Canadian and Shopsmith

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In order to get a part from Shopsmith, I need to have an address in the state. That was the answer from my inquiries to customer service.
All in one tools has been closed for many months and we do not get answers from their website either.
So Canadian are without any recourse. Shopsmith won’t start to sell to us directly, shipping too costly. What do you think shipping cost from the All in one tools was?
I wanted to get the rulers that goes on the adjusting collars, that should not cost that much to send to me in the Quebec City area.
Can someone suggest a ruler that I could get on internet ship to me?

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Have you considered printing them out at 100% scaling. I think I can locate a ?pdf? file. I have checked the accuracy and it is spot on with my printer/

[BigKahunaFL]

Maybe this will help you…

ShopsmithVernierTapes.pdf

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Maybe this will help you…

ShopsmithVernierTapes.pdf

Fer sure! I cannot find my copy, so thank you.

[Pullt1]

I find it ridiculous that Shopsmith won’t ship to Canada, let the consumer decide if shipping is too expensive…….. I thought with new ownership they would actually try and grow their business……. Looks like its time to get rid of my Shopsmith!!!!!

I order things from US based suppliers direct, not Amazon, quite often and have no issues getting them shipped to Canada? Most of the problems come from brokerage fees that many of the companies charge but overall no problem.

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Commercial shipping to Canada is more than just puting a product in a box and paying the postage. A US based business has to register for an import export license, register to collect GST/PST/HST/QST, estimate the import duties based on the material classification, and provide customs paperwork with each shipment. Then there are quarterly reports to file often followed by audits. If you screw up any of it your import license can be revoked and/or you can be fined. It's is costly, can be complicated, and a pain to manage and for low volumes of sales isn't worth it.

Either Shopsmith could partner with a freight forwarder to do all of that for them, or you can have a part shipped to a US based package forwarder who will then charge you a fee to reship the package to you.

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