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I ordered three small items last week by phone but did not receive an e mail confirmation.

But I received the order in 2 days.

Great service!

Sonny

The "new to me" SS that I bought was originally bought in 2002 from a SS representative at the Lowes store in Reidsville, NC. I have the original receipt that he got. It was sent from SS to him, and not to Lowes, but he paid NC sales tax on it.

I was in my local Lowes store this week and asked the ...

Ryan and John:

Thanks for the info about the motor being made in Ft. Wayne. (It fills in a little of the history of my Shopsmith).

As for John's comment about it being sad about the industries being gone, Martinsville has the highest rate of unemployment in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

In the ...

Thanks for the replies.

Len: the 4/4 was a typo, I edited it to read 3/4 HP.

Maybe I was thinking about wood sizes!!

Sonny

I'm new to this site, but I learned long ago that the only stupid question is the one that you did not ask.

So, what is a slurp spider?

Thanks Sonny

Termite:

Does the Shopsmith dust collector work well with the table saw and band saw? I saw it demonstrated and was impressed with how quiet it was.

I need to get some type of collector to replace the old shop vac.

You are right about the inflation factor!!!

Thanks for the reply.

Sonny

I inherited my Dad's Shopsmith which he bought in the 1950's from Mongomery Ward for $325.00 (with a free jointer). On the plate at the left end of the headstock is this information: Serial number 325998, patent number 2623269, 4/4 Hp, 85 amp ( I looked closely to make sure that it did not say 8.5 ...

My name is Sonny Asburry and I live in Martinsville Virginia. I have been married (to the same woman) for 43 years. We have two daughters, one 41 years old with a 6 year old son. They live in Huntsville, Alabama, where she works for Nasa and he works at Red Stone Arsenal (doing what, I don't know ...