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From: bill@crystal.UUCP (Bill Cox)
Newsgroups: net.rec.wood
Subject: Re: Total Shop (TM)
Message-ID: <65@crystal.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 29-Mar-86 17:32:01 EST
Article-I.D.: crystal.65
Posted: Sat Mar 29 17:32:01 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 2-Apr-86 00:55:06 EST
References: <1309@voder.UUCP>
Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
Lines: 21
Keywords: ShopSmith look-alike, work-alike
Summary: shopsmith copies; patents expired

In article <1309@voder.UUCP>, kev@voder.UUCP (Kevin Hoskins) writes:
>      I recently came across an ad concerning the Total Shop multi-tool
> for woodworking. It looks so much like the ShopSmith as to be down right 
> patent infringement.

I can't tell you how it compares, but I believe that all of the major
ShopSmith patents have expired.  I've seen at least one import
knock-off in a local 'discount' store (Menard's Lumber), but I don't
recall the brand.  I thought the price was in the $600 range, but I'm
very unsure of that.

Check the ads in Fine Woodworking, Popular Science, and Workbench.

	bill

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	William Cox
	Computer Sciences Department
	University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
	bill@wisc.crys.edu
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