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I have a 30 year old Mark V 500 and would like to upgrade the table saw but don't know if I want to spend the money for the upgrade kit. I've noticed table hardware on ebay, does anyone know what is needed to upgrade the 500 to a 510 or 520?

dldeford wrote:I have a 30 year old Mark V 500 and would like to upgrade the table saw but don't know if I want to spend the money for the upgrade kit. I've noticed table hardware on ebay, does anyone know what is needed to upgrade the 500 to a 510 or 520?

Main table, carriage, rip fence, three aux/floating tables, miter gauge bar, upper/lower saw guard, connecting tubes, telescoping legs with right angle, tool rest, tool rest post, sanding disk hub, saw arbor for starters.

Often only the tables are listed with/without the carriage and fence.

Going to a 510 only made sense before the 520 came along.

it might be cheaper to just buy a 510 off of craigslist in your area.
that way you have a backup unit, if you have the room for it.

JPG wrote:

dldeford wrote:I have a 30 year old Mark V 500 and would like to upgrade the table saw but don't know if I want to spend the money for the upgrade kit. I've noticed table hardware on ebay, does anyone know what is needed to upgrade the 500 to a 510 or 520?

Main table, carriage, rip fence, three aux/floating tables, miter gauge bar, upper/lower saw guard, connecting tubes, telescoping legs with right angle, tool rest, tool rest post, sanding disk hub, saw arbor for starters.

Often only the tables are listed with/without the carriage and fence.

Going to a 510 only made sense before the 520 came along.

I agree with JPG. I did a 500 to 520 upgrade via Ebay about 3 years ago. Here's a summary of my upgrade purchases. It includes basically everything listed by JPG. Note that SS list prices shown were valid 3 years ago and that my purchase prices reflect my winning bids. Competition back then was fairly stiff and the selection seemed to be better than I've observed recently. (Sorry about the jumble of numbers - tabs not handled.)

Item ListPrice PurchPrice Shipping Total
Main table w/ trunion 675.00 247.50 48.87 296.37
Carriage Assembly 178.46 36.00 16.00 52.00
Rip Fence 302.49 99.99 10.99 110.98
UPPER&LOWER SAW GUARDS 216.00 57.11 19.86 76.97
End Table 255.19 41.51 0.00 41.51
Floating Table System 536.94 255.11 45.00 300.11
1-1/4" Saw Blade Arbor 31.99 19.52 3.67 23.19
Sanding Disk Hub 23.40 12.01 3.67 15.68
Lathe Tool Rest 72.33 13.00 11.35 24.35
Miter Gauge 104.15 53.00 0.00 53.00
Arbor Wrench 16.62 10.50 5.60 16.10
12" Sanding Disk 55.60 27.00 8.10 35.10

Totals 2468.17 872.25 173.10 1045.35

GlennS wrote:

JPG wrote:

dldeford wrote:I have a 30 year old Mark V 500 and would like to upgrade the table saw but don't know if I want to spend the money for the upgrade kit. I've noticed table hardware on ebay, does anyone know what is needed to upgrade the 500 to a 510 or 520?

Main table, carriage, rip fence, three aux/floating tables, miter gauge bar, upper/lower saw guard, connecting tubes, telescoping legs with right angle, tool rest, tool rest post, sanding disk hub, saw arbor for starters.

Often only the tables are listed with/without the carriage and fence.

Going to a 510 only made sense before the 520 came along.

I agree with JPG. I did a 500 to 520 upgrade via Ebay about 3 years ago. Here's a summary of my upgrade purchases. It includes basically everything listed by JPG. Note that SS list prices shown were valid 3 years ago and that my purchase prices reflect my winning bids. Competition back then was fairly stiff and the selection seemed to be better than I've observed recently. (Sorry about the jumble of numbers - tabs not handled.)

Item ListPrice PurchPrice Shipping Total
Main table w/ trunion 675.00 247.50 48.87 296.37
Carriage Assembly 178.46 36.00 16.00 52.00
Rip Fence 302.49 99.99 10.99 110.98
UPPER&LOWER SAW GUARDS 216.00 57.11 19.86 76.97
End Table 255.19 41.51 0.00 41.51
Floating Table System 536.94 255.11 45.00 300.11
1-1/4" Saw Blade Arbor 31.99 19.52 3.67 23.19
Sanding Disk Hub 23.40 12.01 3.67 15.68
Lathe Tool Rest 72.33 13.00 11.35 24.35
Miter Gauge 104.15 53.00 0.00 53.00
Arbor Wrench 16.62 10.50 5.60 16.10
12" Sanding Disk 55.60 27.00 8.10 35.10

Totals 2468.17 872.25 173.10 1045.35

You'd be crazy to purchase all these items ala-carte from Shopsmith. The upgrade kit is $1321.68 for the 500 to 520 upgrade. Sure, that's $450 more coming from the ms, but may be worth it to someone to get new parts and no hassle with eBay or CL. Of course that doesn't include shipping, but you might be able to get in on one of their free or $10 shipping deals they do once in a while.