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Leon[_7_]

On 3/27/2018 3:11 PM, wrote:
On Monday, March 26, 2018 at 10:05:58 PM UTC-5, J. Clarke wrote:
On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 20:47:18 -0400, Bill wrote:

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

Somebody is.

http://www.shopsmith.com/

I'm guessing he means competition from other non Shopsmith manufacturers. Similar to the way Festool's tracksaw now has competition from Mafell, DeWalt, Makita, and soon Bosch. Apparently ever company thinks track saws are wonderful. For the do everything Shopsmith market, you do have multi function machines sold by MiniMax and Felder/Hammer. And maybe another European company too. But comparing a MiniMax or Felder/Hammer to a Shopsmith might get you clubbed in the head until dead by anyone who owns a MiniMax or Felder/Hammer. They aren't really comparable. There is some saying that goes something like imitation is the best form of flattery. The fact that NO ONE copied Shopsmith kind of implies its not a good idea.

Actually there was a different brand that offered a ShopSmith like
clone, IIRC in the 80's or 90's.