[Shop-talk] shopsmith

[Mark Andy]

Howdy,

I'll research some on the web and such, but my mother in law has a Shop 
Smith that was my father in law's before he died.  She's offered it to us 
for free, but we need to go get it, about 700 miles away.

I don't know what model, how old, or any of the rest.

Is there a newbie Shopsmith site or something around?  Mostly I'm curious 
if these are good quality / useful tools or if its some gimmicky thing 
that I'll forever be cursing.

Thanks!

Mark