SDSSmith
12-20-2008, 06:47 PM
For future reference, DO ALL UNITS MANUFACTURED BY "SHOPSMITH, INC." HAVE 'SS' PRECEDING THE SN / DATE CODE??????:confused:
I have not found this to be true and I have bought quite a number of Shopsmiths.
dusty
12-21-2008, 04:49 AM
For future reference, DO ALL UNITS MANUFACTURED BY "SHOPSMITH, INC." HAVE 'SS' PRECEDING THE SN / DATE CODE??????:confused:
NO, you can not properly draw that conclusion. Mine has no SS. It would be my conclusion that there was no standard method of marking that held true through this time period and change of owners.
What you see on the Shopsmith website (referenced above) is the best we are going to get. Hey, have fun with it. It is like a game of CLUE.
Green or Gray, Smooth or Rough, Toggle or Safety, Poly V or Gilmer, 3/8hp or 1 1/4hp, small table or large, magnetic rule or no rule, serial number or date code, etc, etc.
Question: When using the date code method, are multiple machines built the same day given the exact same date code?