fishon-son Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 anyone have one or use one to make your cranks ? i just picked one up not working for $50 ..set screw was loose and the speed handle would just turn with no speed....cant wait to make some baits...what a buy!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishon-son Posted November 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 No kidding. Every time I see a Shop Smith for sale they are really proud of it. Smoking deal. every thing came with it..its a 80s modal but for 50 bucks im good...i think theres like 10 different tools it can be its really nice.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Fisher Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Nice score!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highwayman Posted November 14, 2016 Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 My father-in law gave me an older (1950's) Shop Smith.I've turner out quite a few lures with it.Poppers\chuggers are a piece of cake.Through wire drilling is pretty easy with this unit.There are all kinds of things you can do with wood or PVC.Nice buy; you won't be sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheCT Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 Got one with tons of attachments It's all you really need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimP Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 A Shop Smith was the first real woodworking tool I owned. They are actually good tools. The switch from tool to tool is the main complaint that most people have. Just think ahead in logical order to keep from switching back and forth more often than necessary. If I recall correctly most tool setups are less than a minute so an occasional slip up that requires you to re-tool is not a disaster. You can do any lure making function with that tool. I now have a shop with free standing tools and I still miss that old "Shop Smith Mark V" Have Fun! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 A Shop Smith was the first real woodworking tool I owned. They are actually good tools. The switch from tool to tool is the main complaint that most people have. Just think ahead in logical order to keep from switching back and forth more often than necessary. If I recall correctly most tool setups are less than a minute so an occasional slip up that requires you to re-tool is not a disaster. You can do any lure making function with that tool. I now have a shop with free standing tools and I still miss that old "Shop Smith Mark V" Have Fun! I used one a few times and absolutely hated it for the switching and found myself grabbing hand tools at times instead. It is great for guys with limited space and very popular with the snowbirds in Arizona. Last month I almost had one however. A guy down the street had one sitting in his garage near the door on Thursday and I figured he was going to put it out on the curb. Following morning nothing there when dropping the kids off, thirty minutes later on my way back a guy a few doors down from me was loading it up from the curb into his truck. I was going to set it up to use as a drum sander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sieglefish Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 i have one and i love the thing. have had it for ten years now and i have made many different things with it. Lures for sure, turkey strikers, friction pots for turkey calls, goose calls, duck calls,etc, etc. . If you like working with wood you wll love this thing. JMO!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
