Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxi.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihuxi!snafu From: snafu@ihuxi.UUCP (Dave Wallis) Newsgroups: net.rec.wood Subject: Re: Shopsmith inquiry Message-ID: <816@ihuxi.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Feb-84 14:16:02 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxi.816 Posted: Mon Feb 27 14:16:02 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 28-Feb-84 08:15:44 EST References: <284@nbires.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Technologies, Inc., Naperville Il. Lines: 16 The Shopsmith combination shop tool (as of a few years ago) is a well made, good precision tool. It combines: table saw, wood lathe, drill press and boring tool into a single unit. All of the parts are die cast or drop forged, and they can last for a good many years. The biggest advantage to it is that it takes up very little floor space if you are limited to a small shop area. The major disadvantage is that you spend a lot of time changing the setup as you move from one tool to another. My recomendation (preference) is to buy separate power tools unless space is a prime consideration. -- Dave Wallis ihnp4!ihuxi!snafu AT&T Technologies, Inc. (312) 979-5894