Band saw rubbers

The throat on the Shopsmith IS a tad tight at 11 inches, but it's been a good saw for me otherwise.

I can resaw 14" boards however. Recently used it to make a 10" deep bending jig for a round-topped window, strip laminated. Then resawing those 10" wide boards to 1/16" so they would bend around a 4" radius. Redwood doesn't bend very gracefully.

Your window project sounds like a blast! Many's the time I've wished I had more resaw capacity, but there's a limit to how many tools my wife will let me buy ":^)

I got a 'real' tablesaw to complement the Shopsmith a few years back, but I still use the 'smith for the bandsaw, disk sander and lathe.

The window came out well, keeping in mind that the radii for the frame and stop are different. Customer was delighted. Paying customers keep wives unconcerned about tool purchases, at least around here. And in my shop the bandsaw gets the real workouts. I almost didn't drag that thing here from Denver when we moved but I didn't know if I could find another as nice. Had to buy a truck with a power lift. Lot of cast iron.

Congrats on the dedicated tablesaw. Those little things on the multi-tools always looked just a bit inadequate. I spent the morning taking a 12-14" tablesaw apart prior to a paint job. Heavy sucker. When finished, my unisaw goes to a new home. The 12-14" even has an emergency kick switch. Hope I never need it.

T_Bone