I've become the proud owner of a Strong Tool Design Joint-Matic. At
least I'm proud so far. It looks like it's in great shape. Came with the
manual, the bevel miter, and an OLD Stanley router motor/base setup
which is also in pristine shape but it's so old it has a standard metal
toggle switch. Haven't actually made sawdust with it yet.
I've been googling but can't find much history on either of these. I
know ShopSmith bought the Joint-Matic in 1979, switched to one threaded
rod instead of two, and discontinued it some time in the 80's. Some
articles said it cost 999 new from ShopSmith but I can't find any info
on what it cost from Strong, or the years that Strong sold it.
Does anyone know? Any rumors or anything?
I think I"m going to mount this old Stanley router on it and see how it
goes. It's just so cute. I've been planning to build a horizontal router
system but I thought 75 bucks for this thing plus the router was not
much more than materials plus I have two new toys.
If you want I'll take some photos and post them to APBW. It's a hectic
weekend so it'll be a few days but I'll do it if anybody wants.
Since I can't find any info on the manual I was thinking of scanning or
photographing it and preserving it for posterity anyway.
Dan
On Jul 12, 12:18=A0pm, Dan <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've become the proud owner of a Strong Tool Design Joint-Matic. At
> least I'm proud so far. It looks like it's in great shape. Came with the
> manual, the bevel miter, and an OLD Stanley router motor/base setup
> which is also in pristine shape but it's so old it has a standard metal
> toggle switch. Haven't actually made sawdust with it yet.
>
> I've been googling but can't find much history on either of these. I
> know ShopSmith bought the Joint-Matic in 1979, switched to one threaded
> rod instead of two, and discontinued it some time in the 80's. Some
> articles said it cost 999 new from ShopSmith but I can't find any info
> on what it cost from Strong, or the years that Strong sold it.
>
> Does anyone know? Any rumors or anything?
>
> I think I"m going to mount this old Stanley router on it and see how it
> goes. It's just so cute. I've been planning to build a horizontal router
> system but I thought 75 bucks for this thing plus the router was not
> much more than materials plus I have two new toys.
>
> If you want I'll take some photos and post them to APBW. It's a hectic
> weekend so it'll be a few days but I'll do it if anybody wants.
>
> Since I can't find any info on the manual I was thinking of scanning or
> photographing it and preserving it for posterity anyway.
>
> Dan
Here's a post from someone who says that he's the son of the inventor
of the machine. You could try contacting him:
http://lumberjocks.com/strong/blog/5610