I was given what I believe is a very old shopsmith. I'm not certain because there are no markings visible. It belonged to a friends great grandfather. I took it hoping to use it as a lathe only.
The problem is there was no banjo for the tool rest.
This machine is so old it has square bed rails. Does anyone know if there's any way to find a banjo for something this old?
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What you have is a 1950's "Supershop" from Power Tools Inc in Beloit, WI. They were advertised from around 1951-1959 but never seemed to get the traction of the Shopsmith, which preceded it. I've seen them advertised as "Super Shop" as well as "Super-Shop", but none of these are to be confused with the "Fox Super Shop" which later became the "Smithy Super Shop" and the "Iron Wood".
Here's another pic. You can see that there are a few improvements in the design, but still pretty privative compared to the Shopsmith Mark V, which was introduced a couple years earlier.
Egads it's one of them. Pretty much useless as it sits. I didn't realize the junk machine rippers were alive until the MKV's were made. Mr Folkerth wasn't interested in 10ER ripps, but he fought like hell against the MKV Chinese ripps
I'm a Shopsmith nerd and actually have a couple blogs dedicated to them. It's a problem. Scott
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