An email went out to the Shopsmith mailing list last night saying that they are under new ownership. Here is a link to the browser version of the email from Mailchimp.

TL;dr:

• They are back under new ownership.
• They are working through the order backlog, hoping to ship all back orders by the end of February.
• They plan to build up product inventory again.
• The forums are back.
• They are planning on putting out more content (demos, projects, classes).

This is good news! Their website hasn’t been updated yet, but I bet that will happen soon.

Here’s a video with the new CEO:

I’m hoping for more access to discontinued parts and accessories, videos on how to maintain and upgrade old machines (mine is 50 years old!), and new tools/parts/accessories to upgrade old machines like mine to keep them going for another 50 years.