What are you making now?

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:52 pm

A guessing game.

I short while ago my wife stepped out into the shop (garage) on her way to get the mail. As she steps out she exclaims: "Oh No, What ever are you concockting now".

I decided not to answer that question for what seemed like logical reasons to me.

What do you think? What am I concockting now? Sorry the last picture is so dark!

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:34 pm

dusty wrote:A guessing game.

I short while ago my wife stepped out into the shop (garage) on her way to get the mail. As she steps out she exclaims: "Oh No, What ever are you concockting now".

I decided not to answer that question for what seemed like logical reasons to me.

What do you think? What am I concockting now? Sorry the last picture is so dark!

I would say your either putting on a rear bumper on your Shopsmith

or building a rail to hold outfeed tables or something like that.
Ed

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:28 pm

Ed in Tampa wrote:I would say your either putting on a rear bumper on your Shopsmith or building a rail to hold outfeed tables or something like that.
Ed

Where are you going to mount the air bags dusty?

reible · Post by **reible** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:32 pm

Hey I can see what you are doing and it is a great idea!!!!!

Having a hand rail to hang on to while going around the back of the saw is a great idea for some of us who just are not so well balanced as we use to be.

I might have to do that someday but so far my garage is so full of stuff I can't fall over there just isn't room.

This also shows how much better the shopsmith design is then just a plain old table saw.

Ed

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:47 pm

I really don't have an answer regarding your concoction, but did observe that your machine is just too clean and shiny! Also can't understand the purpose of the little wood pads under the legs. maybe they are to keep moisture off of the metal?:rolleyes:

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:25 pm

Charlese, I'm not sure which photo you reference where there are wooden pads under the legs. I think you must be looking at a picture that shows my work bench. The work bench has some pads under the legs that are there to level the bench. The pads compensate for the slope in the garage floor.

If you are looking at photos of the Shopsmith with pads - they are no longer there. For a short time I believed that the Shopsmith needed to be level in order to get all of the table alignments to work out and stay true. I dropped that thinking some time ago; early Sawdust Sessions convinced me I was wrong. Now that I have the alignments done correctly, I have no problems even after moving it around the garage and operating on the unlevel floors of the garage.

As for clean and shiney, well, I might over do that. I use compressed air to blow it off everytime I quit. Also, I lived in Mississppi and Texas for a number of years. While there, I learned to keep all of my shop equipment well waxed to avoid surface rust and corrosion. The habit just hasn't worn off even though it is not as necessary here in Arizona. However, I do have some sort of creature (I think spider like) that deposits droppings that seem to be corrosive. I have spots on the way and bench tubes that just do not polish like the rest.

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:15 am

dusty wrote:.......... However, I do have some sort of creature (I think spider like) that deposits droppings that seem to be corrosive. I have spots on the way and bench tubes that just do not polish like the rest.

They wouldn't be scorpions, would they?:eek:

Bruce · Post by **Bruce** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:38 am

dusty wrote:Charlese, I'm not sure which photo you reference where there are wooden pads under the legs. I think you must be looking at a picture that shows my work bench. The work bench has some pads under the legs that are there to level the bench. The pads compensate for the slope in the garage floor.

Uh, dusty, take a look at the first photo you uploaded.

curiousgeorge · Post by **curiousgeorge** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:58 pm

Dusty,
It sure looks like an outfeed in the making to me.

I hope you don't mind but I did some lightening on your last pic so I could see it better. Photoshop is a great tool.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:47 pm

Yes, I am contemplating a wide (48") onfeed table that I would attach only when I have a significant amount of sheet goods to cut.

In the past I have used a circular saw to reduce the material to a size compatible to the Shopsmith. I hope that this will make that unnecessary. I am anticipating two maybe three kitchen and laundry room cabinet jobs this summer (for a daughter and two grand daughters).

These jobs would also NOT require a table tilt so I'm thinking I might get by with a single table setup for the duration. This may be lack of insight but that is my view at the moment.

No, I don't mind that you altered the contrast/brightness at all as long as my equipment is all still there. Yes, Photosmart appears to be a very capable software package but I'd bet it ain't cheap.