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I am thinking of getting one of these but it just seem too good to be true. I'm wondering if it lives up to the hype or if it does everything kind of half ass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjnF5WfPaTQ

I am thinking of getting one of these but it just seem too good to be true. I'm wondering if it lives up to the hype or if it does everything kind of half ass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjnF5WfPaTQ

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Woodworking machinery has gotten ridiculously expensive for the really good stuff. You can save some money looking for 1940-60’s Craftsman in the dedicated machines. They are cast iron ( heavy as fuck) and built like tanks. Motors that keep on keep’n on. I have a few and they’ve all performed very well for years with no issues or regrets.

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I'm liking the shop smith for the space savings. They sure seem very versatile too.

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They are both of that. I built tables, chairs, chests, gunstocks, tool handles, bookcases and all kinds of shit with mine. A lot of it the bedroom of a condo. It’s a good starter machine. If I have any complaints about it other than that POS bandsaw (which may be better now, idk), it is that it’s kinda like Apple with their proprietary shit on some of it which isn’t cheap. There are makers now though that have whatnot to adapt to Shopsmith so not as bad as it used to be. After 40+ years I still have mine and it works just fine when I need it to.