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Greetings from Oregon II
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 12:23 pm
by boomer503
Howdy
I'm also from Oregon and registered today. I have owned a Mark V 520 for about 9 months now.
I used to have a whole garage full of free standing equipment that I had to sell a few years ago to try and pay some medicals bills when I had an "Event" with my heart and lost my home and businesses.
So now I can do some woodworking and refused to load up on equipment that was just too expensive and just space hogs. The Shopsmith I have is perfect and I have completed an 11 foot entertainment center for our family room and am now doing a 5 footer for our bedroom. Both are built ins. Next, I redo our bathroom cabinets, then a couple of kitchen projects!
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 2:44 pm
by a1gutterman
boomer503 wrote:Howdy
I'm also from Oregon and registered today. I have owned a Mark V 520 for about 9 months now.
I used to have a whole garage full of free standing equipment that I had to sell a few years ago to try and pay some medicals bills when I had an "Event" with my heart and lost my home and businesses.
So now I can do some woodworking and refused to load up on equipment that was just too expensive and just space hogs. The Shopsmith I have is perfect and I have completed an 11 foot entertainment center for our family room and am now doing a 5 footer for our bedroom. Both are built ins. Next, I redo our bathroom cabinets, then a couple of kitchen projects!
That's geat, John! Got any pictures?
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 9:12 pm
by kalynzoo
Welcome. It's a great website for information, ideas, and just unwinding with others who share experiences. Yes, pictures are fun.
Gary
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 11:05 pm
by jg300da
From one newbie to another, welcome.
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 3:20 am
by paulmcohen
boomer503 wrote:Howdy
I'm also from Oregon and registered today. I have owned a Mark V 520 for about 9 months now.
I used to have a whole garage full of free standing equipment that I had to sell a few years ago to try and pay some medicals bills when I had an "Event" with my heart and lost my home and businesses.
So now I can do some woodworking and refused to load up on equipment that was just too expensive and just space hogs. The Shopsmith I have is perfect and I have completed an 11 foot entertainment center for our family room and am now doing a 5 footer for our bedroom. Both are built ins. Next, I redo our bathroom cabinets, then a couple of kitchen projects!
WOW, I did not know Oregon was the new hotbed of Shopsmith users. I live in Murray Hill.
Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 8:47 pm
by shydragon
Yeah, The Oregonians are taking over. Pretty soon, Shopsmith will have to move their headquarters to the west coast.
Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:08 pm
by pinkiewerewolf
Well, I'm not in Oregon...yet.
But I'm 20 miles south of it quite a bit.
I split time between the Crescent City Ca. area and the Eureka, Ca. area.
Welcome to the site.
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 8:27 pm
by ignatz1949
So sorry to hear of the "event" and subsequent side effects..Sad..Glad you're back on your feet and makin' sawdust. I got my Model-500 in 1986 and am only now getting enough time to do what I want. Am looking for other users in the Corvallis area. There is a 10-ER at the Habitat store which is in fair useable shape and has a Magna Jig-Saw too.
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 9:15 pm
by mbcabinetmaker
Welcome John. Sorry to here about your bad luck. I really like your avatar!
Mark
Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 11:26 pm
by edmo51
Welcome from Roseburg!