My Dads Shop Smith

Because of things like weight (shipping cost) and distribution of the machines, prices vary widely around the country. The best way to get an idea is to do some research on your local Craigslist.

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You may want to check the Shopsmith forum on the Shopsmith website. There is a post I beieve in “Community” that shows bargains/heads up that may give you some pricing ideas.

Demand / price depends on geographical location. Prices will vary.

There’s an “X” in between the 2 pictures so I don’t know if there’s suppose to be a 3rd picture or not. From what I can see from the 2 pics, looks to be an older 500 model (maybe late 70’s). Should be a serial number on the headstock label so you can find out. Not that much of value in the 1st pic. Maybe 4-600 bucks retail for the 2 pics I see if it works.

It’s only worth $5. I’ll give you $10 for it. :)

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I only see 2 pictures, so can’t tell if you have a lot of additional tooling or not. But what I see is the disc sander attachment, some lathe tools, and the table saw stuff.

Prices will vary a bit in different parts of the country. In Maryland this setup in a nice machine in good condition will run about 400 dollars. If you had the bandsaw and the jointer then you might get as much as 550 for it.

I can search craigslist and find several people selling worse setups for 1000 or 1200 dollars, but those also don’t tend to move. I can also find folks selling similar setups for 400 to 600 pretty commonly. Search your local craigslist and assume that anyone going to buy one of these won’t mind surface rust and then list yours accordingly.

Thanks all for all your help! I appreciate it very much. Looks like from what I can find it should fetch around $450 or so. thanks again, jer

like every body says depends w hat area your in I sold mine with a jointer and extra guide rails or whatever they were called in goo shape for 300.00 and it took awhile but I see them on craigslist from 200.00 to 1000.00 good luck

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Jerry,
What part of AZ are you in?

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We live in north phoenix.

I see them here in West Texas for less than $500. A shop smith has limited value, in my experience. Professionals do not use that kind of equipment because of the set up time required to use a different function of the tool.

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