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ERLover wrote:What??? Ebay??? Use it yourself

That is exactly what I think. BTW, that is a beautiful job.

JPG wrote:That really looks great!

Ya gonna confuse some folks with the table raising knob.

Why will I confuse people with the table raising Knob?

ERLover wrote:What??? Ebay??? Use it yourself

That would be nice, but I really don't have the space, right now there are 3 Shopsmiths in my shop, a Power Pro 520 upgrade, this Shorty and the Shopsmith I redid back in 1990, that I took in trade for the Greenie Restoration, that is slated to become a Dedicated Drill Press for my brother, plus all the rest of my woodworking equipment, it is rather crowded right now and I have a cradle to build, so something has to go out side while I am working. Fine if it isn't raining, because then nothing goes outside.

jjbuzard wrote:

JPG wrote:That really looks great!

Ya gonna confuse some folks with the table raising knob.

Why will I confuse people with the table raising Knob?

The knob is a 505/510/520 thingy and the rest is 500 parts.

The 'dual' extension table may confuse some also.



I fear it will not bring as much as it deserves.

JPG wrote:

jjbuzard wrote:

JPG wrote:That really looks great!

Ya gonna confuse some folks with the table raising knob.

Why will I confuse people with the table raising Knob?

The knob is a 505/510/520 thingy and the rest is 500 parts.

The 'dual' extension table may confuse some also.



I fear it will not bring as much as it deserves.

That "knob" was put on back in the 1990's on my 500, The Headstock is actually a 1957 version,with poly v-belt conversion, new bearings as needed, with the 3/4 HP motor, which was rebuilt, new bearings etc, a new cord was installed, all aluminum polished and of course all soda/sand blasted and prime and paint, it was an exercise in using left over and purchased parts to complete.

Well we will see what it goes for it is listed as of today on ebay.

Shopsmith Shorty or Mini Total Build (232174519695)

After 3 listings and no serious offers, I am going to dismantle and sell it for parts. Probably get more for it in parts than I can get for it assembled. I saw one that was a Piece of crap and needed lots of work go for $500.00, who knows.

Here's how I built one with an old ER-10 garage sale find. I threw out the tilt function because I already have a drill press. I will probably make another with a Mark 5 machine I have.

http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewt ... nc#p215912

jjbuzard wrote:After 3 listings and no serious offers, I am going to dismantle and sell it for parts. Probably get more for it in parts than I can get for it assembled. I saw one that was a Piece of crap and needed lots of work go for $500.00, who knows.

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I guess I was foolish building a Shorty to sell. Tearing it apart now for parts, need the room, do you think it might have sold better as a full size Shopsmith?

My guess is that there was too much that differed from 'SOP' and that scared em off. You were trying to sell a small sub niche of a niche market.