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Dude: I have got to believe that if you can afford a Mark7 PowerPro, you can swing a ShopSmith biscuit joiner. I just checked, and they are fetching between $50 and $100 on eBay. I think that I scored my own, in like-new condition, for a bit less. IMHO, and also according to the reviews, the ShopSmi...

Waiting on my info pack from SS, but I was wondering. How well does the DC3300 compare to other brands? I'm kind of convinced given the small area that I'll be using as a shop, a saw dust collector and even a sizeable air filtration system will be paramount for health reasons. Any thoughts on this ...

A year ago, I had never heard of a ShopSmith. I needed something better than my old Craftsman tabletop saw, but the Great Recession had seriously cut into the take-home pay from my business. So I started checking out Craigslist for deals on a good used table saw. A couple of used Shopsmith ads caugh...

Zanthos37, it may not be the biggest, but you gotta win the best shop award in at least two categories. 1) Nicest floor. 2) Cutest helper!

I usually drill in the mortar joints, as mine are good and solid. Then if I ever want to remove the anchors, the mortar can be patched almost invisibly. The key is to mount the whatever so that the anchors are mostly in shear, not tension. The shear strenth of an anchor is excellent, but too much te...

Jim clearly needs a hint here. I'll try to be subtle. A couple of years ago, I saw a really strange-looking bird in the woods in front of my house. After considerable research, I learned that it was an American Woodcock. Here's a link to some photos: http://naturetales.blogspot.com/2011/07/american-...

Try searching your local Craigslist for "hardwood lumber". I was amazed at what turned up nearby.