My Shopsmith story/Owners shop pics

[edski]

I purchased my first Shopsmith 500 in 1978. I worked in the construction industry and moved around the country so I thought it would be the way to go. I moved three times with that machine until leaving the construction industry and taking up permanent residence in 1981. After a period of time, I decided that individual machines would be the way to go. I sold the 500 in 1988 and bought individual tools (table saw, drill press, jointer, thickness planer & bandsaw). After a year I realized what a mistake I had made and bought a 510 with dust collector, jointer, bandsaw, lathe duplicator and other accessories. I sold the individual tools. In 1995 my father passed and I inherited his tools (table saw, jointer, bandsaw, scrollsaw, belt/disk sander & lathe). I sold his old table saw and bought a Jet table saw with 30" rip capacity. All this equipment was stuffed into an 11 ft by 12 ft shop. The following winter I expanded the shop to its present size, 12 ft by 15 ft. I decided it was rediculous to keep to sets of equipment and after much deliberation decided to sell the Shopsmith equipment. I then built a bench for the lathe. This brings me to the present. My shop is more crowded than ever and decided it time to do something about it. I am in the process of purchasing my third Shopsmith, a used 510, and have my eyes on a used bandsaw, jointer and dust collector. If everything goes well, I'll be returning to the Shopsmith family on Wednesday, the day after Christmas.

I'm looking forward to gaining the space back in the shop. This brings me to my suggestion for this thread. I'd be interested in seeing how other Shopsmith owners have set up their shops and how they store their Shopsmith equipment when not in use (what do you do with the main table when you're doing lathe work). So, if your inclined, post a picture of your shop in this thread.

edski

PS: My wife thinks I'm crazy. She may not be the only one that thinks that way!