Guy Stuff at Guys Clubhouse

Having some large projects around the house to get done, I asked my dad if I could grab the old Shopsmith that has been sitting in storage for god nows how long. He said that would be fine so off we went to get it. For those that don’t know, a Shopsmith ER is basically a table saw, disc sander, drill press and lathe, all wrapped up into one package. I remember the machine being in mint condition, but unfortunately all the years packed away have taken their toll. I’ll need to get all the rust off the way tubes, clean up the aluminum and rewire the switch and motor. I was able to determine through the manual and serial number, that this Shopsmith was made in 1951. It’s also in fairly good shape compared to the ones I’ve seen on the Internet. In fact, many of the hard core Shopsmith guys would tear this apart piece by piece and rebuild it. After a close look, I think  I can get it clean and running nice as it sits. So off I go to Canadian Tire for supplies and lets see how this turns out.