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Bought mine new around 1991 at the Shopsmith store in Dayton.

I visited their pawn shop when I was in Vegas last fall. My wife came up to me after we had been inside for a few minutes and said "you aren't going to believe what they have at the rear of the store!" My curiosity aroused, I followed her and found out what she was excited about, a Shopsmith Mark V ...

I use a Virgin Mobile phone. I think I paid $15 for the phone and it costs me $15 every 3 months (plus tax). So, it's a bit over $5 per month. Then, when you use the phone, it costs 25 cents per minute. So, your $5 gets you 20 minutes of talk time....plenty for an emergency phone. And, the money ...

Good luck with the knee replacement. I had mine done 4 weeks ago yesterday.

The first 10 or 11 days were not fun.....but has gotten progressively better ever since. I still have a bit of swelling and soreness but much less pain than before the surgery. I hope to be playing golf again in 2 - 3 more ...

I will be receiving a used Shopsmith Air Compressor next week. Can anyone tell me how long it takes to fill a 10 gallon air tank? Any tips you can share on how this works would be appreciated. Looks like the original hose so don't know if I can just use a standard hose and fittings etc.

Dave
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How does the Air System work? Does it work effectively with a nail gun? Is it really loud (i.e. my Porter Cable pancake compressor was outrageously loud).

Is there an inexpensive way to use the nailer such as buy a cheap air tank? That would be a much quieter process I would think.

Mine is ...

beeg wrote:Did you use the advance reply? Is the file size within limits? 4.77mb for a .DOC and 5.72mb for a .PDF.

Yep and yep.

I have scanned the manual and have it in both PDF and DOC formats. However, the forum is not allowing me to upload the files at this time.

I'll try again later, or if you email me, I will forward the documents to you.

I am new to this forum and have been a Shopsmith owner for 25+ years. I recently purchased a Shopsmith Air compressor and I am looking to see if anyone has a manual I can get a copy of. I'm not even sure I am posting this request in the right place on this website. Thanks for any help!
Stew

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In Ohio, anyway, they ask on the state income tax form whether you bought anything over the internet and did not pay the sales tax. If you did, you are supposed to pay the sales tax to the state at that point. Knowing, of course, that everyone would be perfectly honest and report any purchases made ...