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amboyna wrote:Here are the last two brochures that were in the Dealers Manual. Both are 7 1/4" long by 3 1/4" tall. They are in bad shape and probably can't be fixed. If anyone has already seen these please let me know.

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https://www.shopsmith.com/ss_forum/view ... 17#p253117

I fixed the first one.

Everett

When I said some of the files can't be fixed I did not know who I was talking to. I now know Everett can fix anything!!!

Bruce asked

Are you talking the last Oregon Shopsmith retail store as Woodcraft? I remember they use to sell Shopsmith stuff. Sadly no more.

No, this was a Shopsmith Inc.company store located in Tigard.

amboyna wrote:When I said some of the files can't be fixed I did not know who I was talking to. I now know Everett can fix anything!!!

You are far too kind. I can in some cases repair an image. I looked through some of the Dealers Manual and there are some pages that deteriorated with sections of the page missing in text areas that can’t ‘fix’ unless I can find another copy of the page to extract a patch from.

There are a few of those and I will do whatever I can with those. Fortunately we have a number of folks contributing to the Shopsmith History project and who are helping preserve these documents. I can’t do it without help and I thank all of you for helping make it possible.

I am glad we are preserving these documents, but more importantly I am so pleased that so many are working to preserve these remarkable machines. That’s what these forums are all about. People helping people.

My mentors here including the late Bill Mayo, James, Dusty, John, Ed, Riable, Russ and so many more continue to teach, inform and correct me.

It is a rewarding journey just to be able to help.

Everett

amboyna wrote:When I said some of the files can't be fixed I did not know who I was talking to. I now know Everett can fix anything!!!

Took me a while... Here's two I didn't think I could do much with as there were physical holes in the document with missing text.

Let me know what you think...

Everett

Amazing work Everett. I was pretty sure those pages were beyond hope. To show everyone what you started with I posted a before of one page.

On 08 I noticed I missed a z in Oz in the column heading that I will fix before I finish. I also noticed I needed to spell out (Continued).

Thanks for being willing to share your find with us and scanning the originals for me.

Everett

I guess there is no time like the present to do it when you see it....

Your attention to detail and skill level is beyond belief.
Question- What do you use as your main photo editing program. Adobe? Corel Draw?

I use what came with Windows that I have used through the years.

MSPaint and PictureManager

Paper is made from wood, and we all know what craftsmen and artisans have done with simple hand tools in wood.

I am sort of that way in paper. I mastered those tools before fancier graphic tools were available.

I liken it to having a router but using a trusted wood plane or dovetail saw.

Everett