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Retired Ohio man uses MARK V to bring joy to his life
Dick Dirrman of Mentor, OH writes…
“….Several years ago, I contracted TB and found that I had to take early retirement at 62 after having fought the disease for some three years. During that time, I turned to woodworking to take care of the hours at hand. My wife works for a local government and one day, the widow of a school guard came to City Hall to seek help in filling out some benefit forms.
In the course of a conversation, the widow mentioned (to my wife) that her husband had been an avid woodworker and that she was looking to sell all of his Shopsmith equipment. My wife was overjoyed…and asked the lady to have her family affix a price to all of the equipment and call. About a week later, the lady came to the office and told us the amount. We were ecstatic and the lady and her family were overjoyed, too.
Since that time, I spend 8 hours a day, 6 days a week in my shop and have made many beautiful things. Grandfather clocks, mantel clocks, quilt racks, tables (all potential heirlooms), toys and more . . . for my family and extended family at church. I sell nothing.
We’re grateful that we were able to secure the Shopsmith and know that we’ll have many good years with it . . . and that our children will benefit greatly by it.
Friend leaves MARK V to his buddy!
Russell Dennig of Fresno, CA writes…
“My Shopsmith MARK V is a machine I admired each time I saw it in my friend’s shop in Chico, CA. In 1992, my friend passed away at the age of 92 and I was notified by his wife that all or any portion of his extensive shop equipment was left to me if I wanted it. He was still doing woodworking up to his last illness.
I made two trips to Chico to pick up the MARK V, a (self-contained) Shopsmith Planer, a Shopsmith Belt Sander (now self-contained), many Shopsmith attachments and a host of other hand and small machine tools.
Sometimes, I feel like my friend is looking over my shoulder to see if I’m doing justice to his tools. I am . . . and think my friend would appreciate my endeavors.” More mail from owners . . . |
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