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Well, the economy is starting to pick up again here. At least a little bit. We have jobs lined up for the next 6 months or so, so I am happy. Its just these inbetween times that are killing me.

Hey Jook13, what air source are you using to build up 400psi, a scuba tank? I've seen some serious air ...

haha, we have a very limited amount of space. To tell the truth I did all the woodworking in the driveway seeing as how I dont have room in the tiny garage. As soon as the economy picks up to where I am getting a regular 40 hours again, I can buy a house with a real garage.

Using a chisel I shaped the thumbhole.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/jook13/roughright.jpg

Using a belt sander, sandpaper, and dremel, I smoothed everything out.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/jook13/prestainleft.jpg
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Here is a gunstock that I built for my air cannon. I made this air cannon out of brass tubes. It will fire a 1/4 inch ball bearing about 800 feet per second when I use 400 psi.

A few pictures of the process...


I laminated 2 pieces of oak. It was cheeper than a thick piece and I had a very small ...

Right on. I am so used to making things happen with my circular saw and a sawzall. I am excited to see what can happen when I get this thing up and running.

Yeah. Updated that. I am in Prescott Arizona. I have seen a few other members from other parts of AZ on here.

mickyd: Thanks so much! It is a 10er. I was just looking through your thread on how you were restoring your machine and it is truly inspirational. I dont have the resources you have, but I am sure I can turn this into a lean and mean good working piece of equipment.

I have seen more than one of ...

It says it has a 1/2 horse power motor. Are the motors universal? Would a new 2 hsp motor work with this? I am very interested in restoring this thing.

Everything slides quite smoothly. I used a little bit of white lightning (bike chain lubricant that is wax based) and it works wonders.

To tell ...

That was a fast response.

It did come with a bunch of attachments. They include:

Table
Table extention
Fence
Disc sander with extra discs
Some sort of guard for the saw attachment
A saw blade with the chuck (I think its called the chuck)

It is missing both ends for the lathe function, but that ...

The story is I just bought my shopsmith at a local thrift store for 150 bucks. I want to know how to tell which model I have. It seems fairly old, but it all works remarkably well.

Here is a picture of it:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/jook13/shopsmith.jpg

I joined this forum to learn ...