"Don" dbitzerATcomcastDOTnet wrote in message
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I'm retiring soon and was also looking at the Shopsmith as I'd like to
take
up woodworking as a hobby. If I go the dedicated machine route instead
what
do you recommend I get?


If you have the room, I highly recommend dedicated machines. Brand name
should suite you well. One of the things that I dislike about the Shopsmith
and the clones like it is table saw set up. The table saw setup will
probably be what you use 90% of the time. IMHO in the table saw set up the
table is WAY TOO high off the floor and the table is WAY TOO SMALL for
large pieces of wood. The demo "shows" seldom if ever show cutting a sheet
of plywood or an 8 or 10' board.