Dave Hawksford
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Welcome Bob, I use mine mainly for sanding and lath work. I have everything else set up in the shop.
I try to get the pic;s up some are to big all these are 14x17" except the 2 bottom left are 18"x24"
The other pain in the neck is having to buy saw blades from Shopsmith. I believe the arbor hole is 1-1/4". I couldnt find any sources for those elsewhere.
There seems to be an almost cult following for the Shop Smiths.
I have heard it said that the old ones were much better than the newer models.
I have also heard it said that the newer made ones are superior to the old ones.
What say y'all that have experience with them?
Anyway ... since my Shopsmith is a Model 500 it doesn't have all of the extra tables, leg pieces, etc. I don't mind the tilting table TOO much, but I feel limited by the size of the table. The worst part for me is the "rickety" feeling of the table-raising mechanism. I dunno if this particular machine has just sustained a lot of wear or what, but I don't feel like I can do any kind of precision work with the tablesaw feature.
...I don't know many people with 35 year old tablesaws that can upgrade them to the lastest features or that can still get parts if something goes wrong.
All units in since the 1960's have a 1 1/4 HP motor.
Not quite, I have a 1980 built ShopSmith that has a 3/4 hp. I felt it was loosing power so I replaced the motor. Took them 4 months to get it to me after numerous promises that I should have it within the week, but that's another story. They started to offer me the 1 1/4 motor, but said that it wouldn't fit in my head stock. Still don't understand that since all the information says that the new VS motor will fit all ShopSmiths.
Dave i never really got into colors alot. My thing was ink and of corse pencil. I just always liked the black and white. Now if i could mix my colors like yourself and a few others i know i might just change my mind.Stephen, I was doing very good at art before I attended college for art. I just started painting again last year after 28 years away from it.