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I just bought a 1950 10ER last week and it came with some interesting shop made parts. Maybe someone can help me guess what the are for.

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This is more or less as is when I bought it.
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This one shows a shop made ext table, MkV spt adapter, and to its right a "mystery bracket"

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Precision cylinder cutter??? Bowl cutter with thickness guage???

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I know this one. Just thought you might like to see it.

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This is how she looks after cleanup.
Any guesses??

Paul M

I don't have any guesses, but that cleaned up really nice! I like the color scheme. I also like the Mark V SPT adapter. Much more elegant than some of the other designs I've seen.

Great job on the clean up Paul. I can't believe you have only had it for a week.

Could this be a lathe duplicator? If there was a plywood or hardboard profile template it looks like that "L" shaped rod could follow the profile. If that wooden clamp with the two holes fits on the other end, it might have held a bracket to hold the profile template.

I am very inexperienced. Just got my first Shopsmith last month and have never even seen a 10 ER in person. Some more experienced members probably know exactly what this is. I am just guessing.

Jerry Floren
St. Peter, MN

Yes a good machine after the clean up. With a speedchanger also. I like the MKV adaptor. I am saving that is the best I have seen except the one that is machined by a member on Ebay. Not use on the lathe piece. Looks like something that is made on a pen turning lathe or a metal lathe but no way to move it from side to side to turn an even turning.
What serial number is on this machine?

Thanks for the kind words. Really all I did was clean, paint, install the speed control...and a little rewiring. The machine must have been very well taken care of ..and by a pretty inovative craftsman judging by the shop mades. Best fifty bucks I ever spent.
I,m attaching another photo of the lathe thing. You can better see how and where it adjusts and moves etc.


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All locked up but with the carriage free it could cut a very nice cylinder with the "L"set to a desired dia. ....Or with the carriage locked and the "thing" free it could cut a perfect arc... bowl..? With both the support arm and the "thing" free it may work as some sort of duplicator per Bluekayak's guess.

For those of you who admired the SPT adapter here's another photo showing the other side. I agree it is the most elegant I've seen and really solid when cranked on.
This is the bottom. The notch is to clear the clamp knob on the tie bar. This shot also shows another view of the other "mystery object" on the right..
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Thanks for the help

Paul M

Nice!! Is that a grinder motor??

Don't know Mark ..Its the one that came with ... but that would explain the two business ends. I knew it wasn't SS because I had to relocate the capacitor. Notice the spacer blocks in the first photo that raise it to clear the capacitor.

Paul M

I would have to agree on the $50.00, the best find I have had was one with the speedchanger casters and factory legs for $75. Most cost me at least $100 to get speedchanger and casters.
Love your pictures Hope someone figures out your mystery part.

On that mystery part, would the bar connecting the two pieces fit the miter slot? But even if it did, I still have no idea what it would be used for!

I echo the comments about the nice clean-up job that you did.

on the mystery thingy: it looks like the parts were very well made. that means that the hole in the shiny part is likely a tell-tale for where it fits.

if you put that hole over the table height adjuster screw and put the bent sheet metal toward the head stock, does it perhaps set the spacing between the headstock and carriage for the table saw setup?

just a BSWAG,
Ivan