Shopsmith?

[TXATC]

Howdy all,

Was wondering if anybody had built any of these cabs using a shopsmith? My old man left me one 2 years ago and I am off to get it on Monday. No real pressing need to know, just curious. I recall him doing all kinds of nifty stuff with it.

[Bruce Weldy]

Not much of a table for cutting panels.

I considered a shopsmith many, many years ago.....so glad that I went with a table saw.

[Tom Smit]

Looking at this image, http://www.thewoodshop.20m.com/graphics ... psmith.jpg it looks like you could cross-cut a full sheet of plywood. Extra supports at the rear, side and front would definitely be an asset.

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

Looking at this image, http://www.thewoodshop.20m.com/graphics ... psmith.jpg it looks like you could cross-cut a full sheet of plywood. Extra supports at the rear, side and front would definitely be an asset.

+1. It can work as a perfectly good table saw. It's the last thing I'd recommend for purchase. The idea that you can use the one motor to drive a number of tools seems a good idea on the face of it, but in practice separates are a lot more versatile.

[caddylackn]

Since you already have it, you can set it up as a sander or with a dado blade to supplement another table saw that you use for all your ripping. Having two table saws is super handy, I hate having to switch back and forth between a dado blade ,ripping saw blade, and fine tooth blade all the time. The disk sander alone is worth having for tidying up angle cuts on speaker builds.

You can also set it up as a biscuit cutter, which is super handy for building cabinets. The shopsmiths don't cut long & wide angled rips well, since the arbor is fixed and the table has to tilt to cut the angle. Big pieces of wood will want to move on you from gravity if the table is tilted.

I wouldn't mind owning one, with a band saw attachment. Since you can do horizontal drilling, I bet you can set it up to drill pocket holes.

[TXATC]

Yeah i figured with what it's able to do that I wouldn't have too hard a time. I plan on building slow so time to swap tools is less of a concern than space in the garage.