kev@voder.UUCP (Kevin Hoskins) (03/26/86)
I recently came across an ad concerning the Total Shop multi-tool
for woodworking. It looks so much like the ShopSmith as to be down right
patent infringement. It sells for the same price as the Mark V ($1295)
but the company is currently giving a 400 dollar discount on the machine.
What I would like from any of you out there is anything you know
about the machine and how it compares with the Mark V.
Thank you.
Kevinbill@crystal.UUCP (Bill Cox) (03/30/86)
In article <1309@voder.UUCP>, kev@voder.UUCP (Kevin Hoskins) writes: > I recently came across an ad concerning the Total Shop multi-tool > for woodworking. It looks so much like the ShopSmith as to be down right > patent infringement. I can't tell you how it compares, but I believe that all of the major ShopSmith patents have expired. I've seen at least one import knock-off in a local 'discount' store (Menard's Lumber), but I don't recall the brand. I thought the price was in the $600 range, but I'm very unsure of that. Check the ads in Fine Woodworking, Popular Science, and Workbench. bill -- William Cox Computer Sciences Department University of Wisconsin, Madison WI bill@wisc.crys.edu ...{ihnp4,seismo,allegra}!uwvax!bill