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Picked up a 10E this weekend. Thanks for the heads up Beave.

This sucker really has what you might call gravitas. I am so happy to own a piece of history, especially after reading this:

http://www.woodworkinghistory.com/appendix_22.htm

That is great Tom!

I am going to go get my 2nd 10ER on Monday. I find these first units from Shopsmith to be a goto machine for small parts for some reason. Absolutely love them.

Enjoy your new toy ...

Hey Dick. I am shocked at how heavy this thing is. Those castings are massive. This one was used for a time but sat in a warm basement for the last 25 years or so without seeing much action. I've got it all broken down into it's components. Blew a lot of crud out of the motor. The quill appears to have 2 good bearings. The motor seems to run well. I'm going to replace the power cord, polish the way tubes and put it all back together. At 200 pounds I think it will make a great full time lathe.

Just wondering how people change the belt speeds. My belt was tight and could not be moved without loosening the motor. I would not think that's what Hans Goldschmidt intended?

Tom

tomsalwasser wrote:Hey Dick. I am shocked at how heavy this thing is. Those castings are massive. This one was used for a time but sat in a warm basement for the last 25 years or so without seeing much action. I've got it all broken down into it's components. Blew a lot of crud out of the motor. The quill appears to have 2 good bearings. The motor seems to run well. I'm going to replace the power cord, polish the way tubes and put it all back together. At 200 pounds I think it will make a great full time lathe.

Just wondering how people change the belt speeds. My belt was tight and could not be moved without loosening the motor. I would not think that's what Hans Goldschmidt intended?

Tom

I keep my belt a little loose. It helps with the speed changes. When I got mine two years ago, I ran it as it was and had no problem changing speeds, but discovered the motor was "floating" on it's own weight. While making it easier to change speeds, I knew that wasn't right, so I started playing around with belt tension. I find it easy to change speeds now. I grew up with belt driven tools as a kid so this is nothing new. Play around with tension, you can find a happy medium.

I am working on a lift assist for it. If it works as good as the drum sander, I will be rich! LOL. My second one is in a lot better shape than the first one, but I will have to take it apart to get it home, so I will probably do a Verde Green/Silver restore again and have a matched set.

I hope to get the Serial number today so I will know what year it is.

Don't discount the saw/DP and horizontal boring capability of this machine, it can't do what my Mark 7 does from a power standpoint, but it just seems easier to use the table saw for certain cuts.

I look forward to seeing pictures of yours when you get it cleaned up!

Here are a couple preliminary pics. Looks to be a 1948 model?

Man, that is a clean looking machine! That should be up and running in no time!

Very nice!