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Shopsmith from the past

Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 7:18 am
by WileyCoyote
Saw this on Toolmonger's website and had to post it.

Re: Shopsmith from the past

Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 7:42 am
by RFGuy
WileyCoyote wrote:Saw this on Toolmonger's website and had to post it.
It looks like a PTO (power take off) to the buffing wheel, at the same time the tablesaw is being used...how does that work exactly? Boy, those 10ER machines really are multi-purpose! :)

Re: Shopsmith from the past

Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:03 am
by WileyCoyote
In the Life article it mentioned the family was running 4 tools at the same time off the Shopsmith. With the mother buffing the car and daddy throwing sawdust, I doubt she would be buffing long.
I do like the movable bench he has it mounted on with "an ice cream maker"?

Re: Shopsmith from the past

Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:23 am
by dusty
Yeah...she in a dress and he wearing long sleeves. How about the extension cord(s). Is that a Studebaker she is polishing?

Re: Shopsmith from the past

Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 9:11 am
by wa2crk
Looks like a Ford to me. Possibly '49 or thereabouts.
Bill V

Re: Shopsmith from the past

Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 9:16 am
by JPG
dusty wrote:Yeah...she in a dress and he wearing long sleeves. How about the extension cord(s). Is that a Studebaker she is polishing?
Nope 49 FORD

No blade guard either. :cool:

Re: Shopsmith from the past

Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 1:00 pm
by jsburger
WileyCoyote wrote:In the Life article it mentioned the family was running 4 tools at the same time off the Shopsmith. With the mother buffing the car and daddy throwing sawdust, I doubt she would be buffing long.
I do like the movable bench he has it mounted on with "an ice cream maker"?
In the early days of Magna the Model 10 came with a set of blue prints to make that bench and some accessory holders. Also the girl is spraying her wagon but there is no compressor mounted.

Re: Shopsmith from the past

Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 2:03 pm
by JPG
jsburger wrote:
WileyCoyote wrote:In the Life article it mentioned the family was running 4 tools at the same time off the Shopsmith. With the mother buffing the car and daddy throwing sawdust, I doubt she would be buffing long.
I do like the movable bench he has it mounted on with "an ice cream maker"?
In the early days of Magna the Model 10 came with a set of blue prints to make that bench and some accessory holders. Also the girl is spraying her wagon but there is no compressor mounted.
I do not think the flexible shaft(buffer) is either.

Re: Shopsmith from the past

Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 2:44 pm
by jsburger
JPG wrote:
jsburger wrote:
WileyCoyote wrote:In the Life article it mentioned the family was running 4 tools at the same time off the Shopsmith. With the mother buffing the car and daddy throwing sawdust, I doubt she would be buffing long.
I do like the movable bench he has it mounted on with "an ice cream maker"?
In the early days of Magna the Model 10 came with a set of blue prints to make that bench and some accessory holders. Also the girl is spraying her wagon but there is no compressor mounted.
I do not think the flexible shaft(buffer) is either.
Agreed. :)

Re: Shopsmith from the past

Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 4:00 pm
by chapmanruss
The sprayer attachment (Air Compressor) didn't come out until after the introduction of the Mark 5. Also the flexible shaft is not the Shopsmith one and it does not look like the Craftsman one I have. I have two Shopsmith ones and they are shorter and neither the Shopsmith or Craftsman ones have a handle at the end of the shaft. How is the buffing pad the boy is using attached to the Drive Sleeve Assembly? :confused: That will put a shine on your shoe. I guess I will wait for the ice cream to be done.