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In my youth, I was a professional cabinet making and used my Shopsmith on site. I understand why SS didn’t market to professionals back in the day when the perception was a homeowner tool, undersized, underpowered, etc. I don’t believe it is a replacement for a professional shop but as a mobile, sit...

Hello all,
Are you a professional, definition being, “do you make your living from building/making things and use your Shopsmith in that pursuit frequently? If so, please respond to this post. Thanks.

GM
What bit did you use for the milling?

Ron,
Thanks for the research. Sad news about Tom.
Thanks,
Jon

In this thread there is a link to the plans for the cart. It no longer works. Does anyone still have the plans?

In my opinion, 70's plastic laminate it is almost certainly contact cement for plastic laminate. Go outside and wear a mask. Use lacquer thinner. This process is going to be messy and odoriferous. Lay a generous amount of lacquer thinner (TAKE ALL necessary precautions as the thinner is very very fl...

Thanks, i had never seen the second one. I'll get to work.

I have two and I'm a fan. I do use use it it in conjunction with a splitter incorporated into a zero clearance insert. It has been a worthwhile investment especially for consistent thin strip production.

On Doug Reid's web site he has a couple of pics of a stand he made to use a ryobi chop saw on the SS. Though there was talk of him producing plans for this, I haven't seen any. Does anybody have plans for this?

It must be me. still not working. Thanks for checking Dusty.