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My husband says there isn't enough room in the garage for his bike and my Shopsmith, so the Shopsmith has to go

I was just reading the same thing but my thoughts were she should kick her husband out and have more room for Shopsmith accessories. LOL

Paul -- I'm with you! Shoot, if my wife (or any of your wives) took as much interest in woodworking as any of us have, then SS would probably be in better financial shape and we'd be poorer!

I guess if that happened then we could all go home and "talk shop" -- literally!

My guess is that over the last two months I have spent around $1300 or more with SS direct. Buying SPT's on ebay about $1700+- another $350 on ebay for other little stuff. I am committed to using it as my default power tool, along with SS #2 which I pick up next week(Basic Mark V). I am doing the best I can. PS- will anyone go halvsies with me on roses for Jan?jet

That tells me that at lease SOME women even use these things -- very cool! I'm pretty sure many WW companies can't say that..

That is a good point.
In the free informational DVD that Shopsmith sends out there is a couple women using a Mark V in their home based business.
I for one would like to see more women interested in working with wood but I'm really happy that my better half is being supportive.

(Especially since I haven't made her anything yet.):o

My wife was never interested in my woodworking, except to see the finished project. That was true until I took her to a TA. She became very interested in the turning , and helped turn a bowl with the rest of the "class". She was very supportive of my decision to purchase more SS stuff and plans to do some turning in my, I mean, our shop.

a1gutterman wrote:My wife was never interested in my woodworking, except to see the finished project. That was true until I took her to a TA. She became very interested in the turning , and helped turn a bowl with the rest of the "class". She was very supportive of my decision to purchase more SS stuff and plans to do some turning in my, I mean, our shop.]

Pretty move, Tim! Congrats! However, don't think I'll be acting on that plan. She ("My Bride") has her own hobby, and seems to spend more on it than I spend on wood and tools.

We get aong really well by me staying in the wood shop and she in the sewing room. May this situation continue forever!

BTW, we both take mutual lunches and close our shops at 4:00 to 4:30 PM.

P.S. Love your emotions!

a1gutterman wrote:My wife was never interested in my woodworking, except to see the finished project. That was true until I took her to a TA. She became very interested in the turning , and helped turn a bowl with the rest of the "class". She was very supportive of my decision to purchase more SS stuff and plans to do some turning in my, I mean, our shop.

Pretty move, Tim! Congrats! However, don't think I'll be acting on that plan. She ("My Bride") has her own hobby, and seems to spend more on it than I spend on wood and tools.

We get aong really well by me staying in the wood shop and she in the sewing room. May this situation continue forever!

BTW, we both take mutual lunches and close our shops at 4:00 to 4:30 PM.

P.S. Love your emotions!

Is Shopsmith stock available?

mbuongirno wrote:Is Shopsmith stock available?

Yep, it is listed in the pink sheets.
SSMH.PK

I was looking for a drill press on CL.

I saw this "Shopsmith" thing.

I studied up on it and discovered I could get my drill press and maybe try out a bit of wood turning for the same price as just the drill alone and I bought it.

I have had so much fun cleaning it up, reading up on it so I use it correctly, looking at all the ones I could have bought, reading the forums and being blown away by how much info and support there is for SS owners (even if they just bought a used one off some guy down the road), thinking about buying accessories, pricing them everywhere, even considered buying another used SS if it came with some of the accessories I want right now (speed reducer and jointer) and now I am wishing there was a demo close to me so I could buy a Mark 7 and get the killer discounts and extras I keep reading about and I have only had my used, but strong, Mark V 500 a week in a half.

None of that happened when I bought my Ryobi contractors table saw.

So my question is "How is the company doing now.?"

IMO it should be strong.

The machine is a good machine, it sounds like the costumer service is great (haven't tested that myself yet but gather that from what I have read) and the community of owners is very helpful. If the company is struggling I think I may end up being very sad, because from all I've read and seen Shopsmith is a great American business story.

I am, as I said earlier, thinking about buying a new Mark 7, but I would like to know that this company that has produced machines that are still in service 50 yrs after they were delivered will be around 50 yrs after mine is delivered.

So what is the word on the street?

BTW this is my first post and yes I usually ramble on a bit