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As a past traveling academy instructor and owner of many Shopsmith tools, I find this encouraging for the company and Shopsmith owners.

Hi Dusty, Rick Davis here. Sounds like you haven't adjusted the leed. Remember what I showed you in class. Take a piece of 3/4"x 2" x the table length in the direction of the blade. Make sure the width of the 2" is consistent and parallel. Draw a line the length of the board about 1&q...

Hey Randy, thanks for the kind words. Had things worked out a little I had planed on doing 9-10 more DVDs and would still consider doing them if the company approached me about them,Things have been going great in Ricks world. My Son Aaron and his wife Jen had our first grandchild this last May. Ala...

Yikes. I agree that is a serious issue and I hope Shopsmith addresses it promptly. Coincidentally, on another thread yesterday there was a discussion about what would happen if a set screw on a saw arbor failed. Sounds like we now know the answer: the blade can spin freely. Is there any visible dam...

If you have a 15 amp breaker and the 12" sanding disc attached, you must have the headstock speed down LOW or the situation you described would happen

When teaching the Traveling Academy for Shopsmith I learned that California has the largest contingency of owners, of which I am one. Just thought you would like to know.
Rick Davis

I do not advocate any bashing, but this forum, according to our sponser is: http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/forumdisplay.htm?f=7 Please accept all views equally. IMHO, this has been a peaceful discusion. Rick, are you the moderator? And what is the outlook of future "The Shopsmith Journals&quo...

AMEN, Leonard!!! I only wish more people felt as you do. Liberalism is our death knell!!! Government does not legally own nor create wealth. Wealth can only be created and owned by the people of that government. If this is true, then why do the liberals think that they can "give" anything...

Breya, In the Traveling Academy I used Calif Sugar Pine for the spindle pieces and our bowls were turned with a variety of hardwoods ranging from ash to walnut. Shopsmith does sell both of these items. For the Bowl blanks, go to this site. http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/itemfind.htm?item=522253&...

As a number of you have noted in Nick’s Adios, the Traveling Academy was probably next. And so it is my friends. I was notified Monday that I would be returning my van to Dayton and that would be the end of the Academy, for now. I guess this is where the tire meets the road, except this time, it had...