A Tribute to a Year of Shopsmith Ownership

dstensland · Post by **dstensland** » Fri May 30, 2014 1:50 pm

Let's talk about one of the safer tools we can use. Here my son is building a rubber band gun from a Steve Good plan...

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I can honestly say that both Steve Good and my son have way more scrolling experience than I do. It's one of those tools that I'd like to use more someday.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Fri May 30, 2014 2:34 pm

dstensland wrote:Let's talk about one of the safer tools we can use. Here my son is building a rubber band gun from a Steve Good plan...

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I can honestly say that both Steve Good and my son have way more scrolling experience than I do. It's one of those tools that I'd like to use more someday.

I'm gonna like the new pix size limits!!!!!!

Keep up the good work(and posts!).

dstensland · Post by **dstensland** » Fri May 30, 2014 3:08 pm

JPG40504 wrote:I'm gonna like the new pix size limits!!!!!!

Keep up the good work(and posts!).

JPG, I have news for you: You're part of the picture but you don't know it.

As a matter of fact, the scrollsaw in that photo was tuned up like new thanks to the trail of knowledge that you posted here during one of your rebuild projects.

So, you keep up the good work, too!

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Fri May 30, 2014 3:09 pm

dstensland wrote:JPG, I have news for you: You're part of the picture but you don't know it.

It so happens that scrollsaw in that picture was tuned up like new thanks to the trail of knowledge you posted during one of your rebuild projects.

So, you keep up the good work, too!

So now all ya gotta do is paint it gold and copper.

dstensland · Post by **dstensland** » Fri May 30, 2014 3:15 pm

JPG40504 wrote:So now all ya gotta do is paint it gold and copper.

That might be an improvement over garish teal but your colors would still clash with my preferred Shopsmith color scheme. Gray might tone it down but that would be unoriginal. I forget what color it is when I'm using it, anyway.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Fri May 30, 2014 3:31 pm

dstensland wrote:That might be an improvement over garish teal but your colors would still clash with my preferred Shopsmith color scheme. Gray might tone it down but that would be unoriginal. I forget what color it is when I'm using it, anyway.

You are ignoring the fact that the 'original' scroll saw was gray.

Where they came up with teal and black is a mystery.

To each their own!

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Fri May 30, 2014 5:58 pm

If everything after the age of the teal scroll saw had been teal, I would understand but it isn't. They went right back to gray and/or black.

BuckeyeDennis · Post by **BuckeyeDennis** » Sat May 31, 2014 12:05 am

I don't have a theory for the teal either. But:

* Look at the color scheme of his very page.
* Look at the color scheme of modern Shopsmiths..
* Note that Scarlet and Gray are the colors of the Ohio State Buckeyes.
* Consider that Shopsmiths have been manufactured exclusively in Ohio, a.k.a. "Buckeye Nation", since the late 1950's.

Coincidence?

Yet 10ER's developed in San Francisco were also scarlet and gray. At least my 1952 machine is, and it still has the original paint. But then I strongly suspect that it was manufactured in Cleveland, as the original owner was a pattern maker in Cleveland.

skou · Post by **skou** » Sat May 31, 2014 1:08 am

BuckeyeDennis wrote:I don't have a theory for the teal either. But:

* Look at the color scheme of his very page.
* Look at the color scheme of modern Shopsmiths..
* Note that Scarlet and Gray are the colors of the Ohio State Buckeyes.
* Consider that Shopsmiths have been manufactured exclusively in Ohio, a.k.a. "Buckeye Nation", since the late 1950's.

Coincidence?

Yet 10ER's developed in San Francisco were also scarlet and gray. At least my 1952 machine is, and it still has the original paint. But then I strongly suspect that it was manufactured in Cleveland, as the original owner was a pattern maker in Cleveland.

Except for the nameplate, all my 10 models were just grey. AND, considering Hans' and the Chambers brothers' experience in WWII, I'm thinking the color just might be "Battleship Grey."

And, that nameplate is only a 4 inch disc.

steve

"Wild Bad Bob" · Post by **"Wild Bad Bob"** » Sat May 31, 2014 11:39 am

destdland.
I have a similar table saw kick back story, the high school I attended and took wood/cabinet shop for 4 years, there was a block wall about 20 ft from the table saw, with a piece of wood sticking in it, from a kick back, teacher never removed it, he thought it was a great visual aid for Freshman and a constant reminder to all.
GT is nice, but growth and urban sprawl has now made it more urban, but with that comes more convenient shopping, rated one of the top places to live for it size.