I've become the proud owner of a Strong Tool Design Joint-Matic. At
least I'm proud so far. It looks like it's in great shape. Came with the
manual, the bevel miter, and an OLD Stanley router motor/base setup
which is also in pristine shape but it's so old it has a standard metal
toggle switch. Haven't actually made sawdust with it yet.

I've been googling but can't find much history on either of these. I
know ShopSmith bought the Joint-Matic in 1979, switched to one threaded
rod instead of two, and discontinued it some time in the 80's. Some
articles said it cost 999 new from ShopSmith but I can't find any info
on what it cost from Strong, or the years that Strong sold it.

Does anyone know? Any rumors or anything?

I think I"m going to mount this old Stanley router on it and see how it
goes. It's just so cute. I've been planning to build a horizontal router
system but I thought 75 bucks for this thing plus the router was not
much more than materials plus I have two new toys.

If you want I'll take some photos and post them to APBW. It's a hectic
weekend so it'll be a few days but I'll do it if anybody wants.

Since I can't find any info on the manual I was thinking of scanning or
photographing it and preserving it for posterity anyway.

Dan

On Jul 12, 12:18*pm, Dan wrote:
I've become the proud owner of a Strong Tool Design Joint-Matic. At
least I'm proud so far. It looks like it's in great shape. Came with the
manual, the bevel miter, and an OLD Stanley router motor/base setup
which is also in pristine shape but it's so old it has a standard metal
toggle switch. Haven't actually made sawdust with it yet.

I've been googling but can't find much history on either of these. I
know ShopSmith bought the Joint-Matic in 1979, switched to one threaded
rod instead of two, and discontinued it some time in the 80's. Some
articles said it cost 999 new from ShopSmith but I can't find any info
on what it cost from Strong, or the years that Strong sold it.

Does anyone know? Any rumors or anything?

I think I"m going to mount this old Stanley router on it and see how it
goes. It's just so cute. I've been planning to build a horizontal router
system but I thought 75 bucks for this thing plus the router was not
much more than materials plus I have two new toys.

If you want I'll take some photos and post them to APBW. It's a hectic
weekend so it'll be a few days but I'll do it if anybody wants.

Since I can't find any info on the manual I was thinking of scanning or
photographing it and preserving it for posterity anyway.

Dan

Here's a post from someone who says that he's the son of the inventor
of the machine. You could try contacting him:
http://lumberjocks.com/strong/blog/5610

I have been instructed to request feedback from users of the jointmatic is there anything like it today? Have you been pleased with the performance of your machine and would you be interested in seeing it back into production, very close to the original strong design? I would appreciate any and all feedback. I am also getting ready to post a thread on this. But yes there is a very strong possibility that all of the Strong design tools will be available. At that time much more accurate information will be released.