<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Phil,     I have had a Shopsmith for years and there were times when that was all I could have. I have always had limited space. Now that I am getting involved with more and more in the woodworking realm I really would appreciate the separates. I'm thinking that especially the table saw would be a good addition. I really hate the way the table tilts and not the saw blade. If you've ever made a cut with the wood falling into the blade with he angle of the table you'd know what I mean. Even if you put the wood on the backside of the blade it's still dangerous with that much blade exposed. On the flip side the horizontal boring machine is nice to have, I would not have purchased a separate lathe but I'm glad I have one, the larger table for the drill press is nice including the tilting table but moving the head up and down is tough. Borrowing angles from one set up to another is nice sometimes. In general I'm getting to the point in my life where I would like to just walk over to the tool, turn it on and use it. I wouldn't give it up but I would like to add the others now. FWIW Greg Newell Jon Page wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>I have limited space and have found the Shopsmith multi-tool to suit my purposes. I'd get it again (no regrets). Jon Page At 03:16 PM 09/07/2000 -0400, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite cite>Perhaps some of the more enlightened (read experienced) shopsmiths could recommend what they would buy if outfitting their shop today. I will probably purchase several pieces within the next year or so (already have the Craftsman belt sander!) and would love to hear your picks. Phil Romano Myrtle Beach, SC   -----Original Message----- From: Delwin D Fandrich <pianobuilders@olynet.com> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: Thursday, September 07, 2000 11:26 AM Subject: Re: Plate Bushings   >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Newton Hunt" <nhunt@jagat.com> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: September 07, 2000 6:19 AM >Subject: Re: Plate Bushings > > >> > >> > I could even send a drawing of the jig that I use on my drill press and >> > on the bandsaw and would be glad to do so if that is what you want. >> > >> Thank you John I would love to see the basic idea.  I do >> have a bandsaw and a drill press.  The drill press was the >> first power tool I bought.  It is a Sears Crapsman and I >> have lived to long regret that purchase . . . . > >--------------------------------------------------------------- > >Newton, > >Well, that that's not an indication of long life.  What did it take?  A day >or two after you got it set up and used it for the first time? > >I can sympathize since I made the same mistake years ago though I've long >since gotten rid of the thing.  I even repeated my mistake, though, and >later bought a Crapsman belt sander.  It was 'on sale' and seemed like such >a good deal.  How could I go wrong? > >Now, I don't use a belt sander much, but once in a while they are useful. >So, after using the thing a couple of times the switch gave out.  About two >weeks out of warranty, naturally.  Try as I might, I couldn't figure out how >to get the thing apart to get at that switch.  When I was told that the only >way to 'fix' the switch was to send the sander in for a 'complete rebuild' >at a cost of only $5.00 more than I had paid for the bloody thing, I trashed >it and vowed to never buy another Crapsman anything ever again.  That was >about 25 years ago and I've never regretted that decision. > >Regards, > >Del ></blockquote> Jon Page,   piano technicianHarwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.<a href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" EUDORA="AUTOURL">mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</a>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</blockquote> </html>