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shopsmith mark V
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:01 pm
by markflow
Hi everyone I went out today and bought myself another shopsmith mark V this one is the tan , golden color....serial number 367526 can someone plz tell me the year of it....I still have my other shopsmith also with I think I will restore it all over since its a 1954
really liking the shopsmith and loving this forum ...thanks everyone
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:06 pm
by dusty
markflow wrote:Hi everyone I went out today and bought myself another shopsmith mark V this one is the tan , golden color....serial number 367526 can someone plz tell me the year of it....I still have my other shopsmith also with I think I will restore it all over since its a 1954
really liking the shopsmith and loving this forum ...thanks everyone
I would say Aug/Sept 1960.
Check
here.
http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/faq/markv.htm
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:24 pm
by markflow
Thank you Dusty....
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:35 pm
by 76winger
Aren't those the ones that were originally sold by Montgomery Wards stores?
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 10:36 pm
by JPG
Bad link Dusty.
ALL the model 10 and Mark 5(greenies/Goldies/early smooth Grays) were sold by Montgomery Ward. Those were manufactured by Magna Engineering, Yuba Power Products, and Magna American prior to the Shopsmith Inc. involvement in the late 1970's.
I believe your unit was manufactured by Yuba and was a Gilmer drive with a 3/4 hp motor and 1 7/8" od bench tubes.
371347 was the last 'Gilmer' by Yuba.
My 377425 was a 1963 poly-v by Magna American.
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:28 pm
by reible