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520 for $450 in Midland, MI
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:48 am
by algale
a 520 (ugraded from a 510) in Midland, Michigan. If it were closer to me...
http://saginaw.craigslist.org/for/3909867020.html
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 3:59 pm
by billmayo
That is worth at least a 2 day trip each way. A little too far for me. Never seen a 520 this cheap and it looks good. I am sure it has sold by now.
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:59 am
by backhertz
I paid $600 for a 520, a new bandsaw, and a cardboard box full of other stuff. Craig's List is amazing. But once word gets out to your friends, you might just have someone give you a complete Shopsmith because they just want it gone.
520 from Midland
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 5:13 pm
by alisfair
Looks like a MarkV upgraded. I don't think, correct me if I am wrong, a 510 has a toggle switch on a 510-520.
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:31 pm
by JPG
alisfair wrote:Looks like a MarkV upgraded. I don't think, correct me if I am wrong, a 510 has a toggle switch on a 510-520.
A 'toggle switch' exists on a "B" headstock. 505, 510, models came both before and after the headstock change. The 520 was introduced after the switch to "C" headstock.
So a "B" headstock started life as any one of a 500/505/510.
midland 520
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 12:01 am
by alisfair
I purchased the 520 today for $400. It looks good and was totally renewed in the head stock too. Thanks for the info and giving me the heads up on the SS machine. I love my shop smiths all of them.
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 7:20 am
by jebber
I had a tentative deal with the seller to sell me the parts needed to upgrade my 500 to a 520.
we hadn't "shook hands", seller was getting back to me with shipping as he was a little too far to drive and make sense economically. Plus it was missing a few parts that would have added even more to my cost like an upper saw guard, two extension tubes and the telescoping legs that went with it.
Enjoy your 520!
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:36 am
by joshh
What a deal! Congratulations!!