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Appreciate being directed to the Shopsmith Owner Group on Facebook. Received a callback the same day.

Apparently Shopsmith doesn’t read these posts. Haven’t heard a word.

Wondering if something has changed with Shopsmith Customer Service?

Last year Shopsmith had a sale on the Powerpro 2 upgrade.
I have 2 Mark 7s with the first Powerpro upgrades.

Thought I ordered one , but never received an acknowledgment email. After you reach a certain age, thought I maybe ...

Bill gave me the lathe carriage. It fits the way tubes perfectly. I switched out the Mark V tubes with 10E/ER tubes. They’re thicker.

After Bill went to the big wood shop in the sky, I ended up with a couple things. His belt buckle & shop clock.

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I had used the top half of a ...

Am way behind in my responses. Never found out any more information. But did one better. Started spending time with Bill Mayo. Taught me things like how to pull out the start winding in most headstock motors & cross connect a DPDT switch to have both forward & reverse along with other SHK- school of ...

Visited Bill a number of times years ago. Every time I visited, he taught me things he came up with over the years to improve the Shopsmith.

First lesson was taking the headstock motor apart & pulling out the start winding leads to connect to a DTDP switch. The switch allowed reverse, as well as ...

thanks,
anybody ever take over Bill Mayo shop/supplies.



As of today a couple people expressed interest in Bill’s Shopsmith repair parts and supplies, but didn’t followed through. With exception of a couple things, the shop remains the same.

Ann has no idea about the stuff in the shop ...

Greetings all. Have some desert ironwood along with a lot of river birch.
Need to cut up. Understand a carbide tip bandsaw blade is required.

Tried looking up Lenox carbide bandsaw blades without any luck. The Lenox website has at least half a dozen different types of carbide blades. Didn't see any ...

It's been a year since Bill passed away. Was lucky enough to know him & spend time with him and his wife over the years at their home. He taught me a lot: how to modify a motor by digging out the start winding & add a DPDT switch to permit reverse mode as well as forward.

Bill left a shop full of ...

Have a 2 panels in my house- a 200 amp main in the basement & a 100 amp sub panel in the garage/shop. Each have their own surge protection. The main has a large Eaton protector outside the panel. The garage has a Square D snap-in protector.

Depending on where you live, these devices may not ...