander, drive your bandsaw, etc.
One of my 10ERs is a dedicated drill press and the footprint is very small. I temporarily have the base sitting on a 1'x1'x2' block of cypress (with the long side running horizontal on the floor). Eventually I'll build a taller base for it with locking casters so I can roll it in and out of a corner. It should be easy enough to do the same thing with a Mark 5, but I just think the ER makes a great dedicated drill press.
Do you have 2 Shopsmiths right now? Or are you thinking about adding a second one. If the latter, might I recommend picking up a 10ER for your dedicated drill press? Then you could use your Mark 5/V for horizontal functions. Even with the tubes cut down to make it shorter, you can leave room for the carriage and table so you'll still have table saw, disc sander, drive your bandsaw, etc.
One of my 10ERs is a dedicated drill press and the footprint is very small. I temporarily have the base sitting on a 1'x1'x2' block of cypress (with the long side running horizontal on the floor). Eventually I'll build a taller base for it with locking casters so I can roll it in and out of a corner. It should be easy enough to do the same thing with a Mark 5, but I just think the ER makes a great dedicated drill press.
Heath
Central Louisiana
-10ER - SN 13927, Born 1949, Acquired October 2008, Restored November, 2008
-10ER - SN 35630, Born 1950, Acquired April 2009, Restored May 2009, A34 Jigsaw
-Mark V - SN 212052, Born 1986, Acquired Sept 2009, Restored March 2010, Bandsaw
-10ER - SN 39722, Born 1950, Acquired March 2011, awaiting restoration
Central Louisiana
-10ER - SN 13927, Born 1949, Acquired October 2008, Restored November, 2008
-10ER - SN 35630, Born 1950, Acquired April 2009, Restored May 2009, A34 Jigsaw
-Mark V - SN 212052, Born 1986, Acquired Sept 2009, Restored March 2010, Bandsaw
-10ER - SN 39722, Born 1950, Acquired March 2011, awaiting restoration
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JPG
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A 'dedicated' 10 E/R drill press could be wall mounted. Motor clearance needs to be maintained.
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Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange
Yep. I thought about wall mounting mine, but I like to move things around too much.JPG40504 wrote:A 'dedicated' 10 E/R drill press could be wall mounted. Motor clearance needs to be maintained.
Heath
Central Louisiana
-10ER - SN 13927, Born 1949, Acquired October 2008, Restored November, 2008
-10ER - SN 35630, Born 1950, Acquired April 2009, Restored May 2009, A34 Jigsaw
-Mark V - SN 212052, Born 1986, Acquired Sept 2009, Restored March 2010, Bandsaw
-10ER - SN 39722, Born 1950, Acquired March 2011, awaiting restoration
Central Louisiana
-10ER - SN 13927, Born 1949, Acquired October 2008, Restored November, 2008
-10ER - SN 35630, Born 1950, Acquired April 2009, Restored May 2009, A34 Jigsaw
-Mark V - SN 212052, Born 1986, Acquired Sept 2009, Restored March 2010, Bandsaw
-10ER - SN 39722, Born 1950, Acquired March 2011, awaiting restoration
For a drill press function only, the Mark V base can be mounted/bolted to a stand or wall platform by using longer bolts or studs in place of the bolts that holds the bench tubes. I mounted the headstock on backwards (upside down) to take less overall space. I use a small bottle jack to raise or lower the headstock. I even cut off 1/3 of the main table at the outward miter slot to take less space. I found I did not need the full main table. I use this shopsmith as a drilling, tapping and milling machine by using a X/Y vice with rotating table on top of the vise and use a large face plate on the accessory end of the drive sleeve shaft for manually tapping threads. This keeps the tap or die turning straight. I use the 1/4" or 1/2" router chuck to hold the taps or dies and for the milling bits. I will be happy to answer any questions about this conversion. Thanks.
Bill Mayo bill.mayo@verizon.net
Shopsmith owner since 73. Sell, repair and rebuild Shopsmith, Total Shop & Wood Master headstocks, SPTs, attachments, accessories and parts. US Navy 1955-1975 (FTCS/E-8)
Shopsmith owner since 73. Sell, repair and rebuild Shopsmith, Total Shop & Wood Master headstocks, SPTs, attachments, accessories and parts. US Navy 1955-1975 (FTCS/E-8)
Any pictures would be great for us challenged with understanding these things:D