Grandpa's Vintage Wood Working Tools

All the Magna stuff is the precurser of Shopsmith. It is some old tooling ( in the ‘50s ). I have the band saw and love it for what it is. There are those who will say the SS is a bit of a dino in that takes a bunch of time to reset between applications. Sure. They’re correct, but the components are quality parts. I have the power stand for the BS and the jointer (4”, and of limited use ‘cause of short in and outfeed capabilities).
Can’t give any pricing info without pics of the condition. Don’t get greedy ‘cause old SS and C’man stuff has a distinct/specific market. The DeWalt might be a winner. Don’t have a price, but don’t give it away unless ya just wanna get rid of the stuff.
Bill

-- bill@magraphics.us

Thank you for your response. I will take pictures next week and upload them.

Cheers, David

congrat´s :-)
now get the best out of them … you will enjoy to use them knowing
who has used them before you

Dennis

Just do a search for “Shopsmith” on eBay. Tons of SS there (last count over 400 items). Keep looking and you’ll see something similar pop up. Then you can “watch” it until it sells and at least get some idea what it would be worth on the open market. 10ER part and pieces are always there. I have 2 Mark V’s myself and wouldn’t trade them for anything. So if you decide to refurbish it, you can also get the parts on eBay.

http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=12273
I didn’t see any MBF 208 listed , but the linked one went for $35 on Craigslist with a bunch of accessories.
Look at the pictures of that one and see how yours compares.

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

Hi David
Welcome to Ljs
post some photos here and ask for offers.

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After alot of work distractions and the winter I finally was able to get some pictures. Any help with the best way to come up with a fair price and sell them I would be very grateful. There is boxes of addtional components but these are the main tools.

Thanks,

David

The DeWalt RAS is outstanding! Value anywhere from $100 – 200 or so.

-- Don't anthropomorphize your handplanes. They hate it when you do that. -- OldTools Archive

What Smitty said for the MBF. I would not let someone lowballl me at under $125 minimum, and your MBF looks pretty complete, i.e. original knobs, levers, etc. and clean, so more, not less. There is a market. It will be sold. If the motor won’t run, it’s probably the cap, relay or switch, all under $10 each to fix, no big deal. The motor itself is built like a tank. There is a lot of SS stuff out there. You can probably do well parting out the SS pieces on ebay.

-- david roberts, spinning Tales from Topographic Oceans, no, really.