More hand saws have gotten sharpened but in-between those, my main focus has been my 1952 shopsmith 10er. Two years ago I picked it up and its been on my list to repaint ever since.
I use it constantly with the 12 inch sanding disc and before I got my stand alone drill press it was mounted upright for a good while. Now I’d like to get it all cleaned up and repaint it.
I’ve started collecting various shopsmith 10er accessories and I think I’ve slept on a couple functions. This is a stout machine and with the speed changer’s variable speeds it can get, should make it a great lathe. I say that because I’ve seen a lot of people make great things with theirs online, but…. I still need to learn how to turn!
There is also the horizontal boring capability. I read somewhere once that with the adjustable height table and the support for long pieces, shopsmiths are popular in cabinet shops. I personally haven’t visited any cabinet shops but who knows. I’m sure if they do its probably newer ones though. There are a lot more 500s for example out there.
And I’ve also gotten it in my head that I want to see how well the table saw works on this old tool. Cleaned up, adjusted, and aligned, I think it’ll be great. I have my unisaw, but I’m curious lol.
I’ve had a couple 500s, and I learned how to use a table saw on a shopsmith 520 but I sold it when I got the unisaw. I have to admit, I miss the bandsaw and I want the 6×48 sander. I recently got SPT adapters and will keep an eye out for those again.
This older shopsmith has a certain classic old iron charm that I love and I’m happy I have it. Once I’m done cleaning it up I plan to mess around with a couple accessories. I want to use my mill and lathe to see how much effort it would be to make speed changer parts and SPT adapters. Maybe parts like these can help pay for tooling like sharpening saws has helped me pay for woodworking tools.
Couple pictures before and during new paint. I’ll post again when I’m done.
