A friend of mine and I bought 2 of those lathe kits back in the '70s. At the time we both worked for a specialty steel company in Pittsburgh and ours had solid stainless steel rounds instead of conduit. Overkill but looked great and was solid.

Scott, we have the powerpro headstock, like you've said if you have one of these switches you'll have to reset everything. Does shopsmith make a device that stops the motor without turning it completely off?

well of course it's going to catch the majority of the big stuff. what matters is what MAKES IT ONTO THE FILTER!!! same mistakes all these guys make. use equal amounts of flower or find chalk for both toppers AND WEIGH THE FILTER! 2 clean filters weighed clean, then after dust. what's in the bucket or the vac barrel doesn't tell the real difference.

Scott- I picked one up. What oil do I put in the oil bath. Mine did not have the plastic removed either! The well was dry but fortunately the unit was never powered up. Let me know. Thanks Scott Jon Hunter Supporter

Looks like they are tools with unique features for an affordable price, thanks for the experienced review.

@mygrowthrings When I use my 4" jointer, it cuts the board until I move my hand to the outfeed table to apply pressure. Then it no longer cuts. After doing this multiple times, the front end of the board is thinner than the back end but it still never cuts past the front section. What am I doing wrong? Is it blade height? Thanks so much.

I would like to know what the tool is called, and where I can buy one that you used to draw the circle on the maple blank?

Ya I have been doing this wrong since I bought the shopsmith. The paste wax I have been using is Varathane from home depot. It works I guess?

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Good afternoon Nick. Well, I used to live in Ohio. I then moved to Tennessee, back to Ohio, Utah, New York, then Texas. I now live in Pylypovychi, Ukraine. I have a Shopsmith Mark 7 with a bandsaw and jointer. The folks here in Ukraine are absolutely fascinated by the Shopsmith. Please keep Shopsmith strong. Let me know what may be involved in shipping supplies to Ukraine also! 😊

Is NAVAL Jelly suitable?

I'd love to attend in 2024! Has anything been decided about it yet?

A late friend of mine built the 18 inch bandsaw, from gilbilt. I helped him build the 10 inch table saw from gilbilt. Great memories, with a good ol friend! The table saw is gone, but I was able to get the bandsaw to a new home with one of our friends.

Scott: another extremely interesting and entertaining video. It seems like a lot of people were trying to "copy" the Shopsmith multipurpose machine! What you showed demonstrates "Yankee" ingenuity. ( I apologize to the southerners). BUT, there's nothing like the "real" thing, especially with regards to safety issues. I recall seeing many plans for DIY belt sanders in various wood working magazines, and a lot of interesting DIY creations on You Tube. It seems to me that a lot of DIYers try to "reinvent the wheel". jim

It reminds me of some of the tools in my Dad's shop. like the first table saw I ever used. it was a collection of things that he used to cobble together small tablesaw. how I managed to never lose a finger on that thing is beyond me. but it did teach me one important lesson, control the environment where you are using tools, don't allow anyone to sneak up behind you when your working. I was cutting a piece of wood on that table saw and someone came up from behind me and said,"hey tom" I jumped and my right hand went into the spinning blade. that was 60 years ago and I still have a scar, the blade hit at the knuckle of my little finger, thankfully my finger works fine but it was very tender for a lot of years.

Interesting! I remember reading these ads when I was a kid. Wishing I had the money to buy these plans!!!

Thank you. My MarkV is essential in my shop.

Use a dial indicator on the the table in the chuck and you will get it dead nuts. Also If you have a older machine and the bearings are getting worn you can have runout issues that can cause issues in ever function. Also the old old machines before the mid 80's have on less bearing in them unless they have been upgraded.

A lot of times I make one pass then put crank my table out and put the fence on it. Then I just crank it in moving the fence away for each pass. I just feel more secure with it against a fence, I love my little wagner. Now does the new one come with a sharpening stone?

That's very cool, I've never heard of this. Thank you for sharing.

That was really interesting. I remember seeing those ads.

So a Marion's pizza is all it takes to get you two together to talk shop? I'll buy!

Old tools are cool. What they made with old technology is amazing. Tks scott

I truly enjoyed watching today's video.

Very cool, I remember seeing the ads and wondering if I should build one of the tools. I did almost get the belt sander at one time but chickened out. Not sure if it was because the audio rejected the noise but it seems like it's fairly smooth running. Thanks for another great video Scott

Neat video Scott! I remember drooling over those ads as a kid. My interest resurfaced just before I purchased my Shopsmith. It is kind of disappointing they went the way of the dodo.

Thanks for sharing this very interesting vintage machines. Sad that such kits are not around anymore. Perhaps Mr Thompson retired. Last year Beall Tools retired, also Ron Hock of plane blade fame retired. I think Lee Valley picked up Hock blades, they also picked up a number of the Beall products like the buffing disks. Dave.

Because you and I love machines thats why we both think this is so fascinating!

Completely in awe of your tenacity to collect such great historic stuff. You are amazing Scott

Under my dad's workbench there were always two or three motors he had salvaged from old appliances. I can remember him using one for a bench grinder, another for a belt sander and a third for a table saw. The "plans" came out of his head! I still have the bench grinder .

Interesting. I remember those ads right next to Charles Atlas Bodybuilding ads.

You did not mention the front bearing. the blade on mine is about 1/4* off the front bearing.

To those of us who have run knee mills such as a Bridgeport, raising the knee (aka table) into the tooling does not seem all that strange. My only question is this: Where do you find space to hang on to all this wonderful stuff?

Very interesting. The history of tools - unbelievable the time, effort, the thought, the money expended to acquire the tooling then produce the necessary parts then to package and ship - “It’s history that deserves to be remembered”. Thank you sir. 🤜🤛

I appreciate your interest, knowledge & willingness to share the history of all these tools.

I actually had a chance to get the bigger band saw for $50, but i didn't have room for it. It was built from a kit from this company. It was put together very well and was really cool. I really wish I would have had room for it.

My Magna 18" jigsaw is plugged below the blade. I don't know if it came that way or was modified. Why not make a cork for your Total Shop jigsaw?

I just bought one today. Good Luck. I'd love to learn and do DEMOs

Very informative video to explain things!. Looking for something similar for 20 inch

always a good idea no matter what tool you're using. I was watching a video the other day and they mentioned the fact that we can loose our focus when we are doing the same cut over and over again, the best safety tool you own sits between your two ears, use it every time you walk into the shop.

I have to start out editing with Descript or It would take me 30 min just editing the uhh, ummm, soooo, welll

I would give somebody's left kidney to work in their marketing department

Thankyou for telling me not to get it. I inly half heard you say it while checking marketplace. I did find something though. A sawsmith radial arm saw just north of Ft. Wayne? I'm going to check your backlogs but this is new to me. I hope its terrible because thats a little bit of a drive. 😊

Good for you that you can set the headstock on the floor so easily. I always make sure there’s a table I can set mine on. My back is lazy. 😂

Is there any Update on Scott Phillips book? At First, I said 1 Hour video🤔 Then when I started watching I could not turn it off. This was a Great Interview. 👍 I watched it all the way through. Then got on Amazon and bought the woodworking projects books.

Build a shopsmith that is portable to take on jobsites. Take it to construction sites.