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Do I have a mark 500 or 510 model?

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 6:19 pm
by bearkat
Hello Everyone, can someone please tell me if I have purchased a shopsmith mark 500 or 510 model? I am new to this and to woodwoking so any information would be very helpful. The machine says model 555540, serial number 091493, What do I have and year? thxs1

Re: Do I have a mark 500 or 510 model?

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 6:41 pm
by reible
Hello and welcome to the forum.

The serial number in your case is also a date code. It will parse to 09/14/93.

The fun thing about a shopsmith it that it is upgradeable. So the best way to know on a used machine is to check this page:

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/toolhistory.htm

Look at the pictures and find what yours looks like and that is what you have.

Hope this helps.

Ed

Re: Do I have a mark 500 or 510 model?

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 7:20 pm
by Mike907

Re: Do I have a mark 500 or 510 model?

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 8:45 pm
by bearkat
Thank you for your reply! The question remains do I have a mark v 500 or a 510 model?

Re: Do I have a mark 500 or 510 model?

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 8:46 pm
by bearkat
Hi, thank you as well for your reply! Same question : do I have a 500 or 510 model?

Re: Do I have a mark 500 or 510 model?

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 8:56 pm
by JPG
bearkat wrote:Thank you for your reply! The question remains do I have a mark v 500 or a 510 model?
Post a picture of the main table.

It matters not what it started life as(model # etc.), but rather what it may have been upgraded to.

Re: Do I have a mark 500 or 510 model?

Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 4:13 pm
by garys
500
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510
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Re: Do I have a mark 500 or 510 model?

Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 4:47 pm
by rpd
bearkat wrote:Hello Everyone, can someone please tell me if I have purchased a shopsmith mark 500 or 510 model? I am new to this and to woodwoking so any information would be very helpful. The machine says model 555540, serial number 091493, What do I have and year? thxs1
Not sure what happened to your last post, it was there and then it was gone.
Anyway, the Shopsmith in the picture you posted is a 510.

Re: Do I have a mark 500 or 510 model?

Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 5:04 pm
by bearkat
Thank you, I don't know what happen either? I posted it and it was there and when I got your reply it was gone? Nonetheless, I am glad you got o see it and confirm it was a 510. Thanks again.

Re: Do I have a mark 500 or 510 model?

Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 5:31 pm
by JPG
garys wrote:500 ACTUALLY A "505".
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510
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First(larger) pix is a 505, not a 500. ;)