Thread: shopsmith. anybody got experience restoring 1?

have a look at http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...hlight=coronet it explanes how i restored my Coronet Major Combo machine. well a breif description any way.

OK Rattrap I have an uncle who has restored several. Will get in touch and se what help he can offer.

thanks guys.

Hi 'yall: Judging by the various response dates this might not be too late. I own several shopsmiths and have restored some. There is a forum in the States "ssug.org" for shopsmith users. I have been a member for some time and have found the information and advice given to be very accurate. You can browse through various aspects of restoration on the site. Hope this helps. GdeP

Hi GdeP,
Thanks for that mate. My smith is still in the same state as the picture but now at home. Now that i have my tablesaw & have my assembly bench built i'm ready to make up a stand for the smith. Once shes got somewhere to live i'll start restoring her, thats when i'll find out just whats missing or broken/worn.

Originally Posted by Rattrap

I've got an oppertunity to get hold of this old girl at a real good price but she needs a fair amount of work to clean her up. i've briefly checked the bearing in the main drive head just by hand for slop & theres none at all. Shes firm & smooth & just needs some TLC. I mostly want her for a lathe & for end stock boring but i also like the mini 4" jointer for doing small boxes etc on. Also the vertical square sanding disk. It even comes with what looks like the origional manual. This old girl was made by licence in NSW back in the 50's if i remember reading right....
The cardboard box in the pic is full of odds n sods for the machine. I have no idea if its all there.
Any advice on restoration would be a real benifit as i don't have any experence at machinery restoration.

This is a VERY early model and though Shopsmith has part available for it, it is really not worth the effort unless you up the HP on the motor.

Originally Posted by Andraax

not worth the effort unless you up the HP on the motor.

Well i recon that would be a pretty easy job to replace being belt driven.

If you need parts, you can get them here.
http://www.shopsmith.com/

Hi Rattrap: What you have is a 10E or 10ER Shopsmith made by Magna Corp., probably in the early 50's (depends on serial #). Shopsmith has no parts for this machine because this machine was not made by today's Shopsmith company. The only place to consistently get parts (and there are plenty available) is on ebay. That being said, it appears from the pictures that you have all the parts for setting up the basic machine for turning. The 3/4 hp motor is not exactly a lion, but it does well enough for most small to medium type work. I have two of these machines one set up permanently as a drill press. The other one I'm in the process of selling to my neigbor. I have, however, moved on to the Mark V with 1 1/4 hp motor and 10" blade, for table saw work. The mark V is made by Shopsmith and they do have parts for it, even the earliest models (50's) largely because most of the major parts are interchangeable on all models.
There is a following here that believes that the E/ER models are better for turning projects because they are much heavier than the Mark V's which have an aluminum headstock and other parts.
Anyway, I am personally attracted to the Shopsmiths both old and new and have disassembled and re-assembled/restored several. I am by no means an expert at this and if you have any questions I can't answer I will put you in touch with some who can.
It seems to me that all you need to do is clean all parts, wax the way tubes and quill, mount the machine on a bench if you don't have the bench and legs that came with it and turn it on. I don't think you can tell the condition of the quill bearing until you put a load on it or remove it from the headstock to examine it. I don't know about the wisdom of increasing the motor power. The bearings and pulley system are made to suit the 3/4 hp motor and without a larger diameter blade, what do you gain anyway. We have had discussions about this here in the States and unless you could find another more powerful motor with the capacitor in the same place as that of the ER you would need to make some changes in how the machine is mounted so that the headstock and motor will slide along the rails withour engaging the bench.
I can't make out what you have in the box though, unless it's the legs assembly with castor wheels.
gdep

thanks guys, i appreceate all your inputs. I want to get the unit cleaned & assembled fairly soon so i can try my hand at a bit of turning. I'm not really that interested in the tablesaw function other than the interest of seeing it all running as i've already got a 12" TS. But the drill press, wood lathing & horizontal boring functions are where i think it will ge tthe most use. I've just gotta get a few other projects out of the way that are banking up on me.