And more junk.

Sawdust said:
Your tree looks good Doug. Carol has three she changes I’m not sure which one she picks out. We’re suppose to put ours up today. I’m hoping it’s not that snow covered one it’s so messy but looks nice once done.

The car in its case looks nice. I guess you had to do a lot of layout work on the etched looking sticker.
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We have a couple but I keep talking Loree into just putting up one. It's big enough as it is. but she thinks she needs "theme" trees. All birds on one, bells on one etc.

I know the sign program pretty well, Jim. It didn't take too long to work up the design. Thanks, Jim.

Toomanytoys84 said:
The etched sticker on top looks cool!

I played with etching on cups. Cut the vinyl and use the negative to place over it. Used some kind of orange peel paint remover to etch the stainless. It turned out pretty good.
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That etch sticker is on the "back" Aaron. Just took the pics through the top. I positioned the car where the roof number is right side up like seeing it from the grandstands so there is a front and back. Sounds like a nice job doing etching on stainless! Thanks for your comment!

The little car is on it's way to Dikker. I took an extra day and clear coated the red base.

I went and bought myself a birthday present today. A set of 8" spring calipers. For 5 bucks I figured why not. Brand new but cheapies made in India. A couple years ago I bought a bunch of boxes of junk at Loree's aunt's estate auction. It was an online auction. One bax had a full set of these in it that were probably very nice ones. When I went to get them they were gone. Someone with thew auction company had to have swiped them. These should do what I need around the shop. The action of them is tight so I think they will hold long enough to measure or make things.
Probably wasn't worth the 40 mile round trip though---LOL!

Actually "New to me" tools! I should have put this thread in "Tinker time" I think.
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MFDAC said:
Hopefully you didn't end up being impaled somewhere, Rog! You must have been turning tree trunks to need a larger set---LOL!

DAC
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No, as I remember it, I was going straight down, and it caught the back arm and threw it up and away from me. Lesson learned from the school of hard knocks. I think the reason I did it, was using a Shopsmith set up for the lathe. Supposed to turn the variable speed control down to near lowest setting before stopping the machine. Didn't want to take the time to shut it down and start it back up again. Something about the way their two variable pulleys are set up.
 
chieffan said:
No, as I remember it, I was going straight down, and it caught the back arm and threw it up and away from me. Lesson learned from the school of hard knocks. I think the reason I did it, was using a Shopsmith set up for the lathe. Supposed to turn the variable speed control down to near lowest setting before stopping the machine. Didn't want to take the time to shut it down and start it back up again. Something about the way their two variable pulleys are set up.
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A friend of mine is trying to sell a like new ShopSmith with all the bells and whistles. His dad bought it then got sick and died. My friend had intentions of using it but decided racing is more fun---LOL!

DAC
 
I made good money buying and reselling Shopsmith machines and accessories. That is how I got the one I have, kept upgrading and adding on. Have the power station, bandsaw, jointer, belt sander, scroll saw, big vacuum and bunch of the attachments for the main unit. Biggest issue with them is turning the speed control without the machine running. Oiling the shaft that the variable shives slide on is a pain also.
 
chieffan said:
I made good money buying and reselling Shopsmith machines and accessories. That is how I got the one I have, kept upgrading and adding on. Have the power station, bandsaw, jointer, belt sander, scroll saw, big vacuum and bunch of the attachments for the main unit. Biggest issue with them is turning the speed control without the machine running. Oiling the shaft that the variable shives slide on is a pain also.
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Seems like from what little I know they were a real versatile piece of equipment, Rog. I myself has never used one. Sounds like the variable shives are much like the vari-speed Massey Ferguson and possibly like JD variable speed tractors. It is a real pain to lube the pulley in the MF's and I may get an education on doing a JD too, if I don't sell it first!

DAC
 
There is a rod that slides inside the main shaft the pulleys ride on. The oil hole for that rod is between the coil spring on the shaft. Have to take a screwdriver to separate the coils to get to the oil hole. Thy have probably changed that with the newer models. I know they have had at least 3 motor changes since the 60's. Newest machines are all digital controlled, and 3 times the cost. More Technology crap.
 
chieffan said:
There is a rod that slides inside the main shaft the pulleys ride on. The oil hole for that rod is between the coil spring on the shaft. Have to take a screwdriver to separate the coils to get to the oil hole. Thy have probably changed that with the newer models. I know they have had at least 3 motor changes since the 60's. Newest machines are all digital controlled, and 3 times the cost. More Technology crap.
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The center movable shive is hollow on the MF12G. The entire unit has to be taken apart to add lube into that hollow section. Don't like that job at all but it is time to do it again before mowing season.

DAC
 
Got an email from Shopsmith advertising their newest products. A new Mark 7 is just under $5k. Includes the sanding disk, 3 blades, set of lathe knives. Saw on advertised by a private person, 1960 vintage for $300 with several attachment that were not listed. Believe that one still had the 3/4 hp motor. Unless he has at least two of the attachments it isn't worth the $#300 as everything is outdated by 40 years.
 
chieffan said:
Got an email from Shopsmith advertising their newest products. A new Mark 7 is just under $5k. Includes the sanding disk, 3 blades, set of lathe knives. Saw on advertised by a private person, 1960 vintage for $300 with several attachment that were not listed. Believe that one still had the 3/4 hp motor. Unless he has at least two of the attachments it isn't worth the $#300 as everything is outdated by 40 years.
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This ShopSmith is probably from the late 1990's. My friend says his dad bought the whole package that was available. He was asking $750 a couple weeks ago. Don't know if he sold it or not, Rog.

DAC
 
Took some pics of Dad's Shopsmith. Its a Model 10ER. I looked it up and it says:

When was the Shopsmith 10ER made?


Shopsmith Model 10's What When and Where - Shopsmith Forums


We know it was a “work in progress” throughout it's time in production from 1947 through 1953.May 18, 2020
 

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cjet69 said:
Took some pics of Dad's Shopsmith. Its a Model 10ER. I looked it up and it says:

When was the Shopsmith 10ER made?


Shopsmith Model 10's What When and Where - Shopsmith Forums's What When and Where - Shopsmith Forums


We know it was a “work in progress” throughout it's time in production from 1947 through 1953.May 18, 2020
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That is an old timer. Most of them were set up for a drill press only as speed is not a critical as some other operations. To much flex in the table to work goo for horizontal boring too. Like it says, it was work in progress and did a ton of work in their day. Why Shopsmith is staying with that special hub for their large hole saw blades is beyond me. At first, I had the hole enlarged on a good blade. Later I found an adapter that run true for the normal blades. Mine hasn't run as a table saw for many years. All the other attachments are set up with their own power source. Got tired of wasting a lot of time putting tools on and off for 30 second jobs.
 
Dad bought a dovetail chuck from Grizzley to try his hand at bowl making and that is whats on the Shopsmith right now. The table is there somewhere but we have a good drill press and table saw now so there's not much need to set it up for those functions anymore.
 
chieffan said:
Mine hasn't run as a table saw for many years. All the other attachments are set up with their own power source. Got tired of wasting a lot of time putting tools on and off for 30 second jobs.
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Unfortunately combination tools tend to be that way. My Smithy lathe and milling machine is the same. Thankfully after switching a couple of times It goes reasonably fast on this machine. One of my Son in-laws resonantly purchased a used shopsmith and is enjoying the heck out of it. He is somewhat like me in that he likes to fiddle with things.
 
I could never justify buying a SS because of all the time breaking down and setting up for different tasks. My uncle had one and everything you could get for it. I remember it well because he must have had a thousand birdhouses sitting all around it. It was like the SS birthed all of them. These pop up a lot for sale for cheap almost like a radial arm saw now you can get them around $50-75. Times have really changed shop wise.
 
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