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What is it?
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:06 am
by dgreen810
Some knowledgeable person please tell us what this headstock is? What is it used for? Appears to have a blower fan on the front or vacuum if run in reverse. Have no idea what the drive on the back is for? Appears to be SS made.
I have never seen one like it.
eBay item # 221400532240
Don G
Mark VII
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:46 am
by steve4447
It's a Mark VII as described in the listing...
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:56 am
by dgreen810
It doesn't look like any headstock I have ever seen? Tell me what the blower on the motor shaft and vertical gear drive on the back side are for?
I looked at all the videos on the Shopsmith site and don't see anything like it.
Don G
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:35 am
by JPG
Perhaps the answers are contained herein!;)
https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=11984
Click on the headstock link.
The impeller on the front was indeed for an ineffectual vacuum(the blower housing was polystyrene and fragile and is missing).
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:07 pm
by dgreen810
JPG
Thanks! I have never seen one before. Super photos on the disassembly. I would like see one in action. Looks like a bunch of engineers got drunk and had an "organism". Where each one had a pet idea, put all in a hat and built the thing.
Don G