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Looks like a great tool for a lucky kid! Very clever idea.

The heavy base on the flag case looks great. And the cabinet it is sitting on looks pretty special also. The cabinet doors are beautiful. Very nice work!

If I had a larger workshop space The Shopsmith just does too many things too well and uniquely not to have one in your shop. This has been a very interesting thread, and, like RF Guy, I wish the company all the best and a long and profitable future. We can all agree that Shopsmith's Customer Servic...

Very nice! All that storage will prove quite handy.

Clever idea and super useful I can see for setting those angles not covered by drafting triangles or the Miter Set. Here is another idea to get the job done. Using this angle gauge and a sliding bevel to set the miter gauge.
https://www.rockler.com/igaging-12-cent ... ngle-gauge

The end-grain butt joint starts at 4:13, but you should watch it all if you haven't seen it. https://youtu.be/Wmw5rayNIV4?si=iNGJ7neF1Q67tC0Z Interesting video...sort of a myth busters about the strength of end grain glue joints. This may be another one of those long held notions, sort of like the ...

My order list goes clear back to '94, but as has been already noted, from 2018 on every order is posted twice. 29 years worth of orders...makes a pretty impressive string of orders, even when the doubled ones are removed. I don't think I want to add them all up.

Great photo! Nice to see those warm colors... quite a contrast to the silver and pearl (aka gray) skies in North Idaho of late...

rcsaylor; You might consider gluing up your blanks from some box store 1 by poplar. Not too expensive, and the mild grain makes it much easier to turn than fir. You can do the same with construction grade "white wood" by cutting your glue up stock from between the knots. Won't likely work ...

Bearing replacement kit for the bandsaw. Runs much quieter now. Also new bandsaw tires which I have not tried yet.