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My power pro 1 works well and I really like it. But sometimes the screen will go off and yet it is still on. Not a problem as long as I know what I set it last. It will reset if I turn it off completely, wait a bit, then turn it back on. Kind of made me nervous wondering if it would happen more frequently and eventually not show ever.
I was using it in drill press mode and the quill was kind of hard to extend and wouldn't retract on its own, it felt kind of grindy both in and out. So between the two issues, (I could have probably fixed the quill issue but...) I pulled the trigger and spent the $1600 to upgrade to the power pro 2 and fix everything else. I know with the upgrade they have a new quill system but I'll let them service it. I'll let you know how it goes.
I still have another Shopsmith with a conventional headstock so I'm not dead in the water in the meantime.

AEA wrote: Fri Jul 03, 2026 11:39 am ..I pulled the trigger and spent the $1600 to upgrade to the power pro 2 and fix everything else...

I recently bought the DIY upgrade kit for PP1 to PP2. So far that's not going well, but that's another story. The current kit includes a new PowerPro Control Control Assembly (aka Power Supply). This got me wondering who gets the removed parts when SS does the upgrade? These leftovers (what we called mod residue in the service) were a pretty big part of the reason I pulled the trigger on the upgrade.

- David