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From: toma@tekchips.UUCP (Tom Almy)
Newsgroups: net.rec.wood
Subject: Re: Shopsmith
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Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 12:53:59 EDT
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An additional note.  I talked to a fellow who owned a Mark VII.
This machine was made for a period of a year or two in the late
1950's.  The Shopsmith info shows a picture of it and mentions that
it had a built-in shop vac.  Actually it had other clever inovations:

1. The "V" means 5-in-1, "VII" means 7-in-1.  What is the seventh?
It is a shaper.  Aha, you say, there is already a shaper attachment.
But the Mark VII was capable of tilting up at either end!  This way
the motor can be under the table as well as the (Shopsmith) method
of above the table!  Much better for router/shaper operations!

2. The VII's motor was reversible!  Needed for shaper, but also nice
for final sanding of wood turnings.