Paul39
20th June 2014, 11:32 AM
This is either a tool or boat anchor gloat.
I was in my local den of iniquity last Saturday for a clean out sale. I managed to find $90 of good stuff at 1/2 or more off.
They had two used Shopsmiths with a bin full of accessories, for $150 each. I touched one and the manager said I could have it for $125. The owner came around and told me how wonderful a horizontal boring machine they made.
I went home and did some research about Shopsmith and was not impressed.
I checked my email Monday morning and the manager wrote that if I wanted the Shopsmiths, I could have them free, but I had to take them both. I took them to pieces and brought them home.
One works fine, the other was squeaking and dragging when I turned it on and when I changed speeds it stalled. There are two table saw, drill press, horizontal boring, set ups, and one 12 inch disk sander and lathe set up.
As a lathe is swings 16 1/2 inches X 34 inches. The spindle is a plain 5/8 inch shaft with a flat for a 1/4 inch set screw. The 10 inch saw blade and 12 inch disk sander mandrels fit on that. There is evidence on the round tube bed where the saw blade came off while running.
I might make a bowl bottom finishing lathe from one, using a face plate and 16 inch piece of plywood.
Does anyone use one? Does it make a decent lathe? No way will make a bowl on one. I do not need a mouthful of 16 inch bowl blank.
I could see it being used to make segmented pieces with the saw and sander, if it is accurate enough.
Photos: http://www.shopsmith.com/markvsite/images/AnvMarkVGlamour6.gif
http://www.songofthegreatlakes.com/pics/ss/ssmarkv1.jpg
I was in my local den of iniquity last Saturday for a clean out sale. I managed to find $90 of good stuff at 1/2 or more off.
They had two used Shopsmiths with a bin full of accessories, for $150 each. I touched one and the manager said I could have it for $125. The owner came around and told me how wonderful a horizontal boring machine they made.
I went home and did some research about Shopsmith and was not impressed.
I checked my email Monday morning and the manager wrote that if I wanted the Shopsmiths, I could have them free, but I had to take them both. I took them to pieces and brought them home.
One works fine, the other was squeaking and dragging when I turned it on and when I changed speeds it stalled. There are two table saw, drill press, horizontal boring, set ups, and one 12 inch disk sander and lathe set up.
As a lathe is swings 16 1/2 inches X 34 inches. The spindle is a plain 5/8 inch shaft with a flat for a 1/4 inch set screw. The 10 inch saw blade and 12 inch disk sander mandrels fit on that. There is evidence on the round tube bed where the saw blade came off while running.
I might make a bowl bottom finishing lathe from one, using a face plate and 16 inch piece of plywood.
Does anyone use one? Does it make a decent lathe? No way will make a bowl on one. I do not need a mouthful of 16 inch bowl blank.
I could see it being used to make segmented pieces with the saw and sander, if it is accurate enough.
Photos: http://www.shopsmith.com/markvsite/images/AnvMarkVGlamour6.gif
http://www.songofthegreatlakes.com/pics/ss/ssmarkv1.jpg