I spent the day roaming around and visiting some friends
from horse showing days.
I ran across an estate sale and bought a 1980 Mark V
ShopSmith for $125(in fair condition) with lathe,tablesaw, sanding disc
and of course drill press attachments also picked up a Stanley
#80 scraper for $15.
I really have no need for the shopsmith and will likely clean it
up, paint and resale it, although I may keep it just to use for another
lathe.
The Stanley #80, I'll sell at cost and shipping if anyone needs it
to complete a collection, 70% original japanning, no rust and good blade.
Blade will need sharpening.
basilisk
"basilisk" wrote:
> I ran across an estate sale and bought a 1980 Mark V
> ShopSmith for $125(in fair condition) with lathe,tablesaw, sanding
> disc
> and of course drill press attachments also picked up a Stanley
> #80 scraper for $15.
>
> I really have no need for the shopsmith and will likely clean it
> up, paint and resale it, although I may keep it just to use for
> another
> lathe.
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That sanding disc can be turned into a home built disc sander.
Add a motor and some plywood and you're done.
I built one using plan in Fred Bingham's "Practical Yacht Joinery".
Lew
On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 15:35:37 -0700, Lew Hodgett wrote:
> "basilisk" wrote:
>
>> I ran across an estate sale and bought a 1980 Mark V ShopSmith for
>> $125(in fair condition) with lathe,tablesaw, sanding disc and of course
>> drill press attachments also picked up a Stanley #80 scraper for $15.
>>
>> I really have no need for the shopsmith and will likely clean it up,
>> paint and resale it, although I may keep it just to use for another
>> lathe.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> That sanding disc can be turned into a home built disc sander.
>
> Add a motor and some plywood and you're done.
>
> I built one using plan in Fred Bingham's "Practical Yacht Joinery".
>
> Lew
There were two of the disk included with the SS, I very well could keep
one for that purpose.
I guess the old guy had a couple of different grits mounted.
basilisk
On 6/29/2013 5:12 PM, basilisk wrote:
> I spent the day roaming around and visiting some friends
> from horse showing days.
>
> I ran across an estate sale and bought a 1980 Mark V
> ShopSmith for $125(in fair condition) with lathe,tablesaw, sanding disc
> and of course drill press attachments also picked up a Stanley
> #80 scraper for $15.
>
> I really have no need for the shopsmith and will likely clean it
> up, paint and resale it, although I may keep it just to use for another
> lathe.
>
> The Stanley #80, I'll sell at cost and shipping if anyone needs it
> to complete a collection, 70% original japanning, no rust and good blade.
> Blade will need sharpening.
Had an uncle who opened cabinet/remodeling shop in conjunction w/
Armstrong (primarily) retail distributorship when came back from
service. He did all his work on it for close to 10 yr before finally
getting an old Unisaruius. My brother and I w/ my cousin laid tile
during breaks and over many weekends for him up through the 60s and it
was a daily fixture in the shop for a long time after that...
Actually, I could use the #80... d p bozarth swko dot the net thing for
offline contact.
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