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From: ell@linus.UUCP (Edward L. Lafferty)
Newsgroups: net.rec.wood
Subject: Re: Shopsmith
Message-ID: <480@linus.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 3-Aug-85 12:22:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: linus.480
Posted: Sat Aug  3 12:22:11 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 4-Aug-85 05:03:35 EDT
References: <27e04fd2.a51@apollo.uucp>
Reply-To: ell@linus.UUCP (Edward L. Lafferty)
Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
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Summary: 

In article <27e04fd2.a51@apollo.uucp> christensen@apollo.uucp (Wendy Christensen) writes:
>

>I never heard anyone say anything negative about Shopsmith, other than
>quibblings about accessory prices and such. 

Just don't try to crosscut a long (6' or greater) with it. Since it is
a tilting table (rather than a tilt arbor) mechanism you will foul the
board on the ways (the rods that the saw/drill carriage ride). There
are other difficulties with tilt table saws having to do with holding
the material firmly on certain difficult cuts, too. I find that a 
radial arm saw is very nice for x-cutting and a table saw (tilt arbor)
is nice for ripping. ....but tastes differ.

Ed Lafferty
MITRE