I am really sort of suprised that there was a recent shopsmith sponsored forum to begin with. I know that shopsmith sometimes gets lots of negative comments about their product on forums. And I also know that they had a forum when they first opened their website, but quickly shut it down as it bacame (I think) a place where folks would complain about their product, and they did not want to be a part of something that made their own product look bad. Maybe this has happened again.