Although a relatively new member of the forum, I've spent a lot of time viewing posts and member profiles. I've noticed that a lot of focus is on maintenance and fixing Mark V problems. This is good information, however, it may give potential Mark V owners/users the wrong idea. What I think would be helpful is a section that highlights projects built using the Mark V and its accessories. I could go on and on about this, but I would like to hear from others on this topic.
What do you build (pictures are worth a 1000 words) that shows off the capabilities/features of the Mark V?
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Edski
Plymouth, MA
1992 Shopsmith 500 (My third one.
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Other brands: table saw, jointer, drill press, lathe, bandsaw, belt sander 2 scroll saws and dust collector
Plymouth, MA
1992 Shopsmith 500 (My third one.
)Other brands: table saw, jointer, drill press, lathe, bandsaw, belt sander 2 scroll saws and dust collector
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dusty
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edski,
I don't disagree with you at all. However, please do remember that maintenance and repair is a bit more important to a Shopsmith user than to many others because a Shopsmith has a long, long life expectancy. Many of us are maintaining systems that are twenty, twenty five, thirty years old and are still capable of performing as good as any new machine today. Some are even much older. Not everyone can proudly say that.
Yes, the forum format could be improved upon and there have been many suggestions to that effect.
In viewing the forum, you do see a few photos of items that have been produced in a Shopsmith dominated shop but there could be more. John and Charlese are definitely category winners in this area. I, on the other hand, manufacture saw dust.
I too would like to see a photo section that highlights individual shops and unigue shop setups. Turners for instance need different tool storage that say a doll furniture maker or a cabinet maker.
Maybe the new forum administrator will take this as a hint. Hint, hint.
I don't disagree with you at all. However, please do remember that maintenance and repair is a bit more important to a Shopsmith user than to many others because a Shopsmith has a long, long life expectancy. Many of us are maintaining systems that are twenty, twenty five, thirty years old and are still capable of performing as good as any new machine today. Some are even much older. Not everyone can proudly say that.
Yes, the forum format could be improved upon and there have been many suggestions to that effect.
In viewing the forum, you do see a few photos of items that have been produced in a Shopsmith dominated shop but there could be more. John and Charlese are definitely category winners in this area. I, on the other hand, manufacture saw dust.
I too would like to see a photo section that highlights individual shops and unigue shop setups. Turners for instance need different tool storage that say a doll furniture maker or a cabinet maker.
Maybe the new forum administrator will take this as a hint. Hint, hint.
"Making Sawdust Safely"
Dusty
Sent from my Dell XPS using Firefox.
Dusty
Sent from my Dell XPS using Firefox.
One of the members has a weekly blog. All are welcome to comment and post pictures of their latest projects. I have done it a couple of times. It's good to get feedback from someone besides my wife who always says it looks great or myself who can only see the flaws.
Enjoy a little sawdust therapy
Walt
520, Joiner, band saw, Planer, Dust Collector, 6: Belt Sander, OPR, Scroll Saw
Walt
520, Joiner, band saw, Planer, Dust Collector, 6: Belt Sander, OPR, Scroll Saw
"What I think would be helpful is a section that highlights projects built using the Mark V and its accessories...What do you build that shows off the capabilities/features of the Mark V?"
Yes, section like that would be nice but it's a little harder to get going than what you might imagine. I asked for contributors almost a year ago to send pics for a section like this on the Academy web site and got exactly one response. And the person who responded didn't even bother to send his pics; he just told me I could go to his web site and download them if I was so inclined.
Shopsmith has a reasonably large supply of my books that it no longer offers for sale, and we have been toying with the idea of offering a FREE book, your choice and signed by the author, for one set of pictures showing a single project that's been built at least partly using Shopsmith equipment. Perhaps that would shake a few photos loose, but I just haven't had time to get the program together.
With all good wishes,
Yes, section like that would be nice but it's a little harder to get going than what you might imagine. I asked for contributors almost a year ago to send pics for a section like this on the Academy web site and got exactly one response. And the person who responded didn't even bother to send his pics; he just told me I could go to his web site and download them if I was so inclined.
Shopsmith has a reasonably large supply of my books that it no longer offers for sale, and we have been toying with the idea of offering a FREE book, your choice and signed by the author, for one set of pictures showing a single project that's been built at least partly using Shopsmith equipment. Perhaps that would shake a few photos loose, but I just haven't had time to get the program together.
With all good wishes,
Nick Engler
http://www.workshopcompanion.com
http://www.workshopcompanion.com
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chrispitude
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For my part, I've just gotten my feet wet in the Shopsmith world. I've owned it for nearly ten years, but have used it as little more than cutting the occasional 2x4 to length for homeowner tasks. Recently I saw a set of ceiling-mounted garage shelves in an issue of Workbench magazine, so I went out and bought the lumber to build four of them. When I got home, I realized I didn't feel safe cross-cutting the 8' stock to length on the 500's modest table. That's when I decided to upgrade to the 520 and jump into this hobby.
Most of my questions have been about machine setup, machine maintenance, alignment, etc. I have some posts to my name but none of them have to do with a project. Once the last of my upgrade items arrives from Shopsmith, I do plan to offer step-by-step pictures of the project on my photo album.
- Chris
Most of my questions have been about machine setup, machine maintenance, alignment, etc. I have some posts to my name but none of them have to do with a project. Once the last of my upgrade items arrives from Shopsmith, I do plan to offer step-by-step pictures of the project on my photo album.
- Chris
I Agree
I agree that the major number of problems that have been posted on this website relate to the previous owner not performing repairs properly or often enough.
SS recommends that you perform the routine maintenace twice a year so I do mine on Jan1 and July 4 weekends. These dates are 6 months apart so I spend 10 minutes on each holiday weekend and give the machine a little TLC.
I have my machine since 1983 and have had NO major repairs and NO downtime due to something breaking.
Bill
SS recommends that you perform the routine maintenace twice a year so I do mine on Jan1 and July 4 weekends. These dates are 6 months apart so I spend 10 minutes on each holiday weekend and give the machine a little TLC.
I have my machine since 1983 and have had NO major repairs and NO downtime due to something breaking.
Bill
Nick- I don't remember all the legal mumbo-jumbo that we agreed to when we registered for this forum, but didn't we agree that all posted pictures became the property of Shopsmith? If so, wouldn't it be easy to just copy pictures over to another "projects" thread?
I, for one, would be happy and proud to let Shopsmith use any of my photos as bragging rights, but I'm not sure that they're anything to brag about at my skill level. Now for those artisans like Charlese, that's a different story...
Maybe we should all try to get the Shopsmith logo or a Shopsmith tool somewhere in our pictures, if it'll help spread the good word.
Gary
I, for one, would be happy and proud to let Shopsmith use any of my photos as bragging rights, but I'm not sure that they're anything to brag about at my skill level. Now for those artisans like Charlese, that's a different story...
Maybe we should all try to get the Shopsmith logo or a Shopsmith tool somewhere in our pictures, if it'll help spread the good word.
Gary
Tell you what, folks, let me describe the program we have in mind, then talk about copyrights.
What we would like to do is build a section on the Academy website that would show woodworking projects made by Shopsmith owners and the shops in which they work. Each person who chooses to display his/her projects would be given his own page to include a little biographical information and (hopefully) several pictures of his shop. Shops with unique features, special storage solutions, alluring women draped over the machines, etc. would be posted on another page called "Shop Tours" and linked back to the owner's personal page. All the projects would be indexed and linked so viewers could easily find examples of tables, chairs, birdhouses, nuclear aircraft carriers, etc. Additionally, we would put picture frame icons in our catalogue pages (similar to the movie camera icons we're using for my videos) to show that there are pictures of one or more projects that were built using a particular tool and linking back to the builder's personal page.
We would offer one book per project. Send a series of three to ten pictures that show your project from one or more angles, include several details or close-ups, and photos of any special jigs or set-ups you used to make the project, and we'll send you a book -- your choice from our available stock. Send us several pictures of your shop, including one of you in your shop and detail photos of storage units of your own design, shop-built tools, jigs and fixtures, your grandfather's Stanley #79, and any other "tool porn" you can think of, and we'll send you a book, your choice from what's available.
This would be a "juried show." We cannot guarantee that we will use every picture, every project, or even every shop that we are sent. I reserve an editor's right to assemble a collection of well-thought out shops and well-designed, well-crafted projects. But I will send you a book regardless, if you make the effort to send decent pics of your project or your shop.
If we choose to use your photos on our web site in the manner in which I have just described, we will ask "one-time rights" in return for the book. We would not own the photo; you could sell it or use it again in any media you want so long as we retain your permission to display it on our web site for as long as we wish. In the contract that will accompany these transactions, we will also ask for an option on additional rights -- perhaps another book in exchange for the rights to use your photos in a catalogue or advertisement.
The language on the Shopsmith Forum agreement/rules is not there because we want to own all the good ideas and great pics you may post. In a more ethical world, we wouldn't need to ask to own the things you send us, but we do so to prevent other people from copying threads and posting them on their own sites, representing them as their own ideas, or editing them and misrepresenting your ideas. It's for protection, not for gain.
This program is different. Shopsmith does gain by displaying photos of your projects -- it shows the capabilities of our tools as well as your skills. And for that, we are willing to trade something of value for permission and let you retain ownership.
With all good wishes,
What we would like to do is build a section on the Academy website that would show woodworking projects made by Shopsmith owners and the shops in which they work. Each person who chooses to display his/her projects would be given his own page to include a little biographical information and (hopefully) several pictures of his shop. Shops with unique features, special storage solutions, alluring women draped over the machines, etc. would be posted on another page called "Shop Tours" and linked back to the owner's personal page. All the projects would be indexed and linked so viewers could easily find examples of tables, chairs, birdhouses, nuclear aircraft carriers, etc. Additionally, we would put picture frame icons in our catalogue pages (similar to the movie camera icons we're using for my videos) to show that there are pictures of one or more projects that were built using a particular tool and linking back to the builder's personal page.
We would offer one book per project. Send a series of three to ten pictures that show your project from one or more angles, include several details or close-ups, and photos of any special jigs or set-ups you used to make the project, and we'll send you a book -- your choice from our available stock. Send us several pictures of your shop, including one of you in your shop and detail photos of storage units of your own design, shop-built tools, jigs and fixtures, your grandfather's Stanley #79, and any other "tool porn" you can think of, and we'll send you a book, your choice from what's available.
This would be a "juried show." We cannot guarantee that we will use every picture, every project, or even every shop that we are sent. I reserve an editor's right to assemble a collection of well-thought out shops and well-designed, well-crafted projects. But I will send you a book regardless, if you make the effort to send decent pics of your project or your shop.
If we choose to use your photos on our web site in the manner in which I have just described, we will ask "one-time rights" in return for the book. We would not own the photo; you could sell it or use it again in any media you want so long as we retain your permission to display it on our web site for as long as we wish. In the contract that will accompany these transactions, we will also ask for an option on additional rights -- perhaps another book in exchange for the rights to use your photos in a catalogue or advertisement.
The language on the Shopsmith Forum agreement/rules is not there because we want to own all the good ideas and great pics you may post. In a more ethical world, we wouldn't need to ask to own the things you send us, but we do so to prevent other people from copying threads and posting them on their own sites, representing them as their own ideas, or editing them and misrepresenting your ideas. It's for protection, not for gain.
This program is different. Shopsmith does gain by displaying photos of your projects -- it shows the capabilities of our tools as well as your skills. And for that, we are willing to trade something of value for permission and let you retain ownership.
With all good wishes,
Nick Engler
http://www.workshopcompanion.com
http://www.workshopcompanion.com
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curiousgeorge
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