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Shopsmith closing

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When I first got married the wife took me along to the Ideal Home Exhibition in Belfast, would have been early 90s. I was surprised to find that a lot of woodworking tools were being demonstrated. One of the tools was a Shopsmith. The demonstrator was very good and made it look easy to shift from one function to another.
Even with my limited knowledge back then the Shopsmith looked over complicated and awkward to use and I see the company is now looking for a buyer.Screenshot.png
 
This was one of the first machines I saw being demonstrated for woodworking. I think it was at a wooden boat show on the Thames somewhere back in the early noughties. I was tempted, given the space I had available at that time.

I think the variable drive at the time was similar to a DAF transmission, but I believe they changed to electronic control latterly.
 
Early 1992 I won one in a competition. I gave it a fair amount of use for 17 years until I sold it, I moved house just after I won it. I'm surprised they lasted so long, though, like many multi purpose machines they are not particularly good at any one thing.
 
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