Delta Answers Shopsmith With A Multi Tool Of Their Own

In 1953 Rockwell introduced their response to the Shopsmith tools: the Delta-Shop. Rather than a true multi-purpose tool this was actually 3 tools mounted on a single stand. It was a Table Saw, Jointer, Disc Sander and a Drill Press. While the saw and the jointer were mounted in the conventional side-by-side configuration on a common base, was Drill Press is hinged on the right end of the saw table, and when needed it is lifted up and the belt is fished-down through the saw insert and around a pulley which takes the place of the saw blade. Many of these tools survive, though many if not most of the disc sander and drill presses have been removed to be mounted on a work bench. There was really no comparison to the Shopsmith, but Magna felt the need to reply to this threat with an ad of their own. See this post for that response, and if Delta Tools are of interest to you, visit our Delta-Rockwell-Tool-Hunter blog

Rare Shopsmith Tilting-Arbor Tablesaw Information, Review and History

I've only found this saw on eBay twice in the three years that I was on the look-out for mine. In the end I didn't even find mine on eBay after all. This saw was made to mount on one of Shopsmith's single or double SPT stands and was sold under the name Shopsmith and PowerKraft by Montgomery Wards.

When this saw is mounted on the double stand, it can sit beside the Shopsmith 4" jointer and the two tools share a common motor with a double shaft and two different size drive pulleys. The second photo is from the patent for another Magna saw that features a sliding table for cross cutting. I'm unaware if Magna ever produced it. As usual these guys were years ahead of their time! Click on pic to Biggie-Size it.

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Click here to see (and to purchase) the Patent Art Print for the Magna Table Saw