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Default Value of used Shopsmith

On 3/27/18 11:08 PM, Bill wrote:
wrote:
On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:18:21 -0400, Bill wrote:

J. Clarke wrote:
On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 20:47:18 -0400, Bill wrote:

RedAce wrote:
replying to Harv.sr, RedAce wrote:
I have a Shopsmith I am looking to sell if you are still looking
for one. I
would have to get my husband to get some of the details about it.


If they were such a "wonderful idea", someone would probably still me
making them.

Somebody is.

http://www.shopsmith.com/


Actually, its seems like a pretty good product for Festool to get
involved with.


You're kiddin', right?


Not at all. Evidently there are customers for it--retired folks, who
have downsized, and have deep pockets and very modest project goals.



They are the time-shares of woodworking tools.
The two happiest days of a ShopSmith owner's life are the day he buys it
and the day he sells it.


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