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Michael Wernette, USAF, 1981-2001, MC-130 E/H Electronic Warfare Officer.

Hello fellow Floridian Shopsmithers! I am recently returned to Florida and live in Bluewater Bay near Niceville in the panhandle just across the bay from Destin and just east of Fort Walton Beach. I have a 1984 used 500 updated to a 520. My only SPT is a jig saw but I hope to remedy that shortly. Lo...

Thanks for your thoughts Ed. That had been my thinking too (a 520 upgrade) until I heard the PP was finally a reality and it got me to wondering where the best bang for buck might be, for me, overall given my use of the machine. I agree this is not something anyone can answer for me but I've found t...

If THIS is the support group then I'm done for LOL!!!

This thread has generated some really good discussion and I appreciate the responses. I've got to tell you that I have been extremely impressed by the SS. I replaced an 1100 pound table saw based combo machine that was really a very capable sliding table cabinet saw (much better tan a Unisaw IMO) wi...

Roger that Robedney! I've gotten the bug to polish the shiny bits and repaint the legs and for some strange reason a have a hankering to get the casters all polished up. Now what that will do for my wood working skills is a connection I haven't made yet but I think somehow there is a connection. And...

Thanks for the replies everyone. Seems we are all thinking alike on this issue so far. I am so excited to see SS come out with such a major upgrade as the Power Pro and still maintain all the backwards compatibility. I think that is engineering at it's best! I'm so glad to have found this forum as w...

Thanks Bob! Makes sense to me. I'm working on an outfeed table and the 500 fence seems rather impressive to me based on what I had previously used (Laguna Tools Robland X-31 combo machine).

Mike

Hello everyone! I've been lurking here on the forum for the past little while trying to learn as much as I can about my new to me Shopsmith Mark V model 500. I live in the mountains of New Hampshire right now but am planning to move closer to home in Georgia soon to take care of an aging parent. So ...