Shopsmith Forums

I have the Shopsmith over arm router. I really like being able to use the Shopsmith table and fence adjustments to set up the cuts. It is terrific to use in a horizontal set up as well, similar to horizontal boring.

Even going for 200 cfm that still comes out to over 83 mph velocity per hose. That is not what I observe.

FE6A290C-AF88-471A-A171-AA3C2C2382F1.jpeg I got to thinking about the Shopsmith claim of 600 CFM, which is cubic feet per minute. I did some calculations to see how realistic this is. The actual openings on my 3300, which I upgraded to the 6000, is 2 1/4 inch diameter. Since flow rate is equal to v...

I bought the Shopsmith version this past year. I don’t regret one cent of it. It is a beast, a machined beauty. One downside, it will not work on all situations, so don’t get rid of the SS standard one. You will still need it with the SS mortiser.

I am building a midcentury modern chair for the living room. The plan designer used a Festool domino tool to make floating tenons. Not having that tool, I started out using my plunge router with edge guide. I don’t have a mortising jig. When it came to cutting the mortises in the ends of the seat ba...