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[quote="8iowa"]The recent thread "How can we help Shopsmith" has a lot of stand alone vs Shopsmith comments and this deserves separate consideration.

I'm heading to the U.P. friday morning. I have a Dodge 1500 pick up truck with a 6'4" bed with a snap on vinyl cover. In the bed of my truck I have a ...

There isn't any point I just like talking wood working & tools.
From what I've read about Studebaker the coke bottle incident (which I hadn't heard of) is just a small part of the problems they had mismanagement was the biggest part.

Can you point me to somewhere to read about the coke bottles it ...

I think your probably doing a very fine job. But persons like myself have never even seen the machine your using let alone close ups of the working end & the finished product.

I would like to see shot of the machine for several angles backed off far enough to take it all in & explanation of how it ...

Oneway wolverine.

I would have taken some pictures but I recently rearranged my shop & couldn't remember where I put the long tool rest bar. The below URL will help show how it works. This jig makes sharpening lathe tools very simple. For me to do it it had to be simple.

http://www.newwoodworker ...

Bartll:


Yes. You are "blessed" with tools, and "cursed" with lack of space - if my math is correct you only have about 330 sq ft. How can you do anything - especially with two table saws! I would assume that you have most of your machines on mobile bases.

Perhaps you can help me with a quandry ...

"From this I would have to say you don't have a shopsmith.... for must of us here we would feel that is unfortunate. But as has been the case for years, some people get it some people don't.... I guess this puts you in the don't class.

Anyway welcome and enjoy reading about our favorite tool the ...

I think is just one example of SS not understanding the market. Nothing frosts me more than having to adjust my out-feed table every time I raise or lower my blade height, tilt my table or move the carriage to better if for the wood or something. I would buy a out-feed table that adjusted with my ...