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Got my new Shopsmith catalog yesterday and it seems to me that the company does not include the sanding disc, the drill chuck,a saw blade or the turning accessories including the lathe tool rest and the drive center and the cup center. In accessory package #1 they have the rip fence listed as an accessory. Did I miss something? Or did Shopsmith go cheap??
Bill V

I remember that they did that for the Mark 4 when that was introduced, but looks like they've done the same with the 520 as well. I do see that there is an all in price for the 520, didn't do the math to see if there was any savings over buying all the addons separately.

I haven't received the new catalog yet, but Roy is correct. With the introduction of the shorter Mark 4 they also changed the Mark V 520 to the Mark V 520S. Both are available as a basic tool with add on Work Packages for the different functions to be purchased as you need. You can also purchase a complete, as they used to come, Mark 4 or Mark V 520S. With the separate packages as an example, you were never going to use it as a Lathe (I know it's a silly idea) you can save buy not having to pay for the items needed for that function that you would not use.

BillVan wrote: Sun Nov 13, 2022 2:11 pm Got my new Shopsmith catalog yesterday and it seems to me that the company does not include the sanding disc, the drill chuck,a saw blade or the turning accessories including the lathe tool rest and the drive center and the cup center. In accessory package #1 they have the rip fence listed as an accessory. Did I miss something? Or did Shopsmith go cheap??
Bill V

While the holiday catalog doesn't say so, the Mark 7 still comes with all of those bits and pieces. https://www.shopsmith.com/markvsite/standardaccess.htm


- David

Who do I contact for a catalog?

ChrisHan wrote: Sat Nov 19, 2022 8:41 pm Who do I contact for a catalog?

The mother ship.