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Tim Exactly what I was thinking. Rick can shorten my tools instead of his. Then when I take my "professionally sharpened, and slightly used tools home I can gauge the results of my turning and sharpening efforts against properly shaped and sharpened tools. I took notes last year and tried to ac...

Thanks everyone for the various storage solutions. I have a very!! limited space, 11' by 13', in which to set up and even more limited wall space since one side of the "shop" is a hallway into the downstairs Mother-in-Law apartment. I originally saw the design Dusty showed, but I can't see...

I will be atttending all three classes in Des Moines in Washington in May. I have been to the traveling clases before, but much to my shame, wasn't able to get my brand new Model 505 Shopsmith set up for several months after purchase. I now have begun working on various projects and discovered that ...

I am in the process of redesigning a tablesaw blade locker that i spotted in Wood magazine, (Issue 183, May 2008). It features pull out hangers for individual unmounted saw blades. I am adapting the design to hold either mounted or unmounted blades. It seems compact and there is room on each hanger ...

Charlese, I am only now getting started with my Shopsmith, but I know myself well enough to read all these cautionary tales and try to learn from them. Tha's why I recently picked up the remote switch for my DC3300. I know that sooner or later, well let's forget the later part, I will find myself su...

I found this yesterday while bopping around this site. I don't know exactly how I got there. the title is Monthly Special. 35% off... Regularly $139.50, sale proce 90.67. no mention of free shipping. the code is OPM19. I plan on getting this before the month is out.

Charlese, I appreciate the advise on the hand plane and scraper. However, both these alternatives are not a good fit for me. Back,(way back), in high school I made a mahogany bowl in woodshop using a gouges and sandpaper, no lathe. or other power tools. I loved the feel of working with wood and thou...

Well it appears that my dog and the neighborhood stray cats have eliminated the snipe problem in the backyard, no need for the club. But I still have some roaming around the shop. Thanks Charlese, for the explanation. Being an engineer by trade I wanted to understand the cause and your explanation m...

I have just begun setting up my Shopsmith shop. I used the information in this forum to make the jointer knife adjusting tool and it worked beautifully. No more snipe and no hangup on the outfeed table. I read the suggestion about putting a slip of waxed paper between alignment fixture and the outfe...