Anyone Remember the Shopsmith paint sprayer & compressor?

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steverboss
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Anyone Remember the Shopsmith paint sprayer & compressor?

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I bought my first Shopsmith Mk V in 1965 at a garage sale for $90. It was a 1955 model & it came with a paint sprayer and a diaphragm type oil less compressor that was powered by the Shopsmith powerhead. I’ve never seen or heard of one since. Anybody else ever had one?
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Not me, but yes.
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They show up on eBay once in a while.
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Here’s my restored greenie-vintage model. Even has the original hose and couplings!
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John Dalton
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1948 10E, S/N 5052 (restored)
1950 10ER, S/N 26473 (restored)
1952 10ER, S/N 51721 (restored as dedicated drill press)
1954 Mark 5, S/N 263334 (functionally restored)
1954 Mark 5, S/N 263705 (restored/PowerPro)
c1959 Mark 2, S/N 81940 (undergoing restoration)
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I even picked this up on eBay recently - wish I had it while I was fumbling through the restoration with no instructions!
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John Dalton
Massachusetts
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1948 10E, S/N 5052 (restored)
1950 10ER, S/N 26473 (restored)
1952 10ER, S/N 51721 (restored as dedicated drill press)
1954 Mark 5, S/N 263334 (functionally restored)
1954 Mark 5, S/N 263705 (restored/PowerPro)
c1959 Mark 2, S/N 81940 (undergoing restoration)
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I have both the old 1950's/1960's Magna Sprayer compressors but so far have not gotten around to restoring one. John's above is a great example of one having the complete kit. I do have the later Air System compressor made for Shopsmith Inc. by Campbell Hausfeld from 1990. One is shown in the picture below.

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The one pictured above has a standard SPT hub on it instead of the special coupler it comes with.

For more information about the two Shopsmith/Magna Compressors see the compressors section of SPT's What When and Where at the link below

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