I was not all that excited about the Shopsmith, but I could not believe all the accessories. Most of them had been barely used. There was a jig saw, a jointer, a belt sander, a shaper, a molder, and a band saw. Then there were all the smaller parts, a drum sander, a couple of faceplates, a mortising set, a grindstone, two unused saw blades, a dado set, lots of knives for the molder and shaper, chisels, sanding disk with many sheets of sandpaper. drill bits, the safety kit, and the Jacob's chuck and upper and lower blade guards I was looking for. Even more amazing, many of the smaller tools were still in sealed boxes, and the larger tools were very lightly used. I felt like it was 1980 and I at a Shopsmith warehouse and said I'll take one of everything.
Some things need a little work, and here is what I was able to get done tonight in just a few hours.
The tool in the worst shape was the belt sander, so I started with it. Ironically, it was still in the Shopsmith box, and I don't know if it was even used. Unfortunately there was some water damage that rusted the table. Fortunately, I learned how to take care of that thanks to all of you.
Here I am cleaing the table with a weiler nylon brush and some brasso.
Here it is all cleaned up after just a half hour or so. This was my most difficult clean up job. My peeling Greenie is in the background.
After the beltsander I started on the tubes.
