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Posted: March 05 2007 12:54 PM
 
Jan Schneider (aka storm) [ View ] [ Email ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ]
Lafayette, New Jersey
 
Has anyone had any experience with the shop smithy 3 in 1 lathe, mill, drills. I may have a chance to pick one up fairly reasonable. Thought it might be handy for some of the small machine work jobs on project cars. Any opinions pro or con? Thanks
 
 
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Posted by Willys33  -  03/05/2007 01:44 PM
A friend of mine stored his low end model at my house for a year and I got to use it for various small jobs. The drill I didn't use because I had a stand alone drill press but the mill/lathe were VERY useful. How many times have yu had to drill two holes in a piece of metal then cut out the area between them for a slotted hole? Done in no time with the mill and looks much better. Made many parts with the lathe too. The small size and limited swing over the bed was fustrating at times. Would have liked to had the larger one with power cross feed. If I were younger I would spring for one of my own. Of course I build alot of my stuff rather than buy.
Get off the trailer and drive [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Alamogordo, New Mexico
 
Posted by pasadenahotrod  -  03/05/2007 02:05 PM
A Shopsmith can be a very handy tool. The only disadvantage is that on a project the machine must be reconfigured for every operation change unlike stand alone tools. BUT if the price is right they are a space-saving setup that makes many one-off jobs easier.
pasadenahotrod [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Pasadena, Texas
 
Posted by tlp1968  -  03/05/2007 03:02 PM
I don't have one, but if the price was reasonable I cannot see how anything that has those capabilities would be anything but an asset.
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Posted by Willys33  -  03/05/2007 03:38 PM
BTW, the one I used was the bottom of the line model and to move it you removed the motor head unit and then got your best strong friend to help you lift the bed. It takes two for the SMALL model, don't know how many for the larger ones. There is some "slop" in the unit that with proper adjustment can be minimized but then we are not building rocket ships here. Go to the Smity siteand see the add on goodies that you will be buying!!!!!
Get off the trailer and drive [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Alamogordo, New Mexico
 
Posted by DavyJ  -  03/05/2007 09:27 PM
Any tool that you have is better than the one you don't. If the price is right don't let it get away.

I would love to have one of these in my shop.
Still driving the wife's car, cause I am slow. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Niagara Falls, Canada Charter Member since February 2005
 
Posted by storm  -  03/07/2007 03:18 PM
Thanks for the input. I was able to buy it for about 60% of what a new one would cost. I'll be making a road trip to Conn. to pick it up.
storm [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Lafayette, New Jersey
 
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