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Unfailingly fallible.

My mistake. Someone ran afoul with an attempted the Hands-On! digitizing project several years back. I don't remember that incident with Bill.

Since thee is working closely with Nick my concern is mitigated. As a history lesson Bill Mayo(RIP) could enlighten thee regarding his use of shopsmith 'stuff' in his used shopsmith endeavors and the visit by lawyer types. If I recall correctly, wasn't Bill attempting to digitally re-publish Hands-...

All, the wordmark "Shopsmith is a live, registered trademark, and is claimed and registered for use with the following goods and services: "Multi-Purpose Power Tools Comprising Lathes, Drill Presses, Horizontal Boring Machines, Disc Sanders, Circular Saws, Shapers, Routers, and Dust Collec...

I had a great time, John. I got to meet and hang-out with a bunch of people who I've only ever met online and via comments on my Youtube channel. The Friday VIP event was fun and the speaker who makes wooden bicycles was entertaining and encouraging. I enjoyed doing demos all day Saturday, but slipp...

Scott Markwood from My Growth Rings pointed out that the speed reducer doesn't work great for drilling because it's supposed to be locked down on the way tubes with a bracket assembly and then the quill can't be extended. That wouldn't affect using it in lathe mode. Ed, it may have been MY speed re...

Thanks for the synopsis, David. The observation of the use of a riving knife possibly being able to help is based on the thought that if the stock is partially though the cut, as this one was, the riving knife would act upon the surface of the kerf where the blade was making the correct depth of cut...

Tomorrow morning, I’ll post a new video and this one disappear, thanks to the way the YouTube algorithm works. This topic is to important to let it fade away. If you use your Shopsmith, as a tablesaw, there are some critical safety lessons to be learned here. Scott Too Important for a "Clickbai...

I asked Shopsmith about the ad on Facebook and below is their response.

Steve, like others have said, your dad brought so much value to this community and will be missed. Thanks for updating us and so sorry for your loss.