Complete Shopsmith

[lcbee]

I will be 68 the day after Christmas. I have a Shopsmith that doesn,t have any nylon/plastic cams. It was bought in 1979; in fact I have the serial # card for the bandsaw that my Dad bought for it:8-20-80. It has a the drill press, bandsaw, belt sander, planer/jointer, table saw, chisels for the lathe, and the lathe. I taught school at the time that {we} bought this and I really had hoped to use it. It has always been inside-my basement, then my father's basement and now in my garage. I have kept it clean. It works well but I am getting ready to have my first grandchild. I will not be able to use it. My son, nephew and father made several lamps. My dad used it in his shop in his basement in the Knoxville, TN area. Now it is in Utah with me. I have the two manuals that are like classes in woodworking plus the book, Power Tool Woodworking for Everyone by R.J. DeCristoforo. Is anyone out there who would be interested in buying the complete package?

[jon]

Icbee,

I might be interested. Can you send pictures to my email address? jminerich@me.com.

Thanks,

Jon

[Ed in Tampa]

I beleive buying and selling is verboten on the Shopsmith forum according to the rules we all agreed to when registering.

[jon]

Whoops! Won't happen again.

[SDSSmith]

I beleive buying and selling is verboten on the Shopsmith forum according to the rules we all agreed to when registering.

Could someone post a link to the rules that address the buying and selling issue? Thanks.

[holsgo]

I was just looking for the same thing and couldn't find it in the FAQ.

[cincinnati]

Could someone post a link to the rules that address the buying and selling issue? Thanks.

I'll take a stab at it.

Usage Restrictions
You may access and view the Content (as defined below) appearing on this Web site for personal, non-commercial use only.

If you are selling something it is Commercial use.

[judaspre1982]

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[holsgo]

All blogs have that statement. It seems that phrase is for the posting of spam type commercial advertising. Like home improvement or services for sale. Trading post type items between individuals seem to fall outside that.
I couldn't find that phrase in the rules though. (update:My correction as to the above).

[dusty]

Could someone post a link to the rules that address the buying and selling issue? Thanks.

The verbage that others have used for this discussion is buried here. Read "Usage Restrictions".

Parts of it are written in legalize but it is there if you read carefully.

Whatever Shopsmith intended it is dependent upon the legal meaning of the word commercial.

If I advertise that I have merchandise for sale on eBay, I definitely have an intent to sell that item to a buyer. Is that a commercial communication?.

If I casually mention that there is a Mark V for sale on eBay just like the one you said you were interested in buying, is that a commercial transaction OR is it just weasel words being used to bypass the restriction.

If I say, "That is not permitted here". "That's a BAD". " PM me". Well......you decide.

Over the past two or three years there have been many conversations about this. I believe that during this time Shopsmith has probably benefited significantly by the actions of the members of this forum. The forum has helped by encouraging users, helping users recover their older machines, talking users through recovery from failures. I doubt that the forum has made any contribution that has affected Shopsmith negatively even the occasionalcommunication about hardware for sale.

I just don't do it on the forum but I have purchased items that I became aware of as a direct result to the forum.

Personally, I believe that Shopsmith would benefit directly by having a "Trading Post" where we could all conduct these business transactions openly.