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Welcome to the site, Theron
Novice or pro -- doesn't matter -- this is a site with lots of good people willing to share their needs and their knowledge -- don't be afraid to ask for help anytime. Be sure to browse around and read posts in your favorite forum and go to "Other Links" and scroll down to request a Gallery to post photos. Around here, as one member said "No pics, it didn't happen"! Folks here will give you answers and we all have fun and learn to improve our own form of dust production. You'll hear from many others, too -- including several members from the Hickory area.
Enjoy!! :-D
Rob
Novice or pro -- doesn't matter -- this is a site with lots of good people willing to share their needs and their knowledge -- don't be afraid to ask for help anytime. Be sure to browse around and read posts in your favorite forum and go to "Other Links" and scroll down to request a Gallery to post photos. Around here, as one member said "No pics, it didn't happen"! Folks here will give you answers and we all have fun and learn to improve our own form of dust production. You'll hear from many others, too -- including several members from the Hickory area.
Enjoy!! :-D
Rob
Welcome to the group! Feel free to jump in any discussion and ask questions. We all learn from both questions and the answers (besides, we have to challenge insom to see how quickly he can look something up:lol: ). Please post photos in the gallery. I'm sure you'll find everyone to be very friendly here.
Welcome Fixer. I'm just down the road from you in upper Mecklenburg County.
I think you'll find a lot of great advice here. A few years back I had a Shopsmith as well. My neighbor didn't have a place to store his so he let me use it in exchange for the storage. I really enjoyed using it and turned out some pretty decent pieces with it. He took it back and now I have a Unisaw and a Drill Press in it's place. Takes up a lot more space. I have heard a lot of complaints about setup time on the ShopSmith, but I never found it to be an issue. I'm not sure that it takes any longer than for setup on the individual tools.
Anyway... enjoy the company on the forum.
I think you'll find a lot of great advice here. A few years back I had a Shopsmith as well. My neighbor didn't have a place to store his so he let me use it in exchange for the storage. I really enjoyed using it and turned out some pretty decent pieces with it. He took it back and now I have a Unisaw and a Drill Press in it's place. Takes up a lot more space. I have heard a lot of complaints about setup time on the ShopSmith, but I never found it to be an issue. I'm not sure that it takes any longer than for setup on the individual tools.
Anyway... enjoy the company on the forum.
Welcome, we're glad to have you here
Fixer, welcome aboard. We are glad you elected to join us our merry little band of NC WW'ers. I look forward to seeing some of your projects turned out on that Shopsmith. Feel free to jump into the middle of any of the discussions here, as you will soon find out there are a bunch of knowledgeable folks here willing to answer questions and offer advice.
D L
D L
Welcome. I too, had a SS for a number of years before I built my detached shop and started collecting individual tools. If I had the space (how soon we run out of space no matter the size of the shop) I would consider getting another SS for the drill press, horizontal borer and sanding disc.
George
George
When I was a small kid, the next door neighbor had the Shop Smith. He set his machine correctly and checked it often. He let me do this by the time I was 9. This was my first practical knowledge of what it took to do good work from the beginning. Ever since, Shop Smiths have been a fine choice (in my mind) for any one that uses it sparingly. It is just another case of a tunable machine in good hands. So much of today's stuff can't be adjusted and locked down.
I still have my SS and use it all the time. If you have any questions about it feel free to ask, I may be able to help.
Joe
Joe
Welcome!
Get that machine set up and start making some firewood.
Oops, I mean projects. :-D :mrgreen:
Get that machine set up and start making some firewood.
Oops, I mean projects. :-D :mrgreen:
Hey Fixer...welcome...I'm new too...not to wwing tho. Been doin' it a while. The SS website is great...esp the archives...
Cheers
The Toymaker
Cheers
The Toymaker
Hey, Fixer,
You can do some fine work on a Shopsmith. I have had 3 of them over the last 30 or so years. My first was a 10-ER that my father in law gave me in the early 70's that he bought in 1950. It had belts to adjust the speeds, an 8 inch blade, a 3 inch jointer and some other attachments. I learned my basic woodworking on it.
Then in the mid 80's I bought another Shopsmith used, a Mark V from a guy I worked with that was virtually brand new. It had the variable speed drive, 10 inch saw blade and all the bells and whistles, at least for me. I used that tool to build lots of wooden toys and small furniture projects. I also did a little turning with it for parts of toys.
Then about 10 years ago I bought my third Shopsmith a Mark V 500 with the new larger table and fence. This one was also used and included a bandsaw, a 4 inch jointer, a 6X48 sander. I taught myself woodturning on that tool, doing my first bowls and such. It still sits in my shop and is my drill press, horizontal boring machine, 12" disc sander, mortising machine, drum sander, shaper and much more. I built a lot of boxes, turned a lot of stuff on that machine as it served as my training lathe until 2002 when I bought my first actual lathe. I have a free standing table saw and other full sized tools in my shop but my Shopsmith still does lots of valuable work for me.
People have a tendency to look down on the humble Shopsmith. It does have its limitations but in the hands of a practiced and skilled user it is capable of doing fine work.
Enough of a rant, welcome to this forum and enjoy!!!!
You can do some fine work on a Shopsmith. I have had 3 of them over the last 30 or so years. My first was a 10-ER that my father in law gave me in the early 70's that he bought in 1950. It had belts to adjust the speeds, an 8 inch blade, a 3 inch jointer and some other attachments. I learned my basic woodworking on it.
Then in the mid 80's I bought another Shopsmith used, a Mark V from a guy I worked with that was virtually brand new. It had the variable speed drive, 10 inch saw blade and all the bells and whistles, at least for me. I used that tool to build lots of wooden toys and small furniture projects. I also did a little turning with it for parts of toys.
Then about 10 years ago I bought my third Shopsmith a Mark V 500 with the new larger table and fence. This one was also used and included a bandsaw, a 4 inch jointer, a 6X48 sander. I taught myself woodturning on that tool, doing my first bowls and such. It still sits in my shop and is my drill press, horizontal boring machine, 12" disc sander, mortising machine, drum sander, shaper and much more. I built a lot of boxes, turned a lot of stuff on that machine as it served as my training lathe until 2002 when I bought my first actual lathe. I have a free standing table saw and other full sized tools in my shop but my Shopsmith still does lots of valuable work for me.
People have a tendency to look down on the humble Shopsmith. It does have its limitations but in the hands of a practiced and skilled user it is capable of doing fine work.
Enough of a rant, welcome to this forum and enjoy!!!!
The demos I have seen of a Shopsmith amaze me. Several times I came close to getting one myself.
Happy to meet you Theron, and welcome to NCW. A great bunch of guys and gals here.
cad
Happy to meet you Theron, and welcome to NCW. A great bunch of guys and gals here.
cad
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