SS asked my opinion

Create a review for a woodworking tool that you are familiar with (Shopsmith brand or Non-Shopsmith) or just post your opinion on a specific tool. Head to head comparisons welcome too.

Moderator: admin

Post Reply
User avatar
forrestb
Platinum Member
Posts: 528
Joined: Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:22 pm
Location: Huntington Beach CA

SS asked my opinion

Post by forrestb »

In a first for me, I just received an email from SS asking me to review the Quick Index Handle that I purchased.

Never been asked before what I thought of a SS tool. Nice:)

Forrest
Forrest
Huntington Beach, CA
1985 500->510->520, bandsaw, jointer, planer, PowerPro, double-tilt, 3" casters,(now obsolete) speed increaser
Top
charlese
Platinum Member
Posts: 7501
Joined: Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:46 pm
Location: Lancaster, CA

Post by charlese »

I also got one of those review requests Forrest!

Although I have not yet received the handle, checking the order showed that it has been shipped. Will rate it for them after I use it.
Octogenarian's have an earned right to be a curmudgeon.
Chuck in Lancaster, CA
Top
User avatar
JPG
Platinum Member
Posts: 35598
Joined: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:42 pm
Location: Lexington, Ky (TAMECAT territory)

Post by JPG »

Please share your responses with 'us'.;)
╔═══╗
╟JPG ╢
╚═══╝

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
Top
charlese
Platinum Member
Posts: 7501
Joined: Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:46 pm
Location: Lancaster, CA

Post by charlese »

OK, Since you asked "please".
Octogenarian's have an earned right to be a curmudgeon.
Chuck in Lancaster, CA
Top
User avatar
JPG
Platinum Member
Posts: 35598
Joined: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:42 pm
Location: Lexington, Ky (TAMECAT territory)

Post by JPG »

charlese wrote:OK, Since you asked "please".
'Please' Always!!!! Explicit or 'assumed'.:)
╔═══╗
╟JPG ╢
╚═══╝

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
Top
User avatar
forrestb
Platinum Member
Posts: 528
Joined: Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:22 pm
Location: Huntington Beach CA

Okay - my response

Post by forrestb »

I am very pleased with the handle that may be located where I want and not where the SS feed shaft 3 position wants it. Because of the nearness of the table, at least 1 of the positions is virtually useless.:(

Over the short time that I have had the indexing handle, I now no longer have the handle between the PP On button and Confirm button and the Chart button and the Confirm button.:D I am in a table saw configuration for quite a while and that orientation is nice to have.

Forrest
Forrest
Huntington Beach, CA
1985 500->510->520, bandsaw, jointer, planer, PowerPro, double-tilt, 3" casters,(now obsolete) speed increaser
Top
User avatar
MikeG
Gold Member
Posts: 198
Joined: Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:08 am
Location: Fort Wayne, IN

Post by MikeG »

I got the review request also, but my part is on back-order. I could not give it much of a review! Kind of a cart-before-the-horse deal.
Top
User avatar
dusty
Platinum Member
Posts: 21530
Joined: Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:52 am
Location: Tucson (Wildcat Country), Arizona

Post by dusty »

I would not be surprised to learn that the "request for evaluation" was sent out as an automatic reaction to an item being placed "on-order". If that is the case, it might be more appropriate to trigger that mailing by an "item shipped" declaration.

Something similar happened to me this month with Sears. We have a maintenance contract with Sears on several of our Sears appliances. They were scheduled for service this month but my wife requested that that date be changed because of her hip surgery. Yesterday we received an email from Sears requesting we comment on how the service was performed with specific yes and no questions about what was done.
"Making Sawdust Safely"
Dusty
Sent from my Dell XPS using Firefox.
Top
User avatar
ryanbp01
Platinum Member
Posts: 1509
Joined: Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:43 pm
Location: Monroeville, IN

Post by ryanbp01 »

Maybe the reason for asking for reviews is to gauge whether or not to make this a design improvement for future machines.
BPR
Top
User avatar
admin
Gold Member
Posts: 382
Joined: Wed May 24, 2006 1:14 pm
Location: Dayton, OH
Contact:
Contact admin

Post by admin »

My fault on this one. I meant to send it to all who had been shipped the Quick-Index Quill Handle, but got in a hurry and ended up sending it to all who had ordered one.
dusty wrote:I would not be surprised to learn that the "request for evaluation" was sent out as an automatic reaction to an item being placed "on-order". If that is the case, it might be more appropriate to trigger that mailing by an "item shipped" declaration.

Something similar happened to me this month with Sears. We have a maintenance contract with Sears on several of our Sears appliances. They were scheduled for service this month but my wife requested that that date be changed because of her hip surgery. Yesterday we received an email from Sears requesting we comment on how the service was performed with specific yes and no questions about what was done.
Shopsmith I.T.
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Woodworking Tool Review”