Introduction

[mandoboy]

I guess I should have introduced myself before posting the previous post. My name is Jeff and I have been woodworking for many years. Mostly construction type stuff, but quite a bit of finish work as well over the years.

I am currently on a kick to build Native American Flutes. I have made one and it came out very nice, but I wanted to learn to make them on the lathe.

I can't even believe what came next, but suffice it to same I am now the proud owner of 3 Shopsmith Mark V's. A 1956 Greenie which works wonderfully. A 1961 Anniversary Edition which also works great. It has been upgraded to the 1.125HP and Poly V drive. And a 1981, which is in almost like new condition. It works very well except for the sticking sheave that was noted in the previous post.

I hope to learn alot from sharing with you folks.

JeffG

[dusty]

mandoboy

Welcome aboard. It is always good to have someone join the group. Everyone brings new information and experience to be drawn upon. I hope you enjoy your association as much as I have.

You can always teach us something. I would like to start by learning how to suddenly become the proud owner of three Mark Vs.

[littlejohnnc]

Welcome JeffG. Hope you enjoy the board as well as I do . Lots of good folks here........John

[mandoboy]

Well, I went to a shopsmith demo and I told my friend all about the shopsmith and how I wished I could get one but couldn't afford a new one. He called me one day and said get down here now. He was at a garage sale and there was the greenie looking forlorn with a $50 sign on it. I bought it and was amazed that everything worked fine. It didn't come with much, but it did have the jointer and the sanding disk. I used it on some of the steps on my first flute.

I wanted to strip the greenie down and repaint and restore, but I didn't want to be without the shopsmith while I was doing it. So I found the second one the 1961 Anniversary model. It was in very good condition with very little rust. It came with the lathe tools and some of the extra parts I needed. I pulled the cap and saw the bigger motor and the poly-v upgrade and I new this was a good buy.

Then at the same time I saw the '81 model. It looked like new and had two boxes of accessories. Including a molder with about 20 types of blades and 3 disk sanders and a big stack of disks. It also had more lathe accessories. Mostly all was like new. It was the same price as I paid for the Anniversary one so I bought it too.

I haven't figured out what I am going to do with all of them yet. But it is kind of cool. Although the shop is a bit of a maze.

JeffG

[manvelar]

I know what you mean about a maze. I've got two SS machines - a 500 and a 520 and I keep them in my 12 by 16 foot shed along with two drill presses, two grinders, a planer, a performax sander, 2 cabinets full of hand tools, and a mini-lathe. With my limited space, without the flexibility of the SS I'd hate to think how many tools I'd need (also have the SS jointer, belt sander, and bandsaw). But it all fits in there nice with room to spare!

[scottss]

It would be great if we could get some shop shots. You know pictures of our shops. I currently have 2 shopsmiths a 500 and a 510, also a joint-matic, 2 ss bandsaws, ss jointer, ss planer, dewalt scrollsaw, delta compound miter saw, delta planer, sears router table, sears sanding station, a home made router table that attaches to the shopsmith, a workbench and various hand tools all this in a 14 x 20 garage that has a 5' x 5' utility room and hot water tank and heater. I will be parting with the 500, 1 of the ss bandsaws and the ss planer. I do plan on getting the ss opr and upgrading the 510 to a 520. I will take some pics and try to post but it would be nice to see other shop layouts.:cool:

[paulmcohen]

I will take some pics and try to post but it would be nice to see other shop layouts.:cool:

I will be cleaning out my shop this weekend to finish installing the RaceDeck floor. Hopefully I can send pictures Sunday night. I have one 520, one DeWalt Sliding compound miter saw on stand, router table, and planner in a one car garage. When you look up "maze" on Wikipedia you see my shop today:rolleyes: I managed to install a large dust collector in another car bay and run 6" pipe between the rooms, I control it with a Radio Shack IR repeater and remote control.

[charlese]

Andy - Just don't know how you get along with all that machinery in your shop. My shop is 16X20 and has only 1 Mark V with 3 attachments, a DC-3300 and a thickness planer. O.K there are a few cabinets and 2 benches also. When I finish with a piece of furniture and go to finish it, I am really crowded! Good thing all the machines are on wheels. Smaller pieces, I can put on the mobile hydraulic platform to finish, but the present corner cabinet is too tall. If it went on the platform it would scrape the lights. Oh! knew I should have gone with a 10' celing!