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To: "Elton E. (Tony) Clark" <eltonclark@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] shopsmith
From: Mike Rambour <mikey@b2systems.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:20:02 -0700
  Ok, that is true there was one model (2 by your definition) prior to 
the Mark V and I assume there was a Mark I, II, III, IV before the V but 
I can't tell the difference between them if there even was those models, 
all you ever see for sale is the "one model" that they have made for the 
longest time, their early model is awfully rare nowdays.  I had a friend 
who had a 10E, he got rid of it after he saw my Mark V.  They made the 
"one model" from the mid-50's to 90's and the changes over decades were 
minor (in my opinion, I am sure they thought the changes were life 
changing or at least marketing implied that).

OK, I just went on the web and their own website says "An American 
Classic since 1953" and they are up to the Mark VII, I also see they 
still sell the things (I was pretty sure they went under in the 90s)

  So I stand corrected on my "one model" comment, yet the Mark VII looks 
exactly the same as my 30+ year old Mark V so I also stand "correct" on 
my "one model" comment :)  :)  :)

     mike

On 04/13/2011 03:51 PM, Elton E. (Tony) Clark wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 3:24 PM,*Someone wrote:*
>
>      There was basically only one model of ShopSmith, the changes they
>     made over the years (decades) were mostly cosmetic.
>
> *'Xcuse me!!:*
> **
>
> *1947 to 1953
> 10E (Experimental) &
> 10ER (Experimental Revised)*
> These Machines were distributed to Montgomery Wards and many are still 
> in use today. They had exposed belts and were put on hand made 
> benches. *These units were NOT manufactured by Shopsmith, Inc. 
> /Shopsmith, Inc. has NO repair parts for these tools/*.
>
> * I've "been" there and wish I hadn't! *
>
> *Tony*
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