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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...

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. [ATTACH]7168[/ATTACH] This is more or less as is when I bought it. [ATTACH]7169[/ATTACH] This one shows a shop made ext table, MkV spt adapter, and to its right a ...

Forget the bigger shop. I live in Canada but winter in Az. At home I have a dedicated 30 x 40 shop with underfloor dust collection and all the tools you can get in it. On another topic I bought a mark V 510 in Nov. in Az "to help with household projects". Then in Dec I bought another one (...

I'm with bhurley Alec. I'v made lots of raised panel doors on the table saw and you have done very well indeed. It's a fir bit trickier than it looks. One concern I've always had is that a panel that is tapered all the way to the edge can't truly "float" in the frame channel. It is also qu...

Thanks JPG
I got the info about the casting types from Nick's commernt in this thread

http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/showthr ... ial+number

Paul

Thanks Mike
I could have sworn I looked at all your restoration posts. I guess I missed one. Still wondering about the origin of the casting.
Paul

While home in Canada for Christmas I happened upon a 10ER that needed a new home. I'll post more including Photos when I finish the spruce up. For now my question is can I remove the name plate rivets without destroying them or damaging the plate? I think this may be a pre-die cast sand casting beca...

As one of the newest members let me first of all say Thanks for making us all feel so welcome. The more minds sharing the more we all learn. I think the "new" trend may be related to the beginning of the retirement of the baby boomers. My wife says that "women of a certain age" a...

Try woodweb.com
they have a massive knowledge base....free
I have used ideas found there to build a vacuum bagging system , a solar drying kiln, and other diys You can spend a lot of time there.

Hi all. I am not new to woodworking-retired wood boat builder- but I am new to SS. I spend my summers at"home" in Canada and my winters at"home away" in Az. I have a well equipped shop in Canada but only a double garage in Az. so the tool habit / confined space problem left me vu...