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Well my dad just passed his 60s-vintage Mark V on to me. I've done some maintenance and repairs on it for him, oh, probably a couple decades ago, and always admired it... and now it's mine.

Probably going to give it a bit of a tune-up before I put it to use, so I'll be browsing this section for tips and info. Likely have some questions along the way too.

Correction: 50s-vintage! Serial 286551 makes it a 1954, according to the handy chart.

Soundy, my respect to your father. I bet it is a greenie, and all you need to know is right here on this forum. Just beware of JPG he thinks he knows more then most!!!!LOL He is almost 99.9 right. A long with a few more!!!!!! It is an ego thing
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Thanks for that link, great info! Serial is 286551, so yeah, that puts it in Nov/Dec 54. Amazing that parts are still available for these!

Dad also dropped off this book... he must have kept it stored somewhere super-safe because it's in absolutely pristine condition:

Old school!
Even a compressor/sprayer attachment, whaaaaat?!

How many manuf. objects from the 50's can not only be still passed down to the next generation(s), but still be as functional as they were when made ....

Very HAPPY for you Soundy!

So what's this blade guard for the table saw that I was reading about on another thread? Don't recall ever seeing one on this, sounds like a good idea though.

Here is the lower saw guard for a 500. http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/cata ... system.htm

I don't know if the 500 has an upper saw guard, but others do! You will get more responses on this saw guard question.

Ahhh I thought it was something to protect (from) the exposed blade under the table. Heh, I grew up using dad's big table saw with no top guard, long before they made us use one in high school shop class

That part under the table seems way more sketchy to me...