19 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

 

...Now that seems counter productive to the reason most often given for owning a SS. 

You have the option, they sell a power station for their machines, one power station fits all machines, the attraction many have with the Shopsmith is they are completely modular, you can use them off the one base unit, or you can build many other units from parts to make um many single machines, or a combination thereof. It's actually quite fascinating.

 

Here is the power station you can use to power their machines.

 

Power station with bandsaw

 

 

 

Or, what is pretty popular is to purchase used motors and other parts and build separate or combo machines from those, they call these machines in the Shopsmith community, "Shorty's"

Below someone built a sanding station. Belt and disk.

 

The drill press shorty. What folks, and me really love about the Shopsmith, is the variable speed dial, specially in drill press mode, it kicks butt. And in drill press mode you have the sliding table, and the table can easily be angled too. And to boot, you get a double column drill press, always 90 degrees to the table.

 

 

 

Folks really like to customize shorty's for production scenarios, you can have your bandsaw and belt sander running, make your cut, then take a step to the belt sander and sand your cut. Back-n-forth all day long.

 

 

 

Well I'll be danged! 

 

Just now, Larry Buskirk said:

Well I'll be danged! 

 

You'd be an ER guy Larry, if you ever did consider an SS in your shop. Those old er's are pretty danged cool, and you can shorty them as well.

 

2 minutes ago, John Morris said:

You'd be an ER guy Larry, if you ever did consider an SS in your shop. Those old er's are pretty danged cool, and you can shorty them as well.

I'd have to find a winning lottery ticket. 

5 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

I'd have to find a winning lottery ticket. 

It wouldn't have to be a big ticket, you can get a fully stocked er for a couple hundred bucks plus or minus.

Here's one for a hundred bucks. Base model.

Shopsmith - tools - by owner - sale

ORANGECOUNTY.CRAIGSLIST.ORG

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Moving out of state - priced to sell - have 2 - one was my grandfathers and was one of the...

 

250.00 with the Jigsaw

Shopsmith 10ER Accessories Table, Jig Saw, Lathe, Router, Drill Press

WWW.EBAY.COM

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Shopsmith 10ER Accessories Table, Jig Saw, Lathe, Router, Drill Press. Condition is Used.

 

Depending on where we are at in life though, 100 bucks may as well be a million, depends what time of the month it is, that's me.

Around here they're more in the $500.00-1000.00 range.

Just now, Larry Buskirk said:

Around here they're more in the $500.00-1000.00 range.

What! Looks like a rucker may be in order. Is that what we call it, rucker? Trans to other states via folks going the same direction as the machine?

Holy cow, @Larry Buskirk, look at this one fully restored, they even put a control panel on it!

10er51683

WWW.MKCTOOLS.COM

 

The "Rucker" term is correct.

I just did a quick check of my area and there's a base early E listed for $350.00 the prices go to $1200+ for what appears to be a Mark V that is pretty well equipped. All listings at least 90 miles one way.

1 minute ago, Larry Buskirk said:

$1200+ for what appears to be a Mark V

I would imagine being the ARN man you are, the E is what you would want?

2 minutes ago, John Morris said:

Holy cow, @Larry Buskirk, look at this one fully restored, they even put a control panel on it!

10er51683

WWW.MKCTOOLS.COM

 

Basically a new 56 year old machine! 

1 minute ago, Larry Buskirk said:

Basically a new 56 year old machine! 

Ya she's pretty, reading more into it, seems like most the paint is original. Very sad story about the original owner though. How sad, the man gets a new machine in his home, before he can use it, he's gone, very sad.

1 minute ago, John Morris said:

I would imagine being the ARN man you are, the E is what you would want?

I don't know $350.00 for just the base machine.  And it looks pretty rough.

3 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

I don't know $350.00 for just the base machine.  And it looks pretty rough.

I think 350 is high. In my example above, the 100 dollar would be a nice one. From what the owner says it all works, so it'd be a case of cosmetics if he truly knows what he's talking about.

@John Morris,

That $100.00 looks better, and more complete than the $350.00 machine. It's set up as a DP and has no other attachments.

Just now, Larry Buskirk said:

It's set up as a DP and has no other attachments.

Yikes, I agree then.

@Larry Buskirk, I know it's more than we'd want to spend right now, but for just a pricing gauge, here's a fully functional nice looking ER for 600.

10-ER Shop Smith

WWW.EBAY.COM

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Not like the lower quality that was produced in later years. Pulley system is manual adjustable From the highest speed to the...

 

That looks more like it

I'm only about $600.00 shy 

3 hours ago, Larry Buskirk said:

 

...Now that seems counter productive to the reason most often given for owning a SS. 

I thought the same thing.  

30 minutes ago, Woodbutcherbynight said:

I thought the same thing.  

Not anymore though right Gunny? It all comes down to rumors and misinformation.