Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site tekchips.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!hplabs!tektronix!tekcrl!tekchips!toma From: toma@tekchips.UUCP (Tom Almy) Newsgroups: net.rec.wood Subject: Re: Shopsmith Message-ID: <74@tekchips.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 12:53:59 EDT Article-I.D.: tekchips.74 Posted: Thu Aug 8 12:53:59 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Aug-85 02:39:51 EDT References: <27e04fd2.a51@apollo.uucp> <73@tekchips.UUCP> Reply-To: toma@tekchips.UUCP (Tom Almy) Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 15 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.