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I am looking to buy a used 520, I live in NJ.
I understand that a checklist of what to look for in a used Shopsmith is available but I am unable to locate it via Internet search - does anybody there know where such a list is available and where I can get a copy??

Thanks

Joel

I have never seen a used 520, most people start with a 500 or 510 and then purchase the Shopsmith upgrade. The information you are looking for is by Nick and is under the Shopsmith Academy.

joelr wrote:I am looking to buy a used 520, I live in NJ.
I understand that a checklist of what to look for in a used Shopsmith is available but I am unable to locate it via Internet search - does anybody there know where such a list is available and where I can get a copy??

Thanks

Joel

Hey Joel,

Nick posted the checklist you're looking for in Sawdust Session #21. It's available from the blackboard section in the upper right hand corner. I've attempted to post the link below. I say attempted because it's my first time trying to copy and post a link:)

Good Luck in your search and welcome to the forum!

Scroll down to the bottom of the blackboard for the link to the checklist.


http://www.shopsmithacademy.com/SS_Arch ... rn_Pt1.htm

Used 520's do come up from time to time on Ebay. You just have to hope that you are close (for pick up) or that the seller ships.

Joel,

If you are looking at the used 520 located in New Jersey currently listed on ebay, From the listing I would think it is a nice one. I have a 520 and wouldn't trade it. When I participated in a traveling academy two years ago one of the machines being used was a 510. I tried to use it and found it wanting. I couldn't wait to get home to my far superior 520. The table and extensions on the 520 are far superior, Good Luck. Jim

Check estate sale listings. I would imagine they'll turn up now and then. In this day and age, it seems when old woodworkers die, often there isn't an heir that would know what to do with the Shopsmith. Too bad.

joelr wrote:I am looking to buy a used 520, I live in NJ.
I understand that a checklist of what to look for in a used Shopsmith is available but I am unable to locate it via Internet search - does anybody there know where such a list is available and where I can get a copy??

Thanks

Joel

Try http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewt ... 90#p185690 It has the revised checklist and links to the original checklist in the Buying a Used Shopsmith Revisited PDF, with some other bits and pieces that may help.

My 520 is a 50th Anniversary edition and still looks like new. Good luck and I hope you find one with some SPT's to sweeten the deal.

everettdavis wrote:

joelr wrote:I am looking to buy a used 520, I live in NJ.
I understand that a checklist of what to look for in a used Shopsmith is available but I am unable to locate it via Internet search - does anybody there know where such a list is available and where I can get a copy??

Thanks

Joel

Try http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewt ... 90#p185690 It has the revised checklist and links to the original checklist in the Buying a Used Shopsmith Revisited PDF, with some other bits and pieces that may help.

My 520 is a 50th Anniversary edition and still looks like new. Good luck and I hope you find one with some SPT's to sweeten the deal.

Ya think 'JOELR' has a time machine?

JPG wrote:

everettdavis wrote:

joelr wrote:I am looking to buy a used 520, I live in NJ.
I understand that a checklist of what to look for in a used Shopsmith is available but I am unable to locate it via Internet search - does anybody there know where such a list is available and where I can get a copy??

Thanks

Joel

Try http://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/viewt ... 90#p185690 It has the revised checklist and links to the original checklist in the Buying a Used Shopsmith Revisited PDF, with some other bits and pieces that may help.

My 520 is a 50th Anniversary edition and still looks like new. Good luck and I hope you find one with some SPT's to sweeten the deal.

Ya think 'JOELR' has a time machine?

Wow.... all my Forum links are coming up date scrambled... No clue why that came up first in the thread and I answered it. After reading your post, I rebooted and the next Forum Maintenance and Repair session and had the same thing, 2009 then a 2014, a 2015 then a 2012.

I used another machine (NOT a Time Machine) and they are as usual. Nothing has been changed in my preferences. That's just crazy...

LOL ... found a large towel to wipe the egg off my face. Thanks for the reality check JPG.