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In the mid 80's my grandfather gave me his 1956 Mark 5 while I was in high school. It worked well after lubing and cleaning it up a bit, and I made my first and only project which were some speakers for the back of my hand me down station wagon.

Anyway, I lost interest in wood working and the Shopsmith has been stored indoors ever since. I just retrieved it from storage and would like to restore it so I can give it to a nephew who has interest in the craft. I have NO skills to do this. Are there services available or other owners willing to help to get this done?

If anyone can offer me advice, respond or contact me, Jeff Klemmer, at 651-398-7270 or jeffk@springsiderealty.com.

What a better way for your nephew to learn about the machine than by restoring it himself. Most likely it won't take much effort to get it up and running again if it was running the last time you used it. And of course, he will have lots of assistance from the fine folks here.

There are several active members in MN, but it is a big state. You might up date your profile information with an indication of your location.

Pictures? They are easy to post if you have them on your computer. This link tells you how.

If the unit has been in storage, are there rust issues? What kind of restoration work will it need?

I am basically new to all of this...for a year now. But, I bought a second, not working machine, recently and with the forum's support I got it working. We do support each other and enjoy helping were we can.

I think I found your real estate company in Stillwater.

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First thing I would do is remove the saw blade. That gives me chills hanging out in the open

A main and auxiliary table would be useful as well as many other 'attachments'. That jig saw is 'interesting'.