Ned Bulken
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I just got word that my uncle is giving up woodworking... he has a 'complete' shopsmith mark V from the mid 80's including the bandsaw and I'm presuming dust collector... which he would like to give to me. My father wants to 'intercept it' and use it at his house until I move to VA. Given that I have a shop full of stand alone tools, I'm more than happy to let him tinker with it, but am looking forward to using it when I visit, and someday have it in my shop. Way back in the day I wanted one of those in the worst way, and while from what I've read, my stand alone tools will do many of the tasks better, I still am tickled pink that my uncle would pass that along to me. My dad wants to build a few things, so I expect it will be lightly used by him, and from what he tells me also lightly used by my uncle. It has sat idle for several years, any shopsmith gurus out there have tips for maintenance etc for getting it out of mothballs and running again?
And Pic police, you'll have to wait until the actual transfer happens, I just got the news today, and the tools are in GA, I'm in VA, and not going to make another day and a half trip just to pick them up on my vacation. Dad's retired, he's going to visit his brother and pick it up to get it to VA. I just hope they have someone to load it in the truck when he gets there. LOL.
And Pic police, you'll have to wait until the actual transfer happens, I just got the news today, and the tools are in GA, I'm in VA, and not going to make another day and a half trip just to pick them up on my vacation. Dad's retired, he's going to visit his brother and pick it up to get it to VA. I just hope they have someone to load it in the truck when he gets there. LOL.