Good price on a shopsmith 10 ER

Mike: I recently got a shopsmith 10 ER for free from a coworker who said he was about to throw it out in the trash until I expressed an interest. It runs but it needs a complete rebuild just like yours. Please post more pictures as the restoration progresses. I heard that the10 ER is a better (although basic) wood lathe than the mark five. The reason is that the 10 ER castings are the real deal- cast iron, not aluminum. It looks like you're building it up right. The way tubes on mine are really rusty too. Whatever you did to clean yours up worked great! I may try to get some replacement way tubes that are new ( I live in Dayton, OH home of Shopsmith). Also, mine has no toolrest. I've been checking ebay. I may buy one that way or maybe build one up custom using Mark 5 parts and then machining the post custom from 1" bar stock. Sometimes tool deals come in 2's. One week after I committed to a second hand Powermatic 90 lathe is when I came across the Shopsmith. The powermatic is a beast! I'm learning to turn on it but may still proceed with restoring the Shopsmith and check its performance, I like quietness in a lathe, something that the Powermatic is NOT. I agree with the person who recommended the Keith Rawley book. Also, I'd recommend that you get the Oneway Wolverine grinding system and learn how to grind spindle gouges with the swept back fingernail profile. I don't have the system (yet) but I believe this is the way to go. I second the notion about free wood. If you look you'll find it. I like turning poplar. its nice to work. Harder wood seems to dull carbon steel turning tools (like the ones I've got). One or two HSS or better tools would really increase your enjoyment. I took a one day spindle turning class and was amazed the way that a sharp high speed steel spindle gouge (properly ground) can cut coves and roundovers cleanly and without "white knuckling" it. Plus the sound of the clean cutting tells you that you are doing it right. It makes a clean slicing noise thats kind of high pitched similar to the sound you might obtain when handplaning a peice of straight-grained hardwood with your favorite, sharpest hand-plane. Good Luck, Bill C.

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