My Bride is Gonna Kill Me! Buying a Shopsmith Mark 2 on a Business Trip!

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John, I have the headstock from one of those Powr-Kraft 5-in-1 tools, and it really is interesting that someone at Magna/Yuba thought that adding variable speed to the Mark 2 was a good idea!
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thedovetailjoint wrote: Tue Mar 22, 2022 5:26 pm John, I have the headstock from one of those Powr-Kraft 5-in-1 tools, and it really is interesting that someone at Magna/Yuba thought that adding variable speed to the Mark 2 was a good idea!
Were there any under the Shopsmith name?
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Not that I've ever seen.
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thedovetailjoint wrote: Tue Mar 22, 2022 5:26 pm John, I have the headstock from one of those Powr-Kraft 5-in-1 tools, and it really is interesting that someone at Magna/Yuba thought that adding variable speed to the Mark 2 was a good idea!
Have you ever done a MyGrowthRings video to show how the speed control works? I don’t know how broad the interest would be, but I’d be fascinated!
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Have you ever done a MyGrowthRings video to show how the speed control works? I don’t know how broad the interest would be, but I’d be fascinated!
I did this one: https://youtu.be/BnZXpT_qHlE but that's not quite what I think you are asking for. I think that would be fun to do but I've avoided doing one so far because I felt that Nick and Jacob kind of had that topic pretty well covered. That said, I do have something to say about everything! We'll see. Thanks for the suggestion. Scott
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thedovetailjoint wrote: Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:56 pm
Have you ever done a MyGrowthRings video to show how the speed control works? I don’t know how broad the interest would be, but I’d be fascinated!
I did this one: https://youtu.be/BnZXpT_qHlE but that's not quite what I think you are asking for. I think that would be fun to do but I've avoided doing one so far because I felt that Nick and Jacob kind of had that topic pretty well covered. That said, I do have something to say about everything! We'll see. Thanks for the suggestion. Scott
I was specifically referring to the variable speed control on the Dyno-Shop headstock (the Powr-Kraft “Mark 2” variant). Has that been covered elsewhere??
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It is still a reeves drive.
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jpdalton wrote: Tue Mar 22, 2022 9:07 pm
thedovetailjoint wrote: Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:56 pm
Have you ever done a MyGrowthRings video to show how the speed control works? I don’t know how broad the interest would be, but I’d be fascinated!
I did this one: https://youtu.be/BnZXpT_qHlE but that's not quite what I think you are asking for. I think that would be fun to do but I've avoided doing one so far because I felt that Nick and Jacob kind of had that topic pretty well covered. That said, I do have something to say about everything! We'll see. Thanks for the suggestion. Scott
I was specifically referring to the variable speed control on the Dyno-Shop headstock (the Powr-Kraft “Mark 2” variant). Has that been covered elsewhere??
Got ya. Well, I shared that on one of my Q&A videos, which is now member content. It's quite similar to the Power Station, but different!

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