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I can see from the label that the Power Pro will have presets as well as the ability to “tweak” the speeds up and down. Should be a very handy feature. REVERSE! You’ve answered my dreams. I can’t even count the hundreds of times I’ve flipped a spindle or moved a faceplate from one side of the headst...

Glad to hear it heathicus. Have you had a chance to visit my new version of the site that I mentioned above? It's my first stab at using Google Sites and I was having some problems with the images not showing-up. If you get a chance please take a look at it and report back. If you burrow down or loo...

Tim,
Thanks, I'm glad you found it interesting. I'll have to show your comment to my bride, who thinks I'm blogging to myself!

a1gutterman wrote:Hi Scott, I have visited your blog before and found it very interesting. Keep up the good work!

Chuck,
I appreciate the compliment. I've got a lot of "Shopsmith Sludge" in my head and sometimes I just have to let some of it leak out! Scott

charlese wrote:To thedovetailjont: I also would like to complement you on your blog.

Thanks Dusty. I'm trying to migrate several of my woodworking blogs to a singe site, but I'm struggling with it a bit. Keep an eye out for www.tool-hunter.com To me the Mark I is more of a variation on the Mark V than a completely new machine like the Mark II, V and VII. It's a shame that there aren...

Some time ago I posted on my blog my memories of selling a Shopsmith Mark I when I worked for Shopsmith in the Dayton Showroom. I couldn't find a photo so I drew the tool from memory using MS Paint. A day or two later I stumbled across a photo of a Mark I that a buddy converted to a wall-mounted dri...

See revised details at http://shopsmith-tool-hunter.blogspot.com