I saw an ad for a yardsale that listed a Shopsmith in the local weekly yesterday. Just happened to be in my new neighborhood. So I went and knocked on the door to see what he had and what he wanted for it. It is green painted body, motor rebuilt, newer belts, tons of extras including a planer!!! dado blades, sanding disks, cleaners, grinding wheels, and the turning tools.

It's in the truck and will be loaded into my shop tomorrow! Think I got a deal at $600?????

Good :btu: So now you're ready to make plugs

Enjoy!:D

Wow. This is some machine, or collection of machines. No planer, but a jointer! Checked the serial # to find it was built in 1959. Looks newer, but the green paint confirms date. 3/4 HP with high speed portal for jointer. Still needs some cleaning up, but will be ready to turn away the winter withdrawals from fishing! The original owner was a California engineer who built scaled models for the aviation industry, so there is a huge amount of stuff he collected for me to go through.

Next will be finding AYC, maple, what else? Then is anyone interested in pooling together so we can split up orders on lips, wire, eyes, whatever. If we could package the items as one unit, it might be more economical, especially the time running around.
Anyone have interest in something like this?

Ross

Shopsmiths rule! I just scored a second one today....FREEBEE!
A lady was cleaning out her house, getting ready to move. I helped her move a few things out of the basement. One of the items was a shopsmith that hadn't been used in about 20 years. She was going to throw it out........So she just gave it to me.
SWEET!

In addition to that huge tool bag you took out to cutty and a duffle bag full of clothes.... your gonna need a John Deer if your thinkin of bring that out there.:laughs:

Shopsmith- I love that mechanical speed control !

Alright i admit there is something i don't know.I have figured that a shopsmith is some kinda multi functional tool.i see em in the classifieds all the time for varying prices.Is there a web or link i can look at one i never seen one.they sound kinda cool.alltough not a big fan of that type of thing as the sayin go's does many things well but none good.

Originally posted by nightfighter
Then is anyone interested in pooling together so we can split up orders on lips, wire, eyes, whatever. If we could package the items as one unit, it might be more economical, especially the time running around.
Anyone have interest in something like this?

Ross

Hey Ross, I'm interested, depending on how big of an order your talking about. I need to get some Tail and Belly weights this week as well as some through wire.

Let me know what you want to do......

NIB- you're right on point with your assumption. Expept for the lathe function, mine's not great for anything but I always get by with it. Space saving is it's strongest point. Website? I think they've been out of business for some time now. Hope I'm wrong about that.
nightfighter-600$. Ya done good.

www.shopsmith.com

They're a pain to setup up right, every tool you have to break it down and reset, so mine is just my 37" lathe and horizontal drillpress. With the addition of a nice 4" hose and modified lathe housing most of my chips and almost all of my dust ends up in the dust collection.

You should periodically knock it all down and maintain it. The mechanical speed control is prone to sticking.

If anyone is looking for a shop smith, a guy at work has one he's looking to get rid of. It's located in North Stonigton, CT. I'm sure you'd have to haul it, but I think it can be had fairly cheap. I'll ask him for a price if anyone wants it.

Web site is up and running

www.shopsmith.com

Congrats on your find Ross!...

You gonna fish this year?...

Striperman36- Yep they're a pain to set up. Plus,I've got shims and such under the tilt table etc.(I hate tilt table saws). Like I said, I get by with it. I could go on for a bit but I wont. Bottom line, if you have limited space in your garage or pocket book a guy could do worse, esp. if you go the used route.
I usually get to the speed control before it sticks. Even if I don't, belts are cheap and easy to find. But the best part is, there's no solid-state rectifier to soil it's shorts nor is there a DC motor that frys it's aluminum-wound armature when it stalls(sorry, bad memories). Again, it aint great but it aint awful neither.
Thanks much guys for the website, really appreciate it.

I know what your saying, it is a interesting and creative speed control. I am disappointed, when I broke it down the first time, that the headstock is made of 'white metal' castings. If you look at the website, the thing cost 1350 US to replace, yo sir, that's alot of money.

However, to your point, if you have limited space, and you can make your assembly schedules around your breakdowns it's not bad, and better than nothing. I have extended my machinery to have single solutions for benchtop drillpress, sanding, and tablesaw, to speed things up, so I am a little baised.

1350$!! I ran right over there to take a look. I think(hope) they're
talking about the entire assembly,casing, motor, quill,etc. 'cause they list a few choices based on power requirements,60 Hz. 120v,240v 1ph,etc. So if you break something you may want to check there before you kick it into a hole and cover it up which is just what I'd have to do. Mine's the very 1st model. The casing's cast iron.
All that equipment, all that space, you're making me green with envy.

1350 for the headstock