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Just wanted to put up a few pics of my old Shopsmith and my first projects completed. I've had a few hand tools over the years, but nothing like the Shopsmith, so I'm very excited. I just picked up a Sears router recently, and I'm looking at my grandpa's old 14" bandsaw (Sears also?) as another addition.

Here's a couple of pics, one when I got it and one in drill press mode to make the coasters below:





And here's the first fruits that I made for Christmas gifts:


Bird houses for our parents


Coasters for my sister and her fiance

I'm anxious to finish the next project, a trashcan holder for the kitchen:


After that, I'm building bookshelves for the basement. :-) My honey-do list is growing too as my skills do. I'm reading anything/everything I can and checking out great sites like this for info. Many thanks!

Welcome to the group Bradley!

Those are some great looking projects for a first timer. I'm sure those who received them were very pleased.

Since you are new to Shopsmithing you will probably have lots of questions. Don't hesitate to post them here. There are lots of very helpful folks on this forum and with their combined expertise they can probably answer any questions you may have.

Again, welcome. Thanks for posting pictures of your projects. Let us know when you finish more. We LOVE seeing pictures!:D

Hi Bradley,

Welcome to the forum!

Thanks for sharing the photos of your recent projects.

Is that an MGB hiding in the background of one of your photos? I hope it gets out of the garage more than mine has recently!

Again welcome,

Dennis

Your first picture had me worried, the Shopsmith looked SO clean. That was remedied with the other pics. Nice looking gifts!

Welcome to the forum.

John

Nice going, Bradley!!:D You are on your way! Now that you have a few projects under your belt - there are more to come! Be careful and safe!

Glad to have you aboard, and thanks for the photos.

Yes, that's an MG in the background, a 1974 chrome bumper one (http://myoldmgb.blogspot.com) with some Fred Flinstone floors. I have the patch panels/welder/etc... to get it going, but didn't do anything to it while going thru my divorce. My new wife enjoys working out in the garage with me and wants to learn to weld too. :-)

Bradley, welcome to the forum and congrats on getting right to it with the Mark V.
As Austin powers would say, "Very Groovy!":)

Already, you've added yourself to the list of members that are working on something I need to do, the kitchen trash can. You're in good company though with members making vegetable bins, shutters, and the like. LOL;)

Welcome to the forum,,can't have to many tools ya know. My favorites are the ones from family. I think about the person I got it from each time I use it,,,

Hi welcome to the forum and starting out with pictures... that is great!!!!

Now about the grandpa's 1983 shopsmith... it is not old at all, in fact it is hardly even broken in yet. This grandpa has his original 1976 shopsmith and for a lot of people even that is still a little wet behind the ears.

I was looking at the bird feeders, is that some PVC pipe you are using? I have some old pieces of that laying around and that would get it out of the way... in a former life they were parts to mini soccer goals, two of them I built when I was coaching.

Now here is some advice on the bird feeders, if you have squirrels around they are going to make short work of the rope. My brother gave me a feeder which I put out on Dec 13. We went off on an adventure on the 14th about 10:00 in the morning, we got back about 4:00 with the feeder rope chewed through... dangling in the wind and the seeds all on the ground. (No squirrels then you are fine). Just got it back up a few days ago using a coat hanger... let's see'm chew through that!

Ed

Yes, that's a peice of PVC that I cut and then sawed in half to make two feeders. I used some glue to attach them to the feeder, the one was a very tight fit, the other one I got a bit overzealous in sanding and it was a tad loose. Cutting the PVC was a bit of a challenge since I was in a hurry. I clamped a board to the table to make a left side guide and then held it to the fence with push block and moved it through with push stick. If I was making more of them, I'd make a jig to hold the whole shooting match and keep my fingers further away from the thing.