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Ssug Site ?????
This is what you get when attempting to access SSUG.com!
My conclusions/fears also!:eek: Hopefully it IS temporary!:)dusty wrote:The SSUG site is run on contributions. Participation has been down and I would assume contributions with it. I don't know that this is what happened but I would bet on it.
We tend to take these things for granted! It will be a great loss if that is what has happened AND it should serve as a forewarning.
Ed in Tampa wrote:I guess I'm a one pony show but I fail to understand the purpose of multiple forums on the same subject.
Before the Shopsmith.net forum there was the Yahoo user group. In my opinion user group technology is ancient and really not conducive to true forum type discussions. With the advent of new technology (forum based) the SSUG was opened. But it never had the following and had money problems almost from day one. Then the Shopsmith.net forum came into being. Great user base, used by people with tons of knowledge and life experience using the Shopsmith.
I can't imagine a question our resident experts can't answer or project that someone hasn't already tried. I have seen people post pictures of their work, accomplishments, ideas here that touch just about every aspect of woodworking. Many times a question is asked that is not only answered but is answered with a picture or technicial drawing that totally illustrates not only the problem but a workable answer. Something I rarely or ever saw on either of the other two forums/DGs.
I fail to understand why the two older forums have lasted this long. I have stopped using both when this site came on line. The times that I have visited the old sites I noticed the many of the same contributors from this site were posting nearly identical posts on those sites. Something that made little or no sense to me. But again that is just me. And like I said I'm probably a one pony show on this subject.
One thing people say is what happens if Shopsmith goes away. My answer is I have always been taught "to pay for my seat." Instead of only buying from e-bay if you want this site to continue on for your grandchildren, "pay for you seat" buy from Shopsmith from time to time. If every user of this forum would make a few purchases throughout the year from Shopsmith I believe Shopsmith would be on sound financial terms.
I can knot agree more, Ed. I will knot say anything against anyone buying used off of e-bay, craigs list, etc., but I will say that I have knot done so, and probably will knot except if I could knot get what I wanted from ShopSmith proper. The only used SS item that I have ever purchased was a planer, and that from a fellow member of this site.Ed in Tampa wrote:...One thing people say is what happens if Shopsmith goes away. My answer is I have always been taught "to pay for my seat." Instead of only buying from e-bay if you want this site to continue on for your grandchildren, "pay for you seat" buy from Shopsmith from time to time. If every user of this forum would make a few purchases throughout the year from Shopsmith I believe Shopsmith would be on sound financial terms.
