Shopsmith in a car

upnorth4 · Post by **upnorth4** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:14 pm

I'm looking at a mid 60's (its beige) Mark 5.
I haven't gone to see it yet but for $170 I think I can't go too far wrong.

Only issue is that I don't have a truck to pick it up with.
If I disassemble it will it fit in a Chrsyler Intrepid, huge trunk....

skou · Post by **skou** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 1:20 am

I'm not sure about the Mk5, but an ER, except for the tubes and bench boards will fit in 3 milk crates.

If you don't mind disassembling your Mk5, it should be the same, too. You've got 4, basically 6 foot long pipes, and the legs. The rest is all basically small stuff.

Does your Intrepid have a fold-down rear seat top? (Can you run 4 pipes from the trunk to, between the front seats?)

steve

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 1:25 am

Food for thought!:D

https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=85569&postcount=18

And the rest of the story.

https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=7342&highlight=bedazzled

P.S. It is a 'Goldie', not 'beige'.

tgamel · Post by **tgamel** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:19 am

upnorth4 wrote:I'm looking at a mid 60's (its beige) Mark 5.
I haven't gone to see it yet but for $170 I think I can't go too far wrong.

Only issue is that I don't have a truck to pick it up with.
If I disassemble it will it fit in a Chrsyler Intrepid, huge trunk....

The tubes would be your only problem, but if you have a four door, just drop one of the windows and angle them from the floor board and stick them out the window. Just make sure you have something to tie them together with. Before we got our trailer I carried many type of lumber and PVC this way.

dgale · Post by **dgale** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:10 pm

Find a buddy with a truck and buy him gas/lunch/twelve pack or whatever it takes for him to help you move it. Yes you can dissasemble it and fit it in your car, but IMO it's a lot less work to find a friend and reward them accordingly.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:18 pm

dgale wrote:Find a buddy with a truck and buy him gas/lunch/twelve pack or whatever it takes for him to help you move it. Yes you can dissasemble it and fit it in your car, but IMO it's a lot less work to find a friend and reward them accordingly.

Either way, take the legs off!;)

reible · Post by **reible** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:41 pm

upnorth4 wrote:I'm looking at a mid 60's (its beige) Mark 5.
I haven't gone to see it yet but for $170 I think I can't go too far wrong.

Only issue is that I don't have a truck to pick it up with.
If I disassemble it will it fit in a Chrsyler Intrepid, huge trunk....

Hi and welcome to the forums!

Were is "upnorth"? Some of us think of our selves as being from up north, in my case northern WI, the wife is from the UP of MI a bit father up north.

I've brought a few home with me, I pack a tarp to protect the inside of the vehicle and an old sleeping blanket relegated to mover's blanket duty to pad things as needed. A rubber mallet might be in order in case something that needs to move needs some help. Might help to make sure the machine comes with the magic 5/32" allen wrench as that might be needed. Slotted screw driver and phillips one too and a set of open ended wrenches.... well if you have been checking the site you already have a good list I'm sure.

Always nice to see a new poster here.

Ed

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 1:38 pm

upnorth4 wrote:I'm looking at a mid 60's (its beige) Mark 5.
I haven't gone to see it yet but for $170 I think I can't go too far wrong.

Only issue is that I don't have a truck to pick it up with.
If I disassemble it will it fit in a Chrsyler Intrepid, huge trunk....

I don't really know simply because I have never done it and I don't know your car but I think you can. I have seen them dismantled and tucked into some pretty small autos. I believe it is somewhat dependent upon what accessories you get to pack off with it. As someone said already, the tubes may be a limiting factor.

I'd take along a socket set, an allen wrench, a flat and cross point screw driver and a crescent wrench. With those tools, I believe you can convert an operational Mark V into a pile of parts.

apexsunguitars · Post by **apexsunguitars** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 4:17 pm

I broke two down for paint a couple weekends ago. Take a set of long hex wrenches (unless he has the one that comes with the SS), a large slotted screwdriver, an adjustable wrench, a hammer, a block of wood, and a can of liquid wrench. the tie bar piece on the non-pivoting end of the way bars seems to need some coaxing to get off so put the wood against the bar and tap off with the hammer. the only other gotcha are the hex screws that secure the way bars to the pivoting side of the bench. they need a long hex wrench to get to from the underside and you have to angle in around the pivot pin. the angle doesnt require ball end hex wrenches but that wouldnt hurt. the gotcha is not to take these out all the way, just loosen them a bit so that you can get the tubes out. i had to take one out so i could get liquid wrench in there and it was a bear to get started again. if you have a strap wrench that might come in handy on a tool that old, one of mine was from 1954 and wood fibers had actually worked their way in between the bars and the socket in the base. they were stuck in there pretty well.

i used to have the eagle version of the intreped back in the mid 90's, if its the same body style then the Mark V will fit.

billmayo · Post by **billmayo** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 4:19 pm

Also, I have these items when picking up a Shopsmith. Sandpaper for the tubes so you can remove the carriage and headstock if the way tubes are rusty. I even carry a metal file to remove any ridges on the way tubes. I find a big hammer and a short 2X4 to hammer on is needed many times. After removing the tables, headstock and carriage, I turn the frame upside down and soak all the screw nuts with penetrating oil (KROIL) and let set while loading what I had removed. A 7/16" open end wrench works well to hold these nuts while turning the screw with a large flat blade screwdriver.