http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/tls/3816228259.html
Not really a true clone as it is very different, yet the same basic idea. I've never seen this design before.
Interesting clone
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Interesting clone
Heath
Central Louisiana
-10ER - SN 13927, Born 1949, Acquired October 2008, Restored November, 2008
-10ER - SN 35630, Born 1950, Acquired April 2009, Restored May 2009, A34 Jigsaw
-Mark V - SN 212052, Born 1986, Acquired Sept 2009, Restored March 2010, Bandsaw
-10ER - SN 39722, Born 1950, Acquired March 2011, awaiting restoration
Central Louisiana
-10ER - SN 13927, Born 1949, Acquired October 2008, Restored November, 2008
-10ER - SN 35630, Born 1950, Acquired April 2009, Restored May 2009, A34 Jigsaw
-Mark V - SN 212052, Born 1986, Acquired Sept 2009, Restored March 2010, Bandsaw
-10ER - SN 39722, Born 1950, Acquired March 2011, awaiting restoration
Shopsmith Clone?
This looks more primitive.
http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/ ... px?id=6218
http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/ ... x?id=14124
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/de ... px?id=1833
Here's a brochure, same name, but much more sophisticated, or is it a different company now?
http://server2.smithy.com/media/pdf/Sup ... ochure.pdf
Question is: Are all 3 of these related?
Interesting find Heathicus!
http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/ ... px?id=6218
http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/ ... x?id=14124
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/de ... px?id=1833
Here's a brochure, same name, but much more sophisticated, or is it a different company now?
http://server2.smithy.com/media/pdf/Sup ... ochure.pdf
Question is: Are all 3 of these related?
Interesting find Heathicus!
Life's tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid -
I had heard of the SuperShop name before, and had seen the version in the brochure you linked to. But, I've never seen either of the other versions - the one in the CL ad I linked to, or the more primitive version you found at Vintage Machinery. I wasn't aware that the SuperShop name went back that far.
Heath
Central Louisiana
-10ER - SN 13927, Born 1949, Acquired October 2008, Restored November, 2008
-10ER - SN 35630, Born 1950, Acquired April 2009, Restored May 2009, A34 Jigsaw
-Mark V - SN 212052, Born 1986, Acquired Sept 2009, Restored March 2010, Bandsaw
-10ER - SN 39722, Born 1950, Acquired March 2011, awaiting restoration
Central Louisiana
-10ER - SN 13927, Born 1949, Acquired October 2008, Restored November, 2008
-10ER - SN 35630, Born 1950, Acquired April 2009, Restored May 2009, A34 Jigsaw
-Mark V - SN 212052, Born 1986, Acquired Sept 2009, Restored March 2010, Bandsaw
-10ER - SN 39722, Born 1950, Acquired March 2011, awaiting restoration
After looking over it all a little more, I don't think there's any relation between the older Supershops and the Fox/Smithy Supershop. The other two (the one in the CL ad, and the ones on Vintage Machinery) share some similarities. A stationary headstock, moveable and more traditional tailstock, square ways (a flat side up on the older version, a corner facing up on the one on the CL ad), the pivot location, etc. Plus, both were made by a company called Power Tools, Inc.
The more recent Fox/Smithy SuperShop (aka Harbor Freight Central Machinery) seems to only share the name (and general multifunction tool concept).
The more recent Fox/Smithy SuperShop (aka Harbor Freight Central Machinery) seems to only share the name (and general multifunction tool concept).
LOL I had thought the same thing!frank81 wrote:Do those knobs turn on the garden hose?
Heath
Central Louisiana
-10ER - SN 13927, Born 1949, Acquired October 2008, Restored November, 2008
-10ER - SN 35630, Born 1950, Acquired April 2009, Restored May 2009, A34 Jigsaw
-Mark V - SN 212052, Born 1986, Acquired Sept 2009, Restored March 2010, Bandsaw
-10ER - SN 39722, Born 1950, Acquired March 2011, awaiting restoration
Central Louisiana
-10ER - SN 13927, Born 1949, Acquired October 2008, Restored November, 2008
-10ER - SN 35630, Born 1950, Acquired April 2009, Restored May 2009, A34 Jigsaw
-Mark V - SN 212052, Born 1986, Acquired Sept 2009, Restored March 2010, Bandsaw
-10ER - SN 39722, Born 1950, Acquired March 2011, awaiting restoration
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Nope, the bath tub!:Dfrank81 wrote:Do those knobs turn on the garden hose?
Laugh if thee must, back then all the fancy knobs available today were non-existant. Methinks they are a well executed use of readily available resources. IIUC, they are clamping knobs.
Beloit, WI - I did not know anything other than the college was there way back then.
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Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange