"Patriarch" wrote in message
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"Norman D. Crow" wrote in
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"Patriarch" wrote in message
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"foggytown" wrote in
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And now in a burst of refreshing honesty we're all going to admit
to the most useless, waste-of-money, unnecessary, white elephant,
"why the hell did I ever buy that" tool in our arsenal.


The whole @#$%ing Shopsmith incident. I donwannatalkaboudit.

Patriarch

C'mon now, it does make a halfway useable lathe and drill press.


I bought a good drill press for maybe $300. Good used lathes are for
sale all the time. But I'm afraid of a good lathe. All the wood
turners I know chase tree trimmers, fill their basements with half-
turned bowls wrapped in plastic and newspaper, and upgrade to a better,
multi-thousand dollar machine every couple of years.

Now I'll 'fess up. My SS is an old(very) 10ER that was my stepfathers, new
circa 1950, that was passed around the family a little bit, then I got it.
Motor burned out, I replaced it with a freebie from SIL. Basically, I use it
as DP, with an occasional foray into a little turning, and once in a while
the 12" disc sander.

Buy one? No way!

--
Nahmie
Those on the cutting edge bleed a lot.