Serial number determination of year of production

gwg · Post by **gwg** » Wed May 18, 2011 7:48 pm

My first posting to an excellent forum in my opinion of reviewing over the last three weeks. I am interested in a Shopsmith tool (Pro Planer) with a serial number of 021059. I am uncertain of how to read this for the date of production. The information I can garner from the seller is that it has had minimal use which the pictures seem to support.
Thanks for your response or direction.

SDSSmith · Post by **SDSSmith** » Wed May 18, 2011 8:25 pm

gwg wrote:My first posting to an excellent forum in my opinion of reviewing over the last three weeks. I am interested in a Shopsmith tool (Pro Planer) with a serial number of 021059. I am uncertain of how to read this for the date of production. The information I can garner from the seller is that it has had minimal use which the pictures seem to support.
Thanks for your response or direction.

The serial number looks like a Mark V mount planer built in January, 1987. Someone could have mounted it on a stand. The tipoff is if the table is cast iron or stainless steel sheet over aluminum. The Pro Planer table is cast iron.