Finally a Shopsmith owner!!

magnaman · Post by **magnaman** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:25 am

When my wife said she would like to have some birdhouses made for the plant shelves in the family room I knew I would have to have a scroll saw. I had been looking for a 6" belt/10" disk sander and they were very expensive so I decided it was time to quit making excuses and get a Shopsmith.
It happened to be my birthday so after dinner I went on craigs list and as luck would have it a guy 30 miles away had just listed one that evening!!
It is very old (1977) but works great and has been well maintained. It came with bandsaw, belt sander, scroll saw, and jointer. I have finally finished making places for all the parts in my workshop and have been getting some items that were missing from Shopsmith and ebay. Finished her first birdhouse this morning!

I wish I had bought one of these when I first got the bug about ten years ago. Even if I had paid retail for it I would be way ahead of where I am now in my woodworking skills.

8iowa · Post by **8iowa** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 11:59 am

Congradulations! We're glad to have you aboard.

terrydowning · Post by **terrydowning** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:24 pm

Welcome to the forum and congratulations.

a '77 is not Very Old BTW I have a 55 and several people have machines older than that. The 10E and 10ERs

Please feel free to take some pictures of your birdhouse and post to the Completed Projects Gallery http://shopsmith.net/forums/showthread.htm?t=5550

Also if you don't mind please update your profile to include your location. You never know who could be near by.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:25 pm

1977 is middle aged, not very old!:D 1953 is old. 1947 is very old!:)

ryansm7 · Post by **ryansm7** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:36 pm

JPG40504 wrote:1977 is middle aged, not very old!:D 1953 is old. 1947 is very old!:)

But honestly.... a Shopsmith is never retired

Now get to makin' some saw dust

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rkh2 · Post by **rkh2** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:04 pm

Welcome magnaman. Not sure how much you know about the Shopsmith, so a couple of tips for you. Never turn the speed dial unless the motor is running and check out the sawdust sessions-they will have about all the information you will ever need about use, maintenance, and such for the tool. Like others said, with the quality of the shopsmith your machine is not really that old. By the way, what part of the country do you call home?

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:04 pm

ryansm7 wrote:But honestly.... a Shopsmith is never retired

Now get to makin' some saw dust

.

Sorta like 'How long does a John Deere run'?

Oh! I neglected to post 'this'! It is a link, click on it!