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Well I have been working diligently on restoring both my Mark VII and newly acquired Mark V (1954). The Mark VII is pretty much done and is operational. I received my drill chuck and stop collars today from Bill Mayo (Thanks Bill you rock!) and I have been working on tearing apart the Mark V to see what I need to fix/replace on it.

I did get a Mitre Guage safety handle with the Mark V which I didn't get with my Mark VII and I also acquired a flexshaft attachment with the Mark V which I previously did not know they even had. I decided to night to clean up the mitre handle and the flexshaft so that I could start using them with the Mark VII. They were both badly oxidized but I figured I could clean them up with a little elbow grease. I think they came out awesome and now look almost new again. The flexshaft works perfectly and the mitre handle slides nicely into my Mark VII table.

The only problem with the safety handle is that there seems to be a spring missing inside the handle that keeps the hold down pushed up until you squeeze the handle. If anyone knows if this is true or not I would appreciate confirmation of that. I also have to get a couple of small flathead screws for the handle but those I can get at the hardware store.

Here is the Mitre Guage Handle



And here is the before of the flexshaft




And the after cleaning and polishing

Item 259
http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/partscat/mitergaugeexpview.htm

Thanks JPG that is exactly what I needed a parts breakdown.

I just did the cleanup of my safety grip this past weekend. It's really not hard to disassemble and reassemble. The only real thing to keep track of is which washers go where and the four screws on the safety grip handle are all different lengths.

heathicus wrote:I just did the cleanup of my safety grip this past weekend. It's really not hard to disassemble and reassemble. The only real thing to keep track of is which washers go where and the four screws on the safety grip handle are all different lengths.

Yes and mine is missing a few of those washers and the spring for the handle which JPG so kindly pointed me to. I am missing the glides as well which are the most expensive part on the damn thing.

wannabewoodworker wrote:Yes and mine is missing a few of those washers and the spring for the handle which JPG so kindly pointed me to. I am missing the glides as well which are the most expensive part on the damn thing.

If it is a 'greenie' as it appears, the glides are actually nylon tipped screws. They could be replaced with nylon screws.

the Shopsmith Tool Hunter has re-structured his site.
the picture of all the family members using an ER10 at the same time:eek: is now on this page
http://shopsmith-tool-hunter.blogspot.c ... esults=400
in the picture, "mom" is using 2 flexshafts in series to buff the car.
the picture is in the "Talk about Over-Selling a Tool's Usefulness!" section.

iclark wrote:the Shopsmith Tool Hunter has re-structured his site.
the picture of all the family members using an ER10 at the same time:eek: is now on this page
http://shopsmith-tool-hunter.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2008-01-12T04%3A52%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=400
in the picture, "mom" is using 2 flexshafts in series to buff the car.
the picture is in the "Talk about Over-Selling a Tool's Usefulness!" section.

That is a funny picture indeed. I don't know how useful the flexshaft would be for buffing the acr as it has avery short shaft on it but what the heck if it works I guess go for it.

Good Morning All, FYI, just last week SS customer service said that you can still buy the old style nylon glides for your miter gauge. Part # 501406 at $0.99 each. I plan on getting some along with a few other needed small parts. John McCrossen

johnmccrossen wrote:Good Morning All, FYI, just last week SS customer service said that you can still buy the old style nylon glides for your miter gauge. Part # 501406 at $0.99 each. I plan on getting some along with a few other needed small parts. John McCrossen

Thanks for the heads up John.