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i see a lot of shop smiths on craigslist
they must have sold well and the pitch was working but i always thought they just were not up to par anyone have one or used one maybe they are adequate in the right hands |
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Electric Comet wrote: i see a lot of shop smiths on craigslist they must have sold well and the pitch was working but i always thought they just were not up to par anyone have one or used one maybe they are adequate in the right hands My first lathe was a 1953 greenie. They are light, and the low speed is too fast for a lathe (OK if only working with small spindles or very well balanced bowl blanks, but generally it's too fast) the 5/8 plain spindle size is also a little wimpy. The newer replacement spindles have better bearings. The odd-sized Gilmer belt likes to spew teeth - if you spend a good bit of money you can upgrade the whole drive system to newer quill, and poly-V belt (unless they are out of business again, in which case sourcing the parts will be a pain - I have not kept track of the status, and they go in and out of business semi-regularly.) That money might be better put into a better lathe, if it's lathe you are after. Still a good drill press, horizontal boring machine, 12" disk sander, 6 x 48 belt sander (accessory). Rather scary as a table saw, shaper or router. Jointer (accessory) is no gem, either. I would not suggest getting one as a lathe, particularly - there are better options; still, it beat no lathe at all and got me started. I'd rate it above a Sears monotube, for instance, or the godawful things with stamped sheet metal ways. -- Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by Please don't feed the trolls. Killfile and ignore them so they will go away. |
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On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:06:05 -0400
Ecnerwal wrote: Still a good drill press, horizontal boring machine, 12" disk sander, 6 x 48 belt sander (accessory). just for these above it could be a great buy for a beginner or a small shop for doing little stuff Rather scary as a table saw, shaper or router. Jointer (accessory) is no gem, either. i have looked at them and felt that i would not use the table saw unless i was just doing small stuff like doll houses or trains maybe I would not suggest getting one as a lathe, particularly - there are better options; still, it beat no lathe at all and got me started. i just take a walk around craigslist once in a while but cannot help noticing that in every locale there is always at least one shopsmith listed they sold a lot of those |
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On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 11:30:43 -0700, Electric Comet
wrote: i see a lot of shop smiths on craigslist they must have sold well and the pitch was working but i always thought they just were not up to par anyone have one or used one maybe they are adequate in the right hands I'm on my 2nd one, this one since 1980... Great when I was living in an apartment and didn't have room for a shop... Learned to turn on it, as well as other woodworking skills... It's set up now as a drill press and is the best I've ever used... |
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On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 15:32:00 -0700
Mac Davis wrote: I'm on my 2nd one, this one since 1980... Great when I was living in an apartment and didn't have room for a shop... Learned to turn on it, as well as other woodworking skills... It's set up now as a drill press and is the best I've ever used... did you ever have it setup as mentioned by the other poster for sanding i have my drill press setup like a spindle sander but a combo sander that has a belt and disc would be good and shopsmith usually are priced low i will have to keep my eyes open for one with the sanding extras |
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On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 20:51:41 -0700, Electric Comet
wrote: On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 15:32:00 -0700 Mac Davis wrote: I'm on my 2nd one, this one since 1980... Great when I was living in an apartment and didn't have room for a shop... Learned to turn on it, as well as other woodworking skills... It's set up now as a drill press and is the best I've ever used... did you ever have it setup as mentioned by the other poster for sanding i have my drill press setup like a spindle sander but a combo sander that has a belt and disc would be good and shopsmith usually are priced low i will have to keep my eyes open for one with the sanding extras I used to have it set up as a horizontal drill press, with the 12" sanding disk on the rear spindle... Changed to vertical for better centering of my pen blank vise, later... I also use it for heavy routing... |
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Mac Davis wrote:
On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 20:51:41 -0700, Electric Comet wrote: On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 15:32:00 -0700 Mac Davis wrote: I'm on my 2nd one, this one since 1980... Great when I was living in an apartment and didn't have room for a shop... Learned to turn on it, as well as other woodworking skills... It's set up now as a drill press and is the best I've ever used... did you ever have it setup as mentioned by the other poster for sanding i have my drill press setup like a spindle sander but a combo sander that has a belt and disc would be good and shopsmith usually are priced low i will have to keep my eyes open for one with the sanding extras I used to have it set up as a horizontal drill press, with the 12" sanding disk on the rear spindle... Changed to vertical for better centering of my pen blank vise, later... I also use it for heavy routing... Hey Mac. Are you still living in the southern state? -- GW Ross It is fatal to live too long. |
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On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 08:42:39 -0700
Mac Davis wrote: Changed to vertical for better centering of my pen blank vise, later... i know of a guy that had to do a lot of horizontal boring and he ended up buying a smallish metal lathe to get better results in the wood forget what he was working but it was not pens I also use it for heavy routing... another use case is always good what is max rpm on these |
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Electric Comet wrote: i will have to keep my eyes open for one with the sanding extras The 12" disc is standard (if not lost). The optional 6x48 belt has an accessory shaft that you could probably hang a 6" disc off of. The 12" disc in combination with the tablesaw table and being (therefore) mounted on the quill-feed end is very useful. Max RPM is 5000 stock (10000 on the jointer driveshaft) Min is either 750 or 550. Only adjust while the machine is turning, and proper procedure is to always turn to low speed before shutdown. In the later years they made (at times, not always) both a speed doubler and a speed reducer accessory, but they were overpriced and looked flimsy as heck to me - I never tried one. -- Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by Please don't feed the trolls. Killfile and ignore them so they will go away. |
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Mac Davis wrote: I also use it for heavy routing... You are a braver man than I am, Gunga Din. -- Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by Please don't feed the trolls. Killfile and ignore them so they will go away. |
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On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 12:33:30 -0400, "G. Ross"
wrote: Mac Davis wrote: On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 20:51:41 -0700, Electric Comet wrote: On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 15:32:00 -0700 Mac Davis wrote: I'm on my 2nd one, this one since 1980... Great when I was living in an apartment and didn't have room for a shop... Learned to turn on it, as well as other woodworking skills... It's set up now as a drill press and is the best I've ever used... did you ever have it setup as mentioned by the other poster for sanding i have my drill press setup like a spindle sander but a combo sander that has a belt and disc would be good and shopsmith usually are priced low i will have to keep my eyes open for one with the sanding extras I used to have it set up as a horizontal drill press, with the 12" sanding disk on the rear spindle... Changed to vertical for better centering of my pen blank vise, later... I also use it for heavy routing... Hey Mac. Are you still living in the southern state? SI! I guess you could call Baja "Southern"... I think of your neighborhood as Southern, though How ya been, amigo? |
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