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I like your shop! Also I like how "this unit goes with seller, not part of house sale"... I've heard folks saying house-buyers are attracted to a nice work areas or benches sometimes.

Thanks for the kind words, folks . .. Yes, the basement was carpeted already when we got the house. So I do a LOT of vacuuming. But the DC3300 is fully up to the task. Incidentally, the neighborhood-association bills are > $500 per year. So I lurk trash-piles all the time to get some payback !!! Now...

Hello, We recently had to bite the bullet on a new (big) TV. I held back on buying a stand, figuring I could make one eventually. Exactly one week later, as I trolled the neighborhood trash, I found a 49"x29" piece of 3/4" plywood, complete with flawless black-laminate top, and a &quo...

Hi kaba,

I'm curious -- you got an old Bandsaw too, correct? What colors will you do for that?


Enjoy,

Hi All,

When I was at the Owners Weekend in July I saw a slick extended-outfeed jig on Nick's 4" jointer.

It turns out there was a Shopsmith Video on it that I must have missed.... check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxAd-t2VBV0

Hi, I had noticed my old used 500-tool-rest was worn/ground way thinner than my newer 510-tool-rest. (I was using the 500 to turn a pen with my visiting niece tonight; the 500 carriage geometry can get the 8"-tool-rest closer to a pen mandrel than the wider-stance 510 carriage normally can. But...

The Sawdust Sessions are GREAT. Bravo!

You enjoy that big cookie, Chuck!

I too enjoy your posts and I hope your positive attitude keeps you young, as always!

Yes, that sounds normal. That might even be "proof" that your anti-rattle spring is still properly present behind the dial. There is a depth change in the relief sections behind the dial, that is encountered by that spring when you're winding down from high speed.

Hi, I took a rough measurement. Referring to this parts-list: http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/partscat/bandsawexpview2.htm the #75 Guide Block Bracket has, at its rear protrusion, approximately 8.1mm square cross section. The total length of this protrusion is about 38mm. There are springs also w...