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Congratulations, Bobcat!!! That's a big baby!

Judging from my own experience, you will finally have time use that new machine, still only on rare occasions mind you, when your youngest baby turns 4 years old! :D


Thank you Dennis! He is a big guy, for sure. And, so far, you are right. I haven't ...

I got the Shop Smith today. It wasn't as bad as I thought, so I was able to get it off on my own since it came in pieces. I had the FedEx guy slide it into the bed of my pickup truck and I backed it up and took the small parts out and then slid the main bench out. It was very easy to do all by ...

Thank you for the information! 300# is quite a heavy load but I only need to bring it from the end of my driveway to my garage (all level concrete).

I was thinking that if they deliver it with a lift, I can set it up on a rolling dolly and just roll it to where I want it. I guess we will see how ...

How does one go about either stripping this data (does imageoptim work well?) or setting their smartphone so as to to add that info to a picture?

I have the iPhone 5 and don't see any setting to change that.

Thanks for the head's up!

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome.

Benush26, how bad was taking it off the truck? Is it enough to have two (relatively strong, not so young) guys to take it off the truck or should I request a liftgate while I still have the chance?

I will post pictures once I have everything all set up!

Hi all, I just bought my first Shop Smith. I am new to this type of woodworking ( I have some basic experience with carving and a miter saw, etc but haven't had any experience with table saws, lathes, etc since wood shop in my Freshman year of high school in 1986.

I have a new baby boy that is ...