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- Mon Feb 12, 2024 7:13 am
- Forum: Community
- Topic: Heads Up - Bargain 'available'
- Replies: 2399
- Views: 3737420
- Sun Nov 12, 2023 9:41 am
- Forum: Community
- Topic: Heads Up - Bargain 'available'
- Replies: 2399
- Views: 3737420
Re: Heads Up - Bargain 'available'
Free Shopsmith in Plymouth MA, and it looks like one of the original models.
https://capecod.craigslist.org/zip/d/ma ... 98963.html
https://capecod.craigslist.org/zip/d/ma ... 98963.html
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:44 pm
- Forum: Woodworking Tool Review
- Topic: Adapting Ryobi rails to SS. Alternative to 520 rails?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 151849
Re: Adapting Ryobi rails to SS. Alternative to 520 rails?
Wow, this is an amazing hybrid build. I also went to ebay and realized that my BT 3000 is worth more as parts than I paid for it back in the day.
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:24 pm
- Forum: Community
- Topic: Shopsmith purchasing advice
- Replies: 13
- Views: 23362
Re: Shopsmith purchasing advice
Thanks for the additional feedback. A track saw is good idea, as I currently avoid working with full sheets of plywood. Instead I purchase half or quarter sheets, which I can work with. But the idea of using a moving tool would work well in my space. When a project calls for pieces large than I can ...
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 8:58 am
- Forum: Community
- Topic: Shopsmith purchasing advice
- Replies: 13
- Views: 23362
Re: Shopsmith purchasing advice
@RFGuy, thanks for the links to the videos and your advice. To answer your first question, my shop is in an unfinished basement, and our house uses forced hot water heat, so the air doesn't circulate around the house. The reason my shop is so small is the furnace, heating oil tank, hot water heater,...
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 6:07 am
- Forum: Community
- Topic: Shopsmith purchasing advice
- Replies: 13
- Views: 23362
Re: Shopsmith purchasing advice
Thanks to both of you for your replies.
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 10:32 pm
- Forum: Beginning Woodworking
- Topic: Setting Up a Small Woodworking Shop
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9397
Re: Setting Up a Small Woodworking Shop
I have a small shop and I could suggest a few ideas that have helped me. For the workshop layout I am trying to follow the rule, "It is either mounted on a wall, or it is on wheels". This maximizes floor space and flexibility, as I can move things around as needed. Towards that end I have ...
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 7:35 pm
- Forum: Community
- Topic: Shopsmith purchasing advice
- Replies: 13
- Views: 23362
Shopsmith purchasing advice
Hi, I just registered with the forum and hope this is the correct area to post a question like this. I recently retired and started doing more woodworking, but I live in the Boston area in a smaller house, so my work area is 9 x 12 feet. In that space I have a small workbench, a workmate, a tool che...