PowerPro Webinar

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:33 am

paulmcohen wrote:The PowerPro has the speed chart built in, You select Chart, then it lists operations (Drilling, turning, bandsaw...), you select size and material and then it recommends the speed. You then just hit run. I use it all the time.

A complete listing of the speed/operation info built in would be interesting. I have to think it is more detailed than those charts we are accustomed to.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:35 am

paulmcohen wrote:The PowerPro has the speed chart built in, You select Chart, then it lists operations (Drilling, turning, bandsaw...), you select size and material and then it recommends the speed. You then just hit run. I use it all the time.

Yes, Paul, I'm well aware of the PowerPro's speed chart and have used it numerous times, however, have never found speeds for horns, bones, iron, steel, fibrous material. maybe they are in there, but haven't yet found them. The recommended speeds for these materials are on the chart - a total of 319 speeds. A free chart would sure be interesting!

paulmcohen · Post by **paulmcohen** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:25 am

charlese wrote:Yes, Paul, I'm well aware of the PowerPro's speed chart and have used it numerous times, however, have never found speeds for horns, bones, iron, steel, fibrous material. maybe they are in there, but haven't yet found them. The recommended speeds for these materials are on the chart - a total of 319 speeds. A free chart would sure be interesting!

For free I would find some use for it, especially if it has all the odd materials you last. I also have Seri and she is good at finding that kind of information.

woodburner · Post by **woodburner** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:38 pm

Doug Reid. Wow, I haven't heard that name associated to Shopsmith for quiite a while. Doug was the Traveling Academy instructor until he retired from SS some 8 yrs. ago. I didn't know he was again working for Shopsmith. Glad to hear he is because he is a great instructor.

As for Ed, let it go. All of a sudden you appear with this rant about SS versus stand-alones AGAIN, in a thread that has nothing to do with that topic. Please Ed, if you have nothing else to write about, stay in the thread that lets you rant and rave about the tool vs. tool thing. I think we are all getting a little tired of it, and your name always being associated with it.

SDSSmith · Post by **SDSSmith** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:34 pm

Well, Doug Reid did again. He redid the webinar this evening and it was a vast improvement over the first try. Video and sound worked well.

I would encourage those in the hinterlands (areas without Lowes demos) who are interested in some of the new items (PowerPro, double tilt, riving knife, casters, lift assist and 510 or 520 table upgrades) and are invited to a webinar to check it out. You get Lowes Demo pricing and no sales tax.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:39 am

Glad to report I got an invitation to attend the recent webinar. The Sad thing is - I couldn't make the appointed times. There were three to choose from, but none fit my free time.

On a side note I see my health insurance group also presented a webinar. Guess this is a computerized word for a seminar.

backhertz · Post by **backhertz** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 1:08 am

How do I find out who to talk to for registering for a Webinar?

Thanks!

Tony

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:36 am

This is a little bit confusing, at least to me. Is the Webinar intended, by Shopsmith, to be a sales tool or a training tool?

Inviting PP owners to participate seems to make it a training tool and does little, at least in my opinion, for new sales. If they are intended as sales tools, don't make them available to current owners. Surely, Shopsmith does know who all of the owners owners are. If they are training tools, advertise them as such.

Furthermore, we hear of virtually nothing coming out of these Webinars. It is as though participants have been sworn to silence.

OKAY guys, I have said my piece - let me have it.

SDSSmith · Post by **SDSSmith** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:22 am

dusty wrote:This is a little bit confusing, at least to me. Is the Webinar intended, by Shopsmith, to be a sales tool or a training tool?

Inviting PP owners to participate seems to make it a training tool and does little, at least in my opinion, for new sales. If they are intended as sales tools, don't make them available to current owners. Surely, Shopsmith does know who all of the owners owners are. If they are training tools, advertise them as such.

Furthermore, we hear of virtually nothing coming out of these Webinars. It is as though participants have been sworn to silence.

OKAY guys, I have said my piece - let me have it.

The intent of these webinars has been sales. The items discounted were listed in my earlier post and are not limited to the PowerPro, Mark 7 or double tilt upgrade. As I recall, there were three webinars this week that I could choose from. Pre-registration was required and each was to be limited to 20 participants. I think there were about 12-15 participants in the most recent one I participated in.

Doug spoke of possibly using the webinar format for specific interests of Shopsmith users and was soliciting topics from the webinar participants.

pennview · Post by **pennview** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 11:15 am

It would seem to me that those webinars would appeal to a much wider audience than the 20 or fewer participants currently involved. Seems a bit shortsighted from a marketing perspective. Rather, Shopsmith should be taping those sessions and making them available on a wide scale. Aside from the benefit for the 20 or so participants, it just seems dumb to not go all out in spreading the word about the PowerPro.