<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>I have a ShopSmith that I bought used many years ago. I use it = quite a bit. I have considered expanding it, but at $950 for the thickness = planer and $500 for an 11-inch bandsaw - I just doesn't seem to make = economical sense to me. Are their products two to four times higher in quality? I = see their prices are. I don't mean any of this in a sarcastic manner, but most of = their stuff appears to me to be grossly overpriced. No?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Also, mine is the model before the Mark V came out. I'm not sure = whether these attachments will go on my machine.</DIV> <DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jonpage@mediaone.net = href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net">Jon Page</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 24, 2001 = 7:43 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Thickness = Planer</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3>At 07:41 AM 05/24/2001 -0400, you = wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">Looking for recommendations for = purchasing a thickness planer. I am in the<BR>midst of rebuilding a keybed on an = old Knabe grand and the keybed ends were<BR>constructed like a sandwich = - hardwoods on the top and bottom and softwood<BR>on the inside - and = I gotta do some exacto planing on my replacement lumber.<BR><BR>I have only = a small shop and have no significant plans of expanding. I would<BR>have = only occasional use for the planer. What do ya'll recommend = regarding<BR>size and quality. Will a Crapsman do for me? What size should be = sufficient<BR>(I believe they are sold by the width of board they will plane)? How does<BR>quality affect the cut surface of a piece of hardwood? = Obviously I need to<BR>be able to send a  piece of oak or hard maple = through it.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>ShopSmith<BR><A href="http://www.shopsmith.com/" = eudora="autourl">http://www.shopsmith.com</A><BR><BR>I have been = using mine forever...<BR>Add-ons I use: bandsaw, jointer, planer<BR><BR>Regards,<BR></FONT><BR>Jon Page,   piano technician<BR>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.<BR><A href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" eudora="autourl">mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</A><BR><FONT = size=3><A href="http://www.stanwoodpiano.com/" = eudora="autourl">http://www.stanwoodpiano.com<BR></A></FONT>~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>