I recently came into possesion of an item that is essentially an X-Y
table. It is all aluminum with a table about 6" x 18" with 4 t-nut
slots in it. it moves left-right and forward-backward via two threaded
rods with knobs that are marked for fine increments. It was sold by
Shopsmith in 1986 as a "Two-Way Router Table". I found it advertised
in an old 1985 copy of their catalog. It has no markings on it to
identify manufacturer, model, or anything else to ID it. I emailed
Shopsmith and got a call the next day from a nice lady who remembered
the item and had looked it up in a couple of old catalogs, but could
not find any information on how it was used or how (or whether for
that matter) it could connect to a Shopsmith Mark V. She had checked
around the company headquarters and couldn't find anyone else who
remembered this thing or had any information on file for it.
Apparently Shopsmith stopped selling it in 1986 as it is in their
Spring/Summer 1986 catalog but not in the Winter 1986 or later
catalogs (according to the nice lady from Shopsmith). It is new and
complete in the box, but has no instructions or other documentation
with it. Does anyone recognize this item or have any information on
it. I have Googled and web searched to no avail.

Thanks

Dave Hall