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As from the title, I recently acquired a Mark V via craigslist. It has the original tables. I was wondering will a new 520 table fit the old carriage?

No, you would need to get a 510/520 carriage too. Also the upper and lower saw guards, saw arbors, and the carriage spacer. and probably other things that I have missed.

The most cost effective way to upgrade is to find a complete 520 on Craigslist.

While you are waiting to find a deal on a 520, learn how to use and enjoy your 500.

Here is a list of the new parts included with the 500 to 520 upgrade (from the catalog)

The Pro Fence and Table System Upgrade Kit Includes:

17-1/2" x 22" Large Work Surface Table

New Table Carriage, Wider Stance, Quarter-turn Hand Wheel and Lock

Extension Table (upgrade does not include table post, all use the same post assembly)

Two Floating Tables

Four Connecting Tubes

Two Telescoping Legs

Pro Fence with a double T-slot track on the top surface plus another T-slot on each side for attaching accessories, jigs and fixtures. It also includes a wider fence straddler.

Direct-Reading Rip Fence Scales let you read and instantly set the width of rip cuts up to 38-1/2" wide. Includes two interchangeable stainless steel scales that are graduated in both 1/16" and 1/32" increments.

See-Through Upper Saw Guard with etched-in depth-of-cut indicators, European-style riving knife and anti-kickback device

New Lower Saw Guard, updated to accommodate Shopsmith's 12" sanding disc. Includes 2-1/2" diameter dust collection port.

Two-position Lathe Tool Rest Arm with lever-style adjustment screws and Anti-rotation Tool Rest Post

Saw Table Insert

Steel Miter Gauge Bar with T-slot washer

Longer Sanding Disc Hub lets you use your current steel disc with the lower saw guard for dust collection

Pro Fence System 1-1/4" diameter saw arbor

All required fittings and hardware

Instruction Manual, fully describing alignment, maintenance, safety, tips and techniques

Special Alignment Set-Up Gauge.

Note: Due to the increased size of the Pro Fence System work table and how various accessories that connect to it, some earlier Model 500 accessories may not fit the pro fence upgrade. These include (but are not limited to) all table inserts, front table extension, rip fence, mortising hold-downs and some saw arbors.

Occasionally a used upgrade set comes available but not all are complete and you have to pay shipping. As Ron suggested you may find a used 520 for sale locally which could be overall cheaper. From that you can decide which headstock and bench parts are the best and sell the other Mark V which would still be a 500 and recover some of your costs. Another option would be to keep the 500 as a second machine. It is sometimes handy to have a second machine for a project.

Thank you for the reply. I was looking at a 510 on craigslist. It's a slippery slope with these machines. I originally purchased the 500 for a drill press and sanding machine since I have a lot of stand alone machines. I will say I am quite impressed using the Shopsmith as a drill press.