What is a Shopsmith?
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What model is this?
The Shopsmith George is using in the video is a Mark V 510. It includes a variable speed headstock and provides you with a table saw, disc sander, horizontal bore, drill press and lathe. Other tools are available that connect to the outboard side of the headstock such as a jointer, planer, belt sander, scroll saw, and bandsaw.
Good news and bad news
The good news is that a Shopsmith gives you lots of tools in a small space. The bad news is that you have to convert the machine from one function to another to use each of the tools. This isn’t as convenient as having dedicated tools, but it also takes up way less space than dedicated tools.
The current model
Shopsmith’s most current model is a Mark 7. It offers a significant upgrade on the power unit, and seven tools in one package: lathe, table saw, disc sander, horizontal bore, drill press, router, shaper.
Other multi-function tools
Tools that do more than one thing aren’t unique to Shopsmith. We’ve also covered the Woodmaster 718 planer and Grizzly Jointer/Planer.
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thanks for shopsmith video. i currently have 3 that I have converted one into a dedicated drill press, another a dedicated sanding station with belt sander, disk sander and strip sander and a 3rd one dedicated to lathe and horizontal boring. These things are build like tanks and via ebay very reasonable. For table saw functions I use my saw stop.