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Another What Is It ?
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 8:28 am
by beatnik
What model is this ?
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 8:40 am
by damagi
beatnik wrote:What model is this ?
tiny photo, but looks like a mark 2
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 8:47 am
by beatnik
Here's another tiny picture.
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 9:37 am
by beatnik
Never seen a Mark 2 until I just googled it.
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 10:47 am
by JPG
Mark 2 fer sure!:)
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 8:12 am
by idcook
Mark II... and virtually no one has anything good to say about them. Which might explain the state this one is in.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 8:22 am
by JPG
idcook wrote:Mark II... and virtually no one has anything good to say about them. Which might explain the state this one is in.
What's a Mark II?:D
Geez I wish this roman numeral thing had never started!!!:(
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 8:43 am
by idcook
JPG40504 wrote:What's a Mark II?:D
Geez I wish this roman numeral thing had never started!!!:(
It's strictly "2" ?
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:02 am
by JPG
idcook wrote:It's strictly "2" ?
The early manufacturers used 10, 5, 2. With the Mark VII roman numerals began. Magna American apparently could not make up it's mind so both VII and 7 appears on them. The '7' only appears on one small plate. No documentation differs from VII.
BTW there were a couple of Mark 1s made.
Along comes Shopsmith Inc. and more Mark 5s were made. With the introduction of the '510' etc. came a perceived need to change to Mark V and refer to the earlier design as a 500.
All the current SS Inc.(etc) 'propaganda' ignores the previous model designations.
Having Greenie and Goldie nick names helps with determination of what a particular machine is. Why the current manufacturer ignores(does not propagate) the true history is to me a mystery. I cannot believe it is due to total ignorance.
Now that the 'new' Mark 7 is 'out', the confusion becomes more prevelant.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:42 am
by beatnik