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My new $150 Craigslist Jointer - What do you think?

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I posted earlier that I was looking at a $125 1977 craftsman 6" Jointer. But about a day before I went to look at it I ran into an CL ad for a $150 6" Ridgid Jointer about 6 years old. I paid the full amount and got the manual and 3 sets of blades.
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This seems to sell for $550 new, it seems like a steal to me, let me know what you think. Its my first jointer and seems to work great.
 

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+1 on real good deal. it's a good little jointer and like dhazelton, i have a gray colored, made in the usa by emerson electric unt. the only downside to a CL buy on that jointer is that it's not LSA eligible. apart from that, it rates a "you suck".

BTW when wood magazine comparison tested 6" jointers a few years back , although a griz was the top tool, the ridgid was the top value unit.
 
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Wow, pretty awesome deal. I've been looking around CL for one of those for a while. About 6 months ago you could find them pretty easily for $250-$300, which is an okay deal. That's about what it's worth, but the people selling probably got it for that price or thereabouts. You, on the other hand, found a pretty smoking deal.

For some reason, recently in the Atlanta area, I haven't been able to find them for less than $450. Currently there's a guy that wants $575 for his!!
 
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Congrads on the new jointer. I have the same one and loved it. I also picked it up used but I paid $275.00 which I still think is a great deal for this jointer. I bought 2 sets of knives from Amazon to replace the original ones. They are the Freud knives and I paid $22.00 for each set. You only paid $150.00 for the jointer so I think it justifies spending another $300.00 for a spiral cutter, that would be Sweet!
 
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