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Identifying a year of manufacture
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 5:25 pm
by roneg
I'm looking at a SS on Craigslist, but the serial number
030191 isn't helping me to determine what year the model 555540 is, or any information about it. Can anyone help me with this?
Ron
Re: Identifying a year of manufacture
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 5:34 pm
by jsburger
roneg wrote:I'm looking at a SS on Craigslist, but the serial number
030191 isn't helping me to determine what year the model 555540 is, or any information about it. Can anyone help me with this?
Ron
SS went to date codes at some time in the 80's. That machine was made March 1 1991.
Re: Identifying a year of manufacture
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 5:54 pm
by dusty
roneg wrote:I'm looking at a SS on Craigslist, but the serial number
030191 isn't helping me to determine what year the model 555540 is, or any information about it. Can anyone help me with this?
Ron
Your Mark V is closely related to mine. Same Model #555540. The serial number (date code) on mine is 111791.
Like all things in life - time has brought about some changes. Mine is now a Mark V Model 520 with Double Tilt.
Re: Identifying a year of manufacture
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 12:00 pm
by chapmanruss
Shopsmith went to date coding December 1987. Previous Mark 5 and Mark V 500 made by Shopsmith Inc. will have an SS in front of the serial number and start at SS 1001 to approx. SS 222500. Mark V 510 will have a 51- in front of the serial number for those made before date coding. There are Mark V serial numbers from 1981 and 1982 with the SS prefix that will match date codes. Date codes will show up as 030191 or 03-01-91. Earlier Shopsmith Mark 5's made by Magna Engineering Corporation, Magna Power Tool Corporation, Yuba Power Products and Magna American Corporation do not have the SS serial number prefix but their serial numbers are higher than the Shopsmith Inc. numbers starting at about 260400 to about 382600. These Mark 5 machines include the Greenies, Goldies and early gray paint schemes.
Re: Identifying a year of manufacture
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:51 am
by roneg
Thank You all...
jsburger
dusty
chapmanruss
Ron
Re: Identifying a year of manufacture
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 10:37 pm
by Drake8302
The sticker on my 510 was missing when I got it, but the vent says 51-006272. So does that mean mine was made 6-2-72?
Re: Identifying a year of manufacture
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 2:48 am
by JPG
Drake8302 wrote:The sticker on my 510 was missing when I got it, but the vent says 51-006272. So does that mean mine was made 6-2-72?
From two posts back - "Mark V 510 will have a 51- in front of the serial number for those made before date coding."
That is why thine has no date sticker.
Re: Identifying a year of manufacture
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 7:49 am
by br549
Drake8302 wrote:The sticker on my 510 was missing when I got it, but the vent says 51-006272. So does that mean mine was made 6-2-72?
Yours looks to have been made in 1986.
Re: Identifying a year of manufacture
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 8:25 am
by Drake8302
Thanks guys I really appreciate the help!
Re: Identifying a year of manufacture
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 11:13 am
by chapmanruss
51-006272 was made in November 1986.