McGraw-Edison and Shopsmith

[cincinnati]

Was reading some woodworking related info on Wikipedia tonight and that ran across info on Shopsmith.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RLF_Brands

In part it reads " Around the end of 1981 McGraw-Edison sold its power-tool division to Shopsmith, Inc.. Shopsmith liquidated the inventory and started to manufacture "Benchmark" products"

Was wondering what kind of power tools McGraw-Edison sold and Shopsmith liquidated. Also what kind of tools did Shopsmith manufacture under the Benchmark name?

Always been interested in the history of woodworking tools.

[everettdavis]

You may want to read further
http://shopsmith-tool-hunter.blogspot.c ... ls-by.html

As in the notion, all that glitters isn't gold, not all named Benchmark tools etc. manufactured were done by the Company Shopsmith Inc.

There were a host of knock-offs as well.

Everett