Greetings from Oregon II

boomer503 · Post by **boomer503** » Sat May 10, 2008 12:23 pm

Howdy

I'm also from Oregon and registered today. I have owned a Mark V 520 for about 9 months now.

I used to have a whole garage full of free standing equipment that I had to sell a few years ago to try and pay some medicals bills when I had an "Event" with my heart and lost my home and businesses.

So now I can do some woodworking and refused to load up on equipment that was just too expensive and just space hogs. The Shopsmith I have is perfect and I have completed an 11 foot entertainment center for our family room and am now doing a 5 footer for our bedroom. Both are built ins. Next, I redo our bathroom cabinets, then a couple of kitchen projects!

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Sat May 10, 2008 2:44 pm

boomer503 wrote:Howdy

I'm also from Oregon and registered today. I have owned a Mark V 520 for about 9 months now.

I used to have a whole garage full of free standing equipment that I had to sell a few years ago to try and pay some medicals bills when I had an "Event" with my heart and lost my home and businesses.

So now I can do some woodworking and refused to load up on equipment that was just too expensive and just space hogs. The Shopsmith I have is perfect and I have completed an 11 foot entertainment center for our family room and am now doing a 5 footer for our bedroom. Both are built ins. Next, I redo our bathroom cabinets, then a couple of kitchen projects!

That's geat, John! Got any pictures?

kalynzoo · Post by **kalynzoo** » Sat May 10, 2008 9:12 pm

Welcome. It's a great website for information, ideas, and just unwinding with others who share experiences. Yes, pictures are fun.
Gary

jg300da · Post by **jg300da** » Sat May 10, 2008 11:05 pm

From one newbie to another, welcome.

paulmcohen · Post by **paulmcohen** » Mon May 12, 2008 3:20 am

boomer503 wrote:Howdy

I'm also from Oregon and registered today. I have owned a Mark V 520 for about 9 months now.

I used to have a whole garage full of free standing equipment that I had to sell a few years ago to try and pay some medicals bills when I had an "Event" with my heart and lost my home and businesses.

So now I can do some woodworking and refused to load up on equipment that was just too expensive and just space hogs. The Shopsmith I have is perfect and I have completed an 11 foot entertainment center for our family room and am now doing a 5 footer for our bedroom. Both are built ins. Next, I redo our bathroom cabinets, then a couple of kitchen projects!

WOW, I did not know Oregon was the new hotbed of Shopsmith users. I live in Murray Hill.

shydragon · Post by **shydragon** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:47 pm

Yeah, The Oregonians are taking over. Pretty soon, Shopsmith will have to move their headquarters to the west coast.

pinkiewerewolf · Post by **pinkiewerewolf** » Tue May 13, 2008 11:08 pm

Well, I'm not in Oregon...yet.

But I'm 20 miles south of it quite a bit.
I split time between the Crescent City Ca. area and the Eureka, Ca. area.
Welcome to the site.

ignatz1949 · Post by **ignatz1949** » Sat May 16, 2009 8:27 pm

So sorry to hear of the "event" and subsequent side effects..Sad..Glad you're back on your feet and makin' sawdust. I got my Model-500 in 1986 and am only now getting enough time to do what I want. Am looking for other users in the Corvallis area. There is a 10-ER at the Habitat store which is in fair useable shape and has a Magna Jig-Saw too.

mbcabinetmaker · Post by **mbcabinetmaker** » Sat May 16, 2009 9:15 pm

Welcome John. Sorry to here about your bad luck. I really like your avatar!

Mark

edmo51 · Post by **edmo51** » Sat May 16, 2009 11:26 pm

Welcome from Roseburg!