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Is This Information Available in the Sawdust Sessions? Some of the topics – use, repairs, alignment, maintenance – are the same. For the most part, however, the information in the videos is greatly expanded from what you will find online. Our original plan was to include all of the video segments i...

Shopsmith asked me to write something for the Forum to help introduce you to the new DVDs that we have been working on and answer some of the questions you have posed. So here goes:. A Video Owner’s Manual Before the collapsing economy so rudely interrupted Shopsmith’s Hands Online! programs last au...

"Are you insinuating Lawyers and Managers are "unreliable"?" I do believe, jpg, that the economic news of the last six months answers that question with a certainty normally reserved for death and taxes. It is my studied opinion that the bean-counters whose prognostications were...

"Was told by a reliable source..."

"...an exchange between corporate lawyers and managers..."

Anyone see an oxymoron here?

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Folks, I checked in to the Forum for the first time in a long while because Shopsmith asked me to post something about the new DVDs we've put together, and I happened to notice Doug45601's post. I am no longer Shopsmith's spokesman, but I am still close to the company and it's people. I can tell you...

Shopsmith's educational program, including Hands Online!, the Sawdust Sessions, Video Shop Tips, and the Academy are all the latest victims of this country's financial woes. Drew, Katie, Liberty, Buddy, and I didn't want to leave without saying how much we have enjoyed and appreciated your interest,...

For a concise overview of the risks involved in using wood finishing chemicals and what can be done to reduce those risks, you might want to read this excerpt from "Finishing" by Nick Engler.

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With all good wishes,

Square peg; round hole. Literally and figuratively.

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On page 96 of "Sanding and Planing" by Nick Engler, the author presents plans and instructions for a 16" thickness sander designed to be mounted on a Shopsmith much as the SS thickness planer. The design includes micro adjustment, anti-kickback pawls, and very effective dust collectio...

"What was the glue used?" Plastic resin. "The veneer jig can you tell me how you make the top bars for clamping with taper?" Not sure what you mean by "clamping with taper." "...what would be your suggestion for cutting the veeneer in a circle?" Mount an Exac...