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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:18 am
by tomsalwasser
Mark, did you use any other power tools to build the vanity or was this all on on your Shopsmith?
Best,
Tom
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:55 am
by mbcabinetmaker
tomsalwasser wrote:Mark, did you use any other power tools to build the vanity or was this all on on your Shopsmith?
Best,
Tom
Tom I used a lot of other tools that I have in my shop. I have dedicated shapers for making the raised panel doors and drawer fronts. They are hard to do on a Mark 5. Shaper cutters need speeds of 7 to 10 thousand RPM's and plenty of torque. That has been resolved with the release of the new Prowerpro Mark 7 with under table shaper capabilities and higher speeds.
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:43 am
by tomsalwasser
mbcabinetmaker wrote:Tom I used a lot of other tools that I have in my shop. I
Thanks Mark. I should have asked my question this way. What part of the project was done on the Shopsmith?
I'm just in from my first table saw session on my old Shopsmith 510. My craftsman table saw needs work so I decided to do an alignment on the SS and try it out on some plywood that needed to be cut for dresser drawer bottoms. The alignment went well (I plan to ask a few questions about that later in a separate post) as did the sawing. The dust collection was superb. I like it so far
Best,
Tom
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:09 pm
by joedw00
Beautiful!! You do great work. I can only dream of doing something that good.
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:14 pm
by dusty
joedw00 wrote:Beautiful!! You do great work. I can only dream of doing something that good.
Don't dream that will only frustrate you. Practice will get you there. Bench top garages for tools, doll furniture, end tables, shop cabinets and then one day a house full of cabinets and shelves.
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:48 pm
by mbcabinetmaker
tomsalwasser wrote:Thanks Mark. I should have asked my question this way. What part of the project was done on the Shopsmith?
I'm just in from my first table saw session on my old Shopsmith 510. My craftsman table saw needs work so I decided to do an alignment on the SS and try it out on some plywood that needed to be cut for dresser drawer bottoms. The alignment went well (I plan to ask a few questions about that later in a separate post) as did the sawing. The dust collection was superb. I like it so far
Best,
Tom
I cut all the door and drawer front parts on my 520 that is now set up as a second table saw. I find that I use it about as much as I use my unisaw. With the addition of an overarm guard with dust collection the unisaw works great for large panels and ripping long stock. It is however not as easy to make cuts on smaller pieces so the 520 is working out great. Also I use the 520 to run the dado's for the drawer bottoms. All the panels were jointed on my Shopsmith jointer mounted on San Souci (510 # 1). Painting was done by a local finishing shop that I use. The granite top was subbed to a local shop but I installed it. It weighed about as much as a full grown cow!:eek:
