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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Not absolutely gloat-worthy, but a good deal nonetheless. I picked up some air-dried rough 4/4 cherry two years ago, 115 bd ft for $80. That was a gloat. I used about 50 of it, kept another 25, and today traded 40 of it for a Delta 14-650 mortiser in barely used working condition. I could've sold the cherry for more than the mortiser would have cost, but that would take more time, and my wife would've frowned on me spending cash on more tools right now. But, if I'm just moving some wood out of the garage that's been sitting for two years, she has no complaints.

So, for $80 I ended up with 70 bd ft of cherry, and a mortiser. Can't wait to get it home and try it out (I did do a few sample cuts when I bought it).
 
#6 ·
Ed,
Thanks, now I believe you. ;^)
A great deal indeed, CONGRATS!!!

I have the very similar JET version….
However, I had to lay out a few bucks…. $175.00.

What will be your first project???
 
#7 · (Edited by Moderator)
What will be your first project???

- DIYaholic
I actually used it already, but not for its intended purpose. My son's room has a portable A/C with the piece that fits into the window, and that piece broke last year. My wife asked me to make something to replace it, so I made a new bracket out of 1/2" ply, and made it expandable so that this summer, when the wife and kids are home all day, they can move it to the living room which has larger windows. To make it expand, I had to make an 8" long slot on one piece, 1/4" wide. I didn't have a router bit that small, so I drilled holes at either end, and used a 1/4" bit in the mortiser to cut out the space in between. Worked like a charm.

Then I walked in and showed my wife and she says "Oh, I was just picturing a solid piece of wood that would fit his window."

I just finished the box I was working on, and am going to start redoing our kitchen. The new pantry doors are going to be large, so I'll probably use this to make the M&T joints for them.
 
#8 · (Edited by Moderator)
I quickly found that I do want to make a table and fence for it, though. There is a gap under the fence, I guess they changed it on the next model, but I need to make an auxiliary table to bring the work piece up. In the future I can see this ending up on its own cart with a cross slide vise, but that's a project for later. I think a simple fence with some T-track in it would be helpful for adding hold-downs for smaller pieces. The stock hold-down cannot go lower than the top of the fence.
 
#9 ·
I was looking for a post, here on LJs, but I can't find it…. dang search function, don't function!!!

There is a guy that heavily modified one of these.
Fence, hold downs, etc. ....
He even rotated the base 180*.....
raised the base by 4" - 6"....
Installed a cross slide vise….

Wish I could find that post, but yeah, a cross slide is the way to go…..
 
#10 ·
Yeah, I saw that one, too. I think the base is usually rotated 180 with these when the I've is installed so you don't loose the depth capacity due to the vise height. But, that would require a dedicated station/cart for it, which is totally doable later on.
 
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