Shopsmith's new website is up....

CPB

I only looked around a little bit. Nothing too exciting, but my bookmarks no longer work, so I'll have to sort that out.

HopefulSSer

There's a link where you can download a printed catalog. How does that work?

RFGuy

HopefulSSer wrote There's a link where you can download a printed catalog. How did that work?IMG_8849.png

HA! Too funny. :D

algale

Either a lot of products have been discontinued or it is still a work in progress.

admin

CPB wrote I only looked around a little bit. Nothing too exciting, but my bookmarks no longer work, so I'll have to sort that out.

If you have a can let me know the pages, I can check on adding them to the list of links we need to redirect to different locations on the new site.

Admin

RFGuy

algale wrote Either a lot of products have been discontinued or it is still a work in progress.

I hate that links are breaking. It means that many/all of the old forum posts many of us did referring to a particular part or other section of the website are all lost now. Clearly this forum is NOT a priority for the mothership. Expect to get A LOT of "404" errors indicating links from this forum to the main site are not found now as I already discovered this morning.

dusty

RFGuy wrote
algale wrote Either a lot of products have been discontinued or it is still a work in progress.
I hate that links are breaking. It means that many/all of the old forum posts many of us did referring to a particular part or other section of the website are all lost now. Clearly this forum is NOT a priority for the mothership. Expect to get A LOT of "404" errors indicating links from this forum to the main site are not found now as I already discovered this morning.

I would have agreed earlier this morning but after playing for awhile I found a lot of what I was looking for. This is a new rollout so let's cut them some slack for a couple weeks.

One thing I miss already is Order Status.

RFGuy

dusty wrote I would have agreed earlier this morning but after playing for awhile I found a lot of what I was looking for. This is a new rollout so let's cut them some slack for a couple weeks.

One thing I miss already is Order Status.

Dusty,

What I am talking about are links embedded in forum posts where one of us refers someone to a particular part number or diagram, etc. on the main site. I found some that are already broken by this. For example, when someone comes back and pulls up a forum post where a topic is discussed - any time we embedded a web link to the main Shopsmith website to make it easier for someone to find a product to purchase from Shopsmith, those links are ALL not going to work now. Below is just one example. Go to the link below and try clicking on David's link to the Shopsmith website for the casters. How many times have one of us come back to find a particular service part link in an old forum post? I know I have many times, but now all of those links are lost to time because the entire website has been replaced.

https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=306877#p306877

Here is another example, where you tried to help someone by referencing the conical disc. All previous links that went to the old Shopsmith main site are now broken, so any parts, service diagrams, product references will not work today. Any forum member that stumbles on a thread when searching for a particular problem on their Shopsmith equipment will be met with "404 : Not Found" errors.

https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?p=302336#p302336

RFGuy

Also, has anyone found the parts diagrams on the new website? For example, links like the one below no longer work. I always used the parts list and parts diagrams for the headstock and complete system all the time to reference. Can no longer access them.

https://www.shopsmith.com/service/headstock/headstock_diagram.htm

HopefulSSer

On mobile it's Menu->Parts then by product. But if you then select Mark V it shows only the base not the headstock, tables, etc. I suspect that's an error, not intentional.

EDIT: If you select Mark 4 you get this:

So still a work in progress. There needs to be a similar thing under Mark V and there needs to be a placeholder for the conventional headstock in addition to the PowerPro

JPG

Then there is this

ScreenHunter_97 Nov. 06 08.33.jpg

RFGuy

Quite a few missing pics on the new Shopsmith website. Did they officially announce that the new website is live, or is it still supposed to be "under development"?

JPG

What I find disconcerting is no link to this forum.

JPG

However it is linked to if you search "forum" and scroll down to the screen below.

That refers me back to the "Learning" topic where bit is indeed there!!!

ScreenHunter_99 Nov. 06 10.38.jpg

DLB

HopefulSSer wrote On mobile it's Menu->Parts then by product. But if you then select Mark V it shows only the base not the headstock, tables, etc. I suspect that's an error, not intentional.

EDIT: If you select Mark 4 you get this:

IMG_8850.png

So still a work in progress. There needs to be a similar thing under Mark V and there needs to be a placeholder for the conventional headstock in addition to the PowerPro

Under Parts, the Mark 7 portion seems fairly complete and working. Until the other products are working, some of the information can be found there. As long as you know which parts are the same between your model and the M7...

On a positive note regarding the service parts, the diagram and parts list are now on the same page. I like that, I often had both pages open while searching in the past.

- David

HopefulSSer

DLB wrote

On a positive note regarding the service parts, the diagram and parts list are now on the same page. I like that, I often had both pages open while searching in the past.

- David

On the old site it was maddening when I'd get a sales email showing such and such part number on sale, and I'd click it only to be taken to a page with the part number, a vague description, and the price. There was no direct link to actually SEE the part to see if it was what I thought it was. Glad they've improved on that!

JPG

I find this "interesting".

ScreenHunter_100 Nov. 06 10.51.jpg

rogersk

JPG wrote I find this "interesting".

ScreenHunter_100 Nov. 06 10.51.jpg

You would think for that price they could throw in the Down Crank cause they know you're going to need both! ;)

algale

Don't get cranky.

HopefulSSer

HopefulSSer wrote On mobile it's Menu->Parts then by product. But if you then select Mark V it shows only the base not the headstock, tables, etc. I suspect that's an error, not intentional.

EDIT: If you select Mark 4 you get this:

IMG_8850.png

So still a work in progress. There needs to be a similar thing under Mark V and there needs to be a placeholder for the conventional headstock in addition to the PowerPro

(Replying to myself)

Someone on FB posted this, but I don't see how to navigate to it from the main page https://www.shopsmith.com/service-parts/mark-v-models-520-510-505-500/

Clicking "smart motor" takes you to a page called "conventional smart motor service parts". To me "conventional smart motor" is an oxymoron. But I guess that's what Nick wants....