JJP-12HH incoming: preparing for my first big iron

Michael, you will definitely need help getting this into your basement. The more help the better. As to your second question, it has been my experience that it will ship with the electrical cord without the plug. You can then put on a plug that matches your 220 outlet. pkennedy

-- P Kennedy Crossville, TN

I concur with Chiefk, definitely need a few big boys to help move this amount of weight, especially down the stairs…

-- Randy "You are judged as much by the questions you ask as the answers you give..."

I’m finally ready to pull the trigger on one of these things too… been drooling for over a year. It seems I’m a bit late on scoring a good price though… I recall these these pricing out around $2300 or $2400… now I’m seeing $3000.

Do these ever go on sale? Is there a way to get the old pricing? (Ain’t too proud to beg.)

I have an Jet JJP-12, not the H, and love it. There are a few quibbles, like anything else, but overall it is very well made and I am sure you will love it. 600 pounds is much too much for even 2 people to handle if you have to lift it over something . I had no real problem getting it out of a pickup truck and into my garage, but I had a pair of hydraulic lifts. Check and see if you can borrow a lift from someone if you can, it will make life much easier – If you can’t borrow or rent them, HF sells them pretty cheap, though I don’t know how much room they take up when you fold them up. Things to think about include dust collection – I wouldn’t think about running the jointer or planer without it – since the outlet points in different directions when you are planing v. jointing, you will either need 2 outlets with blast gates, or come in from above and behind the machine with enough flex hose to switch from one side to the other.