Shop Smith Restoration.

Worth1 · August 11, 2016

Some of you may have seen where I picked up an old Shop Smith from way back when.
More than likely one of the first that was made back in the late 40's or early 50's.
If not here is what it looked like.

Since then it has been disassembled and put in the garage.
It took some doing as it was all rusted up.

The two long tubes are more or less what you call ways, this is what other parts of the lathe slides on.
Today I have one of them polished back up.
You cant turn the stuff off I had to polish it off to maintain the proper diameter of the tubes.
One down and one to go, it is a lot of work in a 95 degree garage, it makes the 80 degree house feel cool.
As times goes on I will continue to post the progress of this old relic here.

Worth.
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August 11, 2016	#1
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Shop Smith Restoration. Some of you may have seen where I picked up an old Shop Smith from way back when. More than likely one of the first that was made back in the late 40's or early 50's. If not here is what it looked like. Since then it has been disassembled and put in the garage. It took some doing as it was all rusted up. The two long tubes are more or less what you call ways, this is what other parts of the lathe slides on. Today I have one of them polished back up. You cant turn the stuff off I had to polish it off to maintain the proper diameter of the tubes. One down and one to go, it is a lot of work in a 95 degree garage, it makes the 80 degree house feel cool. As times goes on I will continue to post the progress of this old relic here. Worth. 20160811_174844.jpg