Last ShopSmith ER rebuild

Very nice. How long does it take you to restore one?

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

This one took me about four weekends. All the head bearinging were fine so just a clean up on the head and then painting. The legs took the longest to remove the rust and then reseal and paint.
If I can ever find a bead blaster at the right price it will really speed it up. Spent one weekend just buffing all the parts so they would look good.
Thanks for looking
Bill

-- Bill, Broken Arrow OK.

Wow!
That is really remarkable. It most be gratifing to bring about those changes.

-- If you have gone through a whole day without learning something new, you wasted it.

It is very relaxing andwhen I am done I have just as much fun using them as making them look good. I guess saving them from the scrap pile is why I do it and also seeing how much I can bring them back to original. Wife cannot see why I need so many but most started in boxes and pieces before I started putting them back. Now I have four set up and that doesn’t count the full shopsmiths I have. I have a Brownie anniversary from 1961 and the one that started me on all of this I bought new in 1994 a MkV 510 model
thanks for the comments.
Bill

-- Bill, Broken Arrow OK.

Bill,

This is very impressive. There is something very gratifying about restoring old machines from a rusty state to the gleaming condition it once was.

I hope you can blog the process of restoring one in detail.

Praki

-- Praki, Aspiring Woodworker

Very nice restoration. It looks as good or better than my 520. Great job.

-- Pyromedic602, free wood is always good wood

wow…make sure SST see’s this!!! Great Job on the restore…I also own a 520…and love it…but there really is something cool about restoring an old machine…thanks for sharing this!!!

I think we need to get a little LJ SS forum going—-there are quite a few of us here!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Seriously nice work!

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

I too own an old 10E that I recently acquired from my father-in-law. It works, but is in poor shape. I too enjoy rebuilding old machines and am looking forward to restoring this one. Nice job Bill!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Hi Bill, I was just wondering if you are looking for anymore Shopsmiths? I have one and have no clue what is missing but just want to get rid of it. If you are interested get back to me.

Thanks,
Jason

I would love any Shopsmith anyone did not want. I love to work on them and put them to good use. Just get back with me and I will see if you are too far away to make the trip or not.
Just let me know you can try my regular email
wlhayes@cox.net
thanks
Bill

-- Bill, Broken Arrow OK.

Wow, what a difference….i did one as well, see my projects

-- http://newmissionworkshop.com

I just stumbled across this post. Great job. Having the same “smith disease”, I can really appreciate the work you did. We’ve got to keep preserving these old machines so that the next generation still has some good tools to work with. -SST

-- Accuracy is not in your power tool, it's in you