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Newbie question: I had the opportunity to get an old 10ER recently and dawdled around and let it get away. But while doing a little research I saw a couple of videos on You-Tube posted by something called the Shopsmith10ER channel. Videos on a speed reducer set up. In the video was a web address http://www.shopsmith10er.com, but when I tried to access the site the domain was not active. Is this something that was set up by Shopsmith or just fans of the machine etc.?
Just curious, does Shopsmith still sell parts for that series, or do you have to scrounge for parts etc. There seems to be a lot of love for those old machines on the boards.
Mike

Yeah, there is a lot of love here for the 10E's and ER's. The mothership doesn't support them anymore, but many of the quill attach parts will still work (conical disk sander, sanding disks, chucks, lathe stuff) so they are by a long way not "dead". I have three of them and use them all at different points in a project almost every time.

Just know their limitations and then strengths and they are amazing machines. They can be found for little money and they can be rebuilt back to new status for very little money and effort.

There are quite a few still out there. lots of non-MS parts on Ebay.

And finally, no shopsmith10ER.com is not a shopsmith domain

JMHO

Thanks Dick, good to know information. And I have to say I love good old Ben's quote at the bottom of your post. I always heard he was ahead of his time, now I know it was true. Ha!
Mike

mdfinder wrote:Newbie question: I had the opportunity to get an old 10ER recently and dawdled around and let it get away. But while doing a little research I saw a couple of videos on You-Tube posted by something called the Shopsmith10ER channel. Videos on a speed reducer set up. In the video was a web address http://www.shopsmith10er.com, but when I tried to access the site the domain was not active. Is this something that was set up by Shopsmith or just fans of the machine etc.?
Just curious, does Shopsmith still sell parts for that series, or do you have to scrounge for parts etc. There seems to be a lot of love for those old machines on the boards.
Mike

Sorry for your loss. I know what is like to have one get away.

The man who made those videos and was shopsmith10er.com is a member (carrera_lemans247), on the Yahoo group 10ER Shopsmith Users.
It is a moderated group and you will have to join to have access. It may take a few days for them to process your application.
I understand that he had moved and was pursuing other interests.

The good news is that the 10er is built like a tank and parts like belts and bearings are stock items, and there are at least two places that specialize in 10er parts.
MKC tools
Hog Winslow
Also parts are available of ebay, these machines may be more than sixty years old but they sold hundreds of thousands of them back then and a lot of them are still around.

I do love both of mine , it is like playing with Transformers.

Good luck with your quest.

I recently completed restoration of the 10E and 10ER Owners Guides and they are available free on my Google Drive at

Update 2/21/2018 The original direct link to the Google page moved to another location - The thread is now titled: Shopsmith Large Format Drawings, Illustrations and More and found at https://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/view ... 90#p185690
if you are interested in them or want to learn more about those early models.

I have a very early 10E and five 10ER's in addition to a plethora of Mark V gear (nothing is for sale though) and by policy we can't sell anything in these forums if it were.

Just open the file to read it, and use the download arrow at the top to save a copy on your computer.

Everett

Thanks guys for the information. I have only been a member of this forum for a couple of weeks but I am amazed at the community I have found here, really am impressed with it.
I will keep looking for the 10. I have seen a couple close to the house but they did not have the speed control. Now looking at those videos it seems that fellow had come up with a speed kit, or bought one somewhere and was demonstrating the thing in the video, it looked pretty neat.
So how important is the speed control do you think if you are using the machine as a dedicated drill press?

Mike

Welcome Mike and to the dysfunction here. I have 3 ERS all with the SC. I like them with the SC because on the low belt setting you can take it down to 425 RPM, up to 1100ish RPM and anywhere in between, One is a dedicated drill press and an other a lathe. Without the SC on the low setting you at 700ish RPM. On EBay a rebuild SC runs right around $175. You may find them there cheaper but might need some work but they are a real simple thing to rebuild, not much to them.

ERLover wrote:Welcome Mike and to the dysfunction here. I have 3 ERS all with the SC. I like them with the SC because on the low belt setting you can take it down to 425 RPM, up to 1100ish RPM and anywhere in between, One is a dedicated drill press and an other a lathe. Without the SC on the low setting you at 700ish RPM. On EBay a rebuild SC runs right around $175. You may find them there cheaper but might need some work but they are a real simple thing to rebuild, not much to them.

Geez Bob, you just keep on keeping on(off?).

Lo ~= 825 (1/2 Motor rpm)

1600 ish!

JPG wrote:

ERLover wrote:Welcome Mike and to the dysfunction here. I have 3 ERS all with the SC. I like them with the SC because on the low belt setting you can take it down to 425 RPM, up to 1100ish RPM and anywhere in between, One is a dedicated drill press and an other a lathe. Without the SC on the low setting you at 700ish RPM. On EBay a rebuild SC runs right around $175. You may find them there cheaper but might need some work but they are a real simple thing to rebuild, not much to them.

Geez Bob, you just keep on keeping on(off?).

Lo ~= 825 (1/2 Motor rpm)

1600 ish!

Thanks for the corrections JPG, Sorry for some misinfo Mike, I dont eat and sleep with them but like some here, but handing out eroniuos info is not a good thing either

Well thanks again, I don't think I could tell the difference between 825ish and 700ish. LOL Man that web site MKCtools sure has some beautiful machines.
If I had one like that I would put it in my family room next to my custom saddle and not use it for anything other than art.
Mike